The noise, an incessant loud whooshing in his left ear, was driving Roger Luchs crazy -- literally.

About a month after our son died, my wife and I made our first visit back to her obstetrician's office hoping to get answers to some of the questions that haunted us.

At first Karen Pancheau figured her son Tyler's nasty rash came from friction on the mats at judo class. But when the rash began dissolving layers of flesh, his father took the teenager for tests, which revealed he had HIV. Karen, too, tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, which sh...

Still waiting to hear from the doctor? Maybe he never got that page message.

Caring goes both ways. People who take good care of their pets protect them -- and the whole household -- by preventing diseases from entering the home.

When I started menopause at age 37, I suffered more than just hot flashes ["Anti-Anxiety Drugs Raise New Fears," June 30]. It was awful! I felt like I was going crazy.

These days it seems our entire way of life is predicated on the belief that being overweight is terrible for you. We're waging war against the obesity epidemic, which public health experts call one of the great threats to our society. Countless diet books and programs promise to help us get thin ...

I had already joined a local running group to begin gearing up for the Oct. 11 Chicago Marathon when Runner's World called to ask if I wanted to talk to Bart Yasso about the magazine's new online training program.

Students exchange food during lunch at the Christian Zheng Sheng College, a drug rehabilitation center, on Hong Kong's Lantau Island. The use of psychotropic drugs has soared in Hong Kong in recent years. The primary drug being abused is ketamine, an animal tranquilizer that is produced illegally in...