Those uncomfortable and sometimes painful trips to the bathroom may be a little easier to deal with. The US Food and Drug Administration approved Linzess, which is a new drug used to treat bad cases of irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation in adults.

Your pancreas is the organ that makes insulin - a hormone that plays a key role in diabetes control. Without a pancreas, controlling diabetes could be difficult; at least that's what doctors thought.

Along the road to improving diabetes care, both doctors and scientists have disagreed about which treatments are best. Now, there is disagreement about the safety of one of the most common diabetes drugs.

Thousands of children were born in the 1950s and 60s with horrific birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide. Now, the manufacturer of the morning sickness drug has apologized.

If you saw the movie “The Green Mile” – you know the man who played the gentle giant. Michael Clarke Duncan has died following complications from a heart attack he had two months ago. He was 54.

There's mounting evidence that a person’s weight and BMI (body mass index) at the time of their cancer diagnosis can make a difference in the course of the disease. Weight loss, if needed, is usually a positive move for people with cancer – but not for all.

If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you may be at risk of health problems throughout your body. Even if you've never been hospitalized, you and your doctor need to closely watch for signs of complications.

As children's waistlines continue to grow across the U.S., so do their chances of getting gallstones.

To use a condom or to not use a condom? For gay couples, the answer was different among different races.

When monitored and managed properly, the outlook is quite good for people living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). There are three targeted therapies that are effective in controlling this disease. One of the keys to success is close monitoring.