The Surgeon General is calling skin cancer a “major public health problem” and says tanning is a direct cause. According to the report, nearly five million people in the U.S. are treated for skin cancer every year. More than 400,000 cases are estimated to be linked to indoor tanning.

Two women trespassing on railroad tracks in southern Indiana narrowly missed a fatal encounter with a freight train when they were caught in the middle of a bridge as the train approached, authorities said.

A mosquito capable of carrying West Nile virus has been found in Harrisburg, the first in the city this year. In a news release, Mayor Papenfuse said that the city and county officials are closely monitoring the situation to try to prevent the virus from spreading.

Warnings surround a flesh-eating bacteria found in the ocean that has already killed several people in Florida. It is called Vibrio vulnificus, a strain of bacteria that thrives in warm saltwater.

An arrest was made Monday in the disappearance of New Hampshire teen Abigail Hernandez who had been missing for nine months before her return home last week, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said.

The Queen of Soul said she didn’t get any R-E-S-P-E-C-T at a restaurant in Canada after her sold-out show at Artpark in Lewiston this past week.

A new study suggests dinosaurs were at their most vulnerable stage before the fatal asteroid impact struck earth roughly 66 million years ago. An international team of paleontologists led by the University of Edinburgh studied an updated catalogue of dinosaur fossils, mostly from North America, to create a picture of how dinosaurs changed over the few million years before the …

Health risks can result from obstructive sleep apnea in both adults and in children. But some treatments in children may be tricky. A recent study found that a surgery used to treat obstructive sleep apnea in children may contribute to greater weight gain.

Patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are at 2.5 times the risk for a vascular event than matched control patients, with the greatest risk occurring in patients younger than 60 years, according to a study published online July 28 in CMAJ. This research was conducted by Christian D. Mallen, PhD, of Keele University in Staffordshire, England, and colleagues.

A toddler crashed a Jeep into an Oregon home, then ran back to his own home to watch cartoons, police said. The 3-year-old boy climbed into the Jeep Tuesday evening and knocked it out of gear, according to the Myrtle Creek Police Department.

Running for only a few minutes a day – even at slow speeds – may reduce a person’s risk of death from heart disease and other causes compared to someone who does not run, according to a new 15-year study. US researchers decided to assess whether any health benefits were achieved if less than 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise …