Heart Rhythm Disorder May Raise...

1 in 10 Fibromyalgia Patients Uses Marijuana to Ease Pain

1 in 8 Americans Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes: Poll

1/3 of Docs Often Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs Over Generics: Study

10 Years of Tamoxifen Better Than 5: Study

10-Minute 'Tension Tamer' at Bedtime May Help You Sleep: Study

2 Common Blood Pressure Meds Fare Equally in Preventing Heart Woes

2 New Weight-Loss Drugs Won't Reverse U.S. Obesity Crisis

2 Tests May Improve Heart Patients' Care, Studies Suggest

20% of U.S. Women Uninsured in 2010, Up From 15% in 2000: Report

300,000 People in U.S. Living With Chagas Disease: Report

3-D Imaging Might Make Some Surgeries Safer

4 Eating Habits May Help Older Women Maintain Weight Loss

48 States Now Report Flu Activity, Elderly Hit Hard

5 Million 'Test Tube' Babies Born to Date

7-Day Stuttering Therapy May Get Results, Study Says

9 in 10 Blacks With High Blood Pressure Have Early Heart Disease

A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients

A Survivor's Story From the Job Loss Front

A Third of U.S. Seniors Die With Dementia, Study Finds

A Virus That Zaps Zits?

Abandoning PSA Screening Could Cost Lives: Study

Abdominal 'Chemo Bath' May Extend Survival in Ovarian Cancer Patients

'Absentminded' Errors Common in Older Adults: Study

Abused Elderly Likely to Have Brain, Head and Neck Injuries

'Abuse-Resistant' Oxycontin May Be Driving Addicts to Heroin

Acne Medication May Raise Risk of Eye Infections

Adding Plavix to Aspirin Doesn't Help Guard Against Second Stroke: Study

Adding Vitamin B12 to Standard Drugs Might Help Fight Hepatitis C

ADHD Can Cause Lifelong Problems, Study Finds

ADHD Drugs Didn't Raise Heart Risks for Kids, Study Finds

ADHD May Raise Girls' Risk for Suicide as Young Adults

ADHD Treatments Not Working for Most Young Children

Adoption Can Boost Quality of Life for Infertile Couples, Study Finds

Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug May Help at Earlier Stage

Advice From a Cancer Veteran: Do What's Best for You

After Chest Radiation, Girls at Greater Risk for Early Breast Cancer: Study

After Hospital Discharge, Other Ills May Land Seniors Back in Again

Aging Boomers' Mental Health Woes Will Swamp Health System: Report

Aging Population Poses Long-Term Challenges to U.S. Economy

AIDS Deaths, New HIV Infections Continue to Drop Worldwide

Air Pollution May Speed Hardening of Arteries

Alcohol May Not Be Kind to the Aging Brain

Alcoholism Linked to Poor Sense of Empathy, Irony in Men

Alcoholism Shortens Life More Than Smoking: Study

All HIV Patients Should Take Meds Early On, Experts Now Say

Almost Half of U.S. Adults Have Gum Disease

Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise in Early Trial

Alzheimer's May Progress Differently in Women, Men

Alzheimer's Progression Slower After 80: Study

Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy Lifestyles

American Kids Getting Fewer Prescription Drugs: Study

Angelina Jolie Has Preventive Double Mastectomy

Angelina Jolie Will Have Ovaries Removed to Lower Chances of Cancer: Report

Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services

Another Meningitis Scare Emerges, Targeting NYC's Gay Men

Another Study Links Diabetes Drug Actos to Bladder Cancer

Another Study Says Mediterranean Diet Good for the Heart

Antibiotic Azithromycin Won't Harm Healthy Hearts: Study

Antibiotic Linked to Heart Problems in COPD Patients

Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Spreading: WHO

Antibiotics Don't Ease Coughs in Kids With Common Cold: Study

Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study

Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds

Antidepressants May Lead to Fewer Seizures in People With Epilepsy

Anti-HIV Drugs May Curb Transmission to Uninfected Partner: Study

Antioxidants in Tea, Fruit, Veggies Might Fight Prostate Cancer: Study

Antioxidants May Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Women: Study

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Higher Odds for Diabetes in Pregnancy

Antipsychotic Meds Not That Helpful for Depression: Study

Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C May Thwart Liver Cancer

Antiviral Therapy May Cut Recurrence of Hepatitis B-Linked Liver Cancer

Anxiety, Depression May Raise Stroke Risk

Anxiety, Depression May Triple Risk of Death for Heart Patients: Study

Approval Expanded for Sapien Artificial Heart Valve

Are Knee Injuries Tied to Menstrual Cycle?

Are Statins Less Helpful for Women?

