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More than 12,000 new cases of cancer every year can be attributed to the patient being overweight or obese, the biggest ever study of the links between body mass index and cancer has revealed.

The winner of the largest lottery jackpot in Colorado history claimed his prize in Grand Junction on Wednesday afternoon. Claude “Al” G., who did not give out his last name, is the winner of Saturday night’s $90 million Powerball jackpot, the Denver Post reported.

Approximately two out of every five Americans will develop type 2 diabetes at some point during their adult lives, according to new U.S. government estimates. The ongoing diabetes and obesity epidemics have combined with ever-increasing human lifespans to raise lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes to about 40 percent for both men and women, said lead study author Edward Gregg, …

A 3-year-old girl who was lost alone in the Siberian wilderness for 11 days owes her life to her puppy.

Walmart employees were shocked to find a 14-year-old boy living in their Walmart. According to KTVT-TV he was able to call the store home for four days before being discovered.

Health authorities on both sides of the state line are investigating infections among 14 Kansas City area infants with a virus that can cause meningitis, as well as widespread inflammation, serious enough to require intensive care.

The fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, on Saturday, and subsequent violent protests, highlight a stubborn racial divide in a St Louis suburb that has struggled to build healthy relations between blacks and whites.

Toronto Public Health is recommending that energy drinks not be sold along with alcohol at events on city property due to concerns about the harmful effects of mixing booze and caffeine.

A Carteret County woman says she was served up a side of hate at her local McDonald’s. WCTI-TV reports Charleigh Matice found a Nazi swastika etched in butter on the inside of the bun of her chicken sandwich when she went to put on mayonnaise.

Being hospitalized for surgery is enough to make the heart race. And new research suggests an abnormal heartbeat prior to surgery may raise the risk of stroke. The recent study looked at the effects of atrial fibrillation (also known as an irregular heartbeat) on patients in the hospital for surgery.

Following a very discreet pregnancy, the actress has told the world she has a new son. She had kept her pregnancy a secret for many months until she could not hide it any longer and now maintains her privacy.