New research suggests doctors are contacting patients on Internet dating sites and engaging in other unprofessional online behavior - and sometimes getting caught.

When the dentist had to fill six cavities in her 4-year-old son’s baby teeth, Amy Wilson was shocked.

More than a thousand people hit the pavement Saturday morning with one goal in mind, to raise money to help find a cure for juvenile diabetes

The Obama administration is laying out options for carrying out the president's compromise on free birth control for women working at church-affiliated institutions like hospitals and colleges

The Supreme Court has rejected requests from news organizations for live, televised coverage of this month's historic arguments on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, but has agreed to release audio recordings of the proceedings on the same day.

Running a political risk during an election year, Republicans continue to offer proposals to cut future Medicare outlays.

Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign.

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard from Jerry Ensminger, a retired Camp Lejeune Marine whose 9-year-old daughter died of leukemia in 1985.

Gerber is recalling some of its Good Start Gentle Powdered Infant Formula because of a foul smell.

Birth control that you must take every single day? A more goof-proof option that costs a lot upfront but then works for several years? Or something in between?

Are you a terrible parent if you grab a quick bite for the kids at Burger King or McDonald's? San Francisco's "ban" on Happy Meals seems to imply as much.

Some of the most widely used prescription drugs, including those to treat cholesterol and high blood pressure, could become over the counter.

For many Americans, the switch to daylight saving time is an annual rite of exhaustion. Gaining that extra hour of daylight at night means losing it in the morning.

Jamal Stevens, 7, is among the few who can say they survived being picked up and tossed around by a twister -- last Friday he was sucked out of his bed and flung onto a grassy strip along an interstate behind his home.

Sleeping pills may be associated with a higher risk of an early death, according to new research.

The Food and Drug Administration has rejected three prescription diet pills in the last three years, raising questions of whether any weight loss drug can win approval in the U.S.

The Obama administration says it's taking steps to fix a longstanding problem of improper payments to private health plans that serve 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries.

Flu season is off to a slow start this year.

The first study to look at head impacts experienced by first and second grade football players finds these young children experience hits hard enough to cause a concussion.

In 2009, Carteret County had the most prescriptions written in the east and the third highest in the entire state.

State health officials say a six-year old child has died of complications from the flu.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement.

A Rockingham hospital has temporarily closed its doors until a colony of bats can be removed.

The early signs of autism are visible in the brains of 6-month-old infants, a new study finds, suggesting that future treatments could be given at this time, to lessen the impact of the disorder on children.

The event organized by the North Carolina Alliance for Health brought together youth tobacco use prevention advocates statewide to the Legislative Building on Thursday.