A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.

Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under 15 here in Hawaii. On Thursday, a new water safety plan for the state was introduced hoping to decrease that number.

The panel laid out alternative causes of death in many of the cases, including natural causes and poor medical care.

In the United States, the annual death rate is at over three million. Knowing the top ten diseases responsible for U.S.

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Some older people in Zimbabwe are taking up exercise wherever they can find the space as non-communicable diseases such as ...

Road traffic injuries are a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in India, says a recent report based on data from the Ministry of Road Transpo ...

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Someone dies of heart disease about every 34 seconds in the US, according to a new report, confirming the often preventable ...

Advances in medical treatment for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of death in the U.S., have helped patients live longer. But a new report finds that risk factors that lead to heart disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pregnant women are more likely to die of violence than any medical cause in the U.S. Domestic violence ...