More than 3,100 people in 32 counties have been sickened with a gastrointestinal disease associated with a state-run water playground.

The Sprayground at Seneca Lake State Park closed August 15, following the onset of illnesses

According to the federal government fluoride and toothpaste are the major factors in the decline of tooth decay among children in the United States.

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 42 percent of kids aged 6 to 19 had had a cavity or filling in their permanent teeth when examined between 1999 and 2002, a 15-percent decrease from the 1988-1994 period

African health ministers are set to meet in Mozambique to discuss the growing number of tuberculosis (TB) cases across the region.

A regional tuberculosis health emergency is expected to be announced by the World Health Organization

A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that the way people use their brains could actually lead to Alzheimer's disease.

"It may be the normal cognitive function of the brain that leads to Alzheimer's later in life. This was not a relationship we had even considered," said Randy Buckner, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Washington University in St. Louis who led the study

A new study shows that aspirin helps colorectal cancer but only after a decade of use, weakening hopes that low doses of the drug prevents the disease.

A 20-year study of almost 83,000 nurses shows that low doses of aspirin did not lower cancer risk significantly. High doses of aspirin - such as two or more aspirin per day - reduced colon cancer risk by a third but also were linked to dangerous bleeding, according to the study published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association