Barack Obama is reportedly considering CNN and CBS medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.

Latinas are more likely to avoid doctors and use risky methods to induce abortions, including mixing prescription drugs and throwing themselves down stairs, according to two studies in a New York Times report.

A Cleveland hospital announced one of its doctors has performed the world's first near-total face transplant.

Chilean health officials are being criticized for failing to notify 2,000 patients that they are HIV positive.

For the first time in history, the percentage of U.S. adults who smoke is under 20 percent, according to the CDC. Nearly half a million people die each year due to the effects of smoking.

The arteries of obese kids are more "typical of a 45-year-old than of someone their own age," according to researchers for the American Heart Association.

Michigan has become the thirteenth state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.

Brain scans show that bullies enjoy making others suffer.

Farts don't just feel good, they're good for you.

A study by The Alzheimer's Association finds that Latinos are at a higher risk for developing dementia and getting Alzheimer's at an earlier age than the national average.