"Put on your coat so you don’t catch a cold,” Mom always said. Could skipping the warm layers on icy winter days really leave ...

Walking, or atypical, pneumonia, is a mild form of pneumonia that often resembles a cold. You may not have a high fever and ...

While several schools across our area are shut down Tuesday due to dangerous cold and below-zero wind chills, one school is closed for the day due to a water main break.

The frigid winter temperatures can pose serious health risks if proper precautions aren’t taken, medical experts warn.

To keep frost from forming inside, he recommends: "Wiping down windows and surfaces helps prevent freezing, because debris ...

As January brings the ice and snow, many of us are braving the elements to get our vehicles ready for the road.

International studies show that up to 35 per cent of pregnant women could be affected by piles, or haemorrhoids. While it’s ...

According to recent estimates from the World Health Organization, more than one in five people aged 15–49 live with genital ...

Congestion or coughing symptoms can be eased by sitting in a steamy bathroom. This simulates a medical mist tent, ...

Fit an insulated draught-proofing strip around the edge of the loft hatch and check your roof for missing or damaged tiles.

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

Stiliyan Petrov was diagnosed with leukaemia in March 2012 after initially thinking he was suffering from something as common ...