HEALTH

Strawberries sold under several brand names around the country sickened five people in Washington late last year.

The wintertime haze has become a serious health threat to residents. Scientists think they now know the cause.

In 1975, a woman found her husband dead in a chair after watching a BBC sitcom. He had been laughing for almost a half-hour. Was it merriment that killed him?

These Verilux light boxes meet the Mayo Clinic’s recommendations for light therapy and could help if you’re coping with seasonal depression.

It could prevent you from developing a goiter, for one thing.

Argentinian heart surgeon René Favaloro popularized coronary bypass surgery, which continues to save the lives of people with heart disease.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, much of the world worked itself into a tizzy over the idea of people touching themselves.

Through the GoodNature Program, you could earn extra money by donating your poop—and help people in the process.

Thanks to a stringent new FDA mandate, food suppliers are now adding sesame to products that didn’t previously contain it.

Celine Dion recently announced that she has been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), a rare and progressive neurological disorder that only affects about one or two out of every 1 million people.

Scientists have finally visualized what happens when poo particles go airborne.

A new type of drug that could eliminate two to four hot flashes per day could soon become a hot commodity.