How do you measure health? It is in how many servings of fruits and vegetables you have a day? How many times you exercise  a week? How many doctor visits you have a month? Or how many conditions you have?

New infections of hepatitis C are on the rise for the first time since the mid-1990s. Here's what's going on — and how communities can help stem that tide

A mother who develops diabetes during pregnancy could increase her child's chances of having autism, a new study suggests.

In many families, cancer genes are passed down through generations like an unwanted heirloom. But thanks to ever-improving genetic testing, doctors are able to identify these genes better than ever before – and offer patients treatment options to not only stop cancer from setting in, but to stop the gene from being passed on as well.

Growing up in a Hispanic household, my family was very modest. Nudity in any form was not accepted behavior. (I won’t even begin to get into the topic of walking barefoot). We never walked around the house without clothes in front of each other. That was completely a taboo. I remember taking showers with my best friend, Frances, when we were 7 and wearing swimsuits in the tub. Even as a young child of 3, at the beach I was never allowed to run around nude or without a top. Breasts were something we never talked about. They were something that needed to be covered up at all times no matter how old you were.