Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.

A move of some of 186 chimpanzees to a research center in Texas has spurred outrage among animal rights advocates, primate experts and politicians.

A clinical trial found that the controversial drug increased the risks of heart attacks and strokes while doing little to slim their waists.

A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.

Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold Botox for unapproved uses.

Buyers in secondhand stores are concerned about bedbugs coming along with the clothing or furniture.

Prepare these packets at home, then toss them on the grill at a cookout.

Allergan agreed to settle criminal and civil allegations that it had marketed Botox for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

That question, which has prompted countless debates, is now at the heart of a notable new study.

Why muscles wither with age is captivating a growing number of scientists, drug and food companies and aging baby boomers.

Can exaggerated anxiety about falling -- even if tests show your risk to be low -- increase the probability that you'll actually fall?

The deal, if completed, would end a yearlong impasse that has come to symbolize the health care plight of the country’s uninsured immigrants and the hospitals that end up caring for them.

A Bristol-Myers drug shows promise in treating a heart rhythm disorder, and others combat postsurgical clotting and deep vein thrombosis.

Skip the veggie burgers and tofu “hot dogs.” Here are some excellent vegetarian dishes for end-of-summer picnics and barbecues.

This fragrant bean salad requires far less olive oil than the traditional version.

A popular dietary supplement called SAMe may help depressed patients who don't respond to prescription antidepressant treatment, a new study shows.

Leading drug makes are developing new anticoagulant drugs to prevent stroke and systemic blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat disorder.

Steamed and grilled leeks are paired with romesco sauce, a nut-thickened pepper purée.

This dish may resemble a traditional potato salad, but it does not rely on mayonnaise.

Inspections, the F.D.A. said, found barns infested with flies, maggots and rodents, as well as overflowing manure pits.