Claude Bechard, a youthful Quebec cabinet minister who soldiered on in his post despite suffering from terminal cancer, died on Tuesday.

Everyone, including smokers, knows just how bad their habit is, but nagging and negativity aren't the answer.

Remember when kids would get hurt on the playground, and they'd come in the next day wearing a big white cast that the whole class would sign?

Merck & Co. said Tuesday its schizophrenia drug Saphris has been approved for two additional uses by the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday.

Frustrated health officials say that U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly.

The fillings and sealants that many dentists use can expose children to the controversial chemical bisphenol A , a new analysis indicates, but such exposure is short-lived and it remains unclear whether or not it poses a long-term health risk.

Scientists have found evidence that ME in children could be caused by a virus. The University of Dundee research found abnormalities in the white blood cells of children with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis which suggested they had been fighting off an infection.

Scientists are taking aim at an particularly devastating type of cancer known as "triple negative" breast cancer.

GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes pill Avandia should be pulled from the U.K. market because of concerns that it can increase the risk of heart attacks, British drug regulators said Monday.