Artery Stiffness May Predict High Blood Pressure

Arthritis Treatment Linked to Liver Problems in Study

Artificial Ovaries Could Potentially Deliver Hormone Therapy

As Armstrong Case Unfolds, Experts Describe Doping's Harms

As Obesity Rates Rise, Cases of Kidney Stones Double: Study

As Pedestrian's Age Rises, So Does Odds of Dying in Traffic Accident

Aspirin May Help Preserve Brain Function in Older Women With Heart Disease

Aspirin May Prevent Recurrence of Deep Vein Blood Clots

Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Dangerous Lung Blockage

Asthma Meds May Be Linked to Irregular Heartbeat

At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows

'Atkins'-Type Diets May Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study

Autism Often Not Diagnosed Until Age 5 or Older: U.S. Report

Autumn Birthday Ups Odds of Living to 100: Study

Avastin May Help Boost Survival With Aggressive Cervical Cancer: Study

Avastin Won't Extend Breast Cancer Survival: Study

Babies Born to Obese Women Show Thicker Arteries: Study

Bacteria Found in Other Products From Firm Tied to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA

'Bad' Fat May Hurt Brain Function Over Time

Balance, Strength Training Reduce Falls for Elderly, Study Finds

Balding Men Could Face Higher Heart Risks, Study Finds

Bathroom Reminders May Prod Guys to Wash Their Hands

Being 'Boss' at Home May Undermine Women's Ambition at Work: Study

'Believing' Propels Cancer Survivors to Exercise, Study Finds

Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest

Belly Fat May Raise Odds of Early Death for Thin Heart Patients

Belly 'Membrane' May Regulate Immune System, Mouse Study Finds

Benefits of Widespread Statin Use Outweigh Risks: Study

Berries May Cut Heart Attack Risk in Women, Study Says

Better Health Screening Urged for Female College Athletes

Better-Educated Blacks, Lower Odds of Hypertension: Study

Big, Rapid Gains Made in Human Lifespan: Study

'Bigorexics' Want to Boost Their Masculinity

Binge Drinking Common Among U.S. Women, Girls: CDC

Bipolar Disorder Drugs May 'Tweak' Genes Affecting Brain

Birth Control Pills, HRT Tied to Digestive Ills

Birth Control That Uses Combined Hormones Raises Heart Risk: Study

Birth Rates Good After Implanting 1 Embryo, Study Finds

Bisexual Women at Especially High Risk of Sexual Violence, CDC Says

Black Children Less Likely to Get Antibiotics: Study

Black Men Often Face Delays in Prostate Cancer Care: Study

Black Patients More Apt to Have Voice Box Removed When Cancer Strikes

Black Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer: Report

Blocked Heart Arteries May Be Key Risk Factor for Stroke

Blood Disorder Cases Tied to Prescription Painkiller Abuse

Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lip Cancer in Study

Blood Test May Help Define Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women

Blood Test May Spot Serious Health Risks in Women

Blood Test Might Spot High-Risk Breast Cancer Genes

Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts

Blood Tests Might Help Guide Breast Cancer Care

Blood Thinners May Boost Survival for Prostate Cancer Patients: Study

Body Temperature May Matter After Cardiac Arrest

Boomers' Health Fails to Measure Up to Parents'

'Boomers' With Hepatitis C Boosting Demand for Liver Transplants

Boomers Zero In on Health at Age 50 and 65, Study Says

Botox Injections: Option for Urge Incontinence?

Boys Hit Puberty Sooner Now, Study Finds

Brain Anatomy in Dyslexics Varies By Gender, Study Finds

Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows

Brain Changes Seen in Relatives of People With Alzheimer's

Brain Injury Doesn't Raise Dementia Risk for Most: Study

Brain Scans of 'Hoarders' Show Unique Abnormalities

Brave New World of Genetics Requires Safeguards, Experts Say

Breast Cancer Death Rates Higher for Black Women: Study

Breast Cancer Drug Duo Wins Out in Study

Breast Cancer Drug Linked to Sexual Problems in Older Women

Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought

Breast Cancer Drug Might Help Men on Prostate Cancer Therapy

Breast Cancer Gene May Be Tied to Early Menopause

Breast Cancer Gene Tests Won't Help Most Women: Report

Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study

Breast MRI Best at Tracking Response to Chemo: Study

Breast-Feeding Might Cut Risk for Tough-to-Treat Breast Cancer: Study

Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study

Buy Breast Pumps With Caution, FDA Says

Buying Testosterone Supplements Online Can Be Risky

Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study

Bypass Patients Fare Equally Well With or Without Heart-Lung Machine

Caffeine May Help Treat Parkinson's Disease

Calcium Supplements May Be Bad for Your Heart: Study

Calcium Supplements May Raise Men's Death Risk From Heart Disease

Calcium Supplements May Raise Odds of Heart Death in Women

Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements May Pose Risks for Men With Prostate Cancer

Can Green Tea, Coffee Reduce Stroke Risk?

Can High-Protein, Low-Carb Diet Boost Fertility Treatment?

Can Parents' Divorce Boost Son's Risk for Stroke?

Can Penis Size Sway Women's Choice of Mate?

Can Therapy Dogs Help Kids With Autism?

Can Tomatoes Lower Stroke Risk?

Cancer Drug Doesn't Speed Up Tumor Growth, Researchers Say

Cancer Drug Reduced Relapses in MS Patients: Studies

Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease as Top Cause of Death Among U.S. Hispanics

Cancer Patients May Be Unintended Victims of Budget Cuts

Cancer Rates Vary Widely by State, Race: CDC Report

Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers

Cardiac Screening for All Young Athletes Carries Big Price Tag: Study

Cases Linked to Fungal Meningitis Now Number 328

Cash, Coaching May Boost Healthy Living

Cataract Patients Relax to a Soothing Beat, Study Says

Cataract Surgery May Cut Risk of Hip Fracture

CDC Guidelines Could Cut Bloodstream Infections From Dialysis

CDC Panel: All Pregnant Women Should Get Whooping Cough Shot

CDC: Meningitis Infections Now Total 185 in 12 States

Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments

Centenarians a Happy Lot, Survey Says

Certain Heart Meds May Give Chemo a Boost

Certain Sleep Aids May Raise Hip Fracture Risk in Nursing Homes: Study

Certain Steroids May Raise Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots

Cervical Cancer Spotted Later in Women Without Health Insurance

Cervical Disease Treatment Not Linked to Premature Birth Risk

Changes to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Could Widen Definition of ADHD

Chemical in Household Products May Be Linked to Heart Disease: Study

Chemicals in Cookware, Carpets May Raise Arthritis Risk in Women

'Chemo Brain' After Breast Cancer Backed by Study

'Chemo Brain' May Occur Before Treatment Even Starts

Chemo May Extend Survival After Breast Cancer's Return

Chemo Pills Effective, But Patients May Skip Doses

Child Abuse Might Alter Onset of Menstruation in Girls

Childbirth After 30 Lowers Risk of Endometrial Cancer: Study

Childhood Abuse Linked to Diabetes, Heart Disease in Middle-Aged Women

Childhood Abuse May Be Tied to Uterine Fibroids: Study

Childhood Depression May Be Tied to Later Heart Risk: Study

Childhood Trauma Linked to Later Stroke Risk

Children Born With Heart Defects Show Growth Lags 3 Years Later

Children Underrepresented in Clinical Drug Trials: Study

Cholesterol Drug Boosts Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice: Study

Cholesterol Drugs Might Boost Kidney Cancer Survival

Cholesterol Levels Dropping in U.S. Adults, Mostly From Statin Use

Cholesterol Levels Getting Better for U.S. Kids: CDC

Cholesterol Levels May Vary By Season

Cholesterol Screenings Up, But Certain Groups Still Lag: CDC

Chronic Cough Responds to Epilepsy Drug, Study Finds

Chronic Pain Often Follows Stroke

Citicoline Supplement Doesn't Help Treat Brain Injury, Study Finds

Clearing Up the Confusion on When to Get a Pap Test

Clenched Hand May Prevent 'Choking' Under Pressure

Close Relative's Early Death May Raise Your Heart Risk: Study

Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study

Clot Buster Seems to Help Up to 6 Hours After Stroke

'Clot-Buster' Drug May Still Be Best Stroke Treatment

Clot-Busting Stroke Drug Safe for Many Who Take Warfarin

Clues to Ancient Dentistry Found in Human Tooth

Cocaine Raises Heart Risks for Fit, Young Adults: Study

Codeine Risky for Kids After Certain Surgeries, FDA Says

Coffee Might Actually Help Your Heart

Combo Drug Therapy May Work Best to Strengthen Bones: Study

Combo Inhaler May Give Better Relief for Some With Asthma

Combo Therapy Helps Knock Out Fungal Meningitis

Combo Therapy May Help Ease 'Ringing in the Ears'

Combo Therapy May Help Ease Sleep Apnea at High Altitude

Combo Treatment Might Beat Epidural to Ease Labor: Study

Common Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk a Bit, Study Finds

Common Antidepressants Tied to Higher Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Users: Study

Common Antidepressants Too Risky During Pregnancy, Researchers Say

Common Blood Pressure Drugs Might Lower Dementia Risk

Common Heart Drug Linked to Cancer Risk in Study

Common Heart Drug Might Dampen Some Autism Symptoms

Common Heart Drug Might Improve Lung Cancer Survival

Common Heart Medicine May Not Be Effective for Some: Study

Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Common Painkillers May Help Prevent Skin Cancer: Study

Common Painkillers Might Boost Odds for 2nd Heart Attack

Common Skin Cancer a Chronic Condition, Study Says

Company With Links to Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Recalls All Products

Comparison of Obesity Surgeries Turns Up Surprising Results

Competitive Sports May Boost Heart Function After Breast Cancer

Compound in Red Meat, Energy Drinks May Have Heart Disease Link

Compounding Pharmacists Oppose Greater U.S. Oversight

Condition Commonly Seen in Aging May Alter Brain Function

Congress to Open Hearings Into Steroid/Meningitis Outbreak

Consider Weight When Choosing Blood Pressure Meds: Study

Constipation Treatments Not Equally Effective: Review

Controversial Alternative Heart Treatment Shows Hint of Benefit

Cooking-Oil Combo May Improve Blood Pressure

Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study

COPD Can Put a Damper on Sex Life

Cosmetic Procedures for Arms on the Rise, Plastic Surgeons Say

Cost of Diabetes Care in U.S. Keeps Climbing

Costlier Heart Device May Not Be Worth It, Study Suggests

Costly Breast Cancer Screenings May Not Help Seniors: Study

Costly, Repeat Medical Testing Common for Medicare Patients: Study

Could Fertility Drugs Make Kids Shorter?

Could Herpes Virus Affect Memory in Older Adults?

Could an Aging Face Reflect an Unhealthy Heart?

Could Bloodletting Ease Heart Risks for the Obese?

Could Cholesterol Treatment Fight Repeat Heart Attack?

Could Duration of Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy Be Halved?

Could Food Flavors Act Like Mood-Stabilizing Drugs?

Could Hypertension in Pregnancy Harm Child's Thinking Skills for Decades?

Could iPads, Kindles Be Just What the Eye Doctor Ordered?

Could Slow Walking Foreshadow Early Dementia?

Could the Naked Mole Rat Hold Secrets to Longevity?

Could Turtle Gene Findings Aid Human Health?

Could Your Genes Influence How You Vote?

Couples' Sexual Relationships Can Suffer During IVF, Study Finds

Couples Therapy May Help Combat PTSD

Couples Trying to Conceive Might Need Help Sooner, Study Says

CPR Training Should Focus on High-Risk Neighborhoods: Experts

Craze for Hairless Genitals Accompanies Rise in Infections

Cut Salt, Save 500,000 U.S. Lives Over a Decade, Study Finds

Daily Aspirin Linked to Lower Risk for Deadly Skin Cancer in Women

Daily Aspirin May Bolster Aging Brain, Study Shows

Daily Aspirin May Help Those at Risk for Recurrent Blood Clots

Daily 'Dose' of Dark Chocolate Might Shield the Heart

Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Risks Seem to Outweigh Gains for Many: Study

Death Toll From Meningitis Outbreak Now Stands at 7, CDC Says

Deep Belly Fat Could Weaken Men's Bones, Study Suggests

Deep Brain Stimulation May Help in Early Stages of Parkinson's

Delaying ADHD Meds Could Hurt Kids' Math Scores

Dementia, Late-Life Depression May Be Linked

Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths

Depressed Patients May Gain From Self-Help Books, Websites

Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Higher Early Death Risk

Depression Brings Worries About Discrimination, Study Finds

Depression Stigma May Be Fading: Survey

Depression, DNA Linked to Higher Death Risk in Bladder Cancer Patients

Device Offers Hope for Battery-Free Pacemakers

Diabetes Doesn't Seem to Raise Risks After Knee Replacement

Diabetes Drug Actos May Increase Bladder Cancer Odds

Diabetes Drug Metformin May Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women

Diabetes May Hasten Mental Decline

Diabetes Self-Care Improves Slowly, U.S. Report Finds

Dialysis Catheters Tied to Higher Risk for Infection, Death, Study Finds

Diet Drinks As Mixers May Make for More Potent Cocktails

Diet, Exercise May Boost 'Good' Cholesterol, Study Suggests

Dieting May Lower Hormone Levels Tied to Breast Cancer

Discontinued Meds May Still Get Dispensed

'Diverted' Medical Marijuana Use Common Among Teens: Study

Divorce Puts Women at Risk of Losing Health Insurance, Study Finds

DNA 'Telomere' Length Tied to Aging, Death Risk

DNA Test Shows Promise in Guiding Advanced Breast Cancer Care

Do Bald Men Face Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer?

Docs' 'Cultural Competence' May Boost HIV Care

Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life

Docs' Theories on Obesity May Affect Their Weight-Loss Advice

Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients' Odds After Some Strokes: Study

Docs: Heart Device Might Be Breakthrough for Muscular Dystrophy

Doctor Offers Hunting Safety Tips

'Doctor Shopping' Tied to Fatal Prescription Drug Overdoses

Doctor-Patient Communication Key to Sticking With Meds

Doctors Biased Against Drug Company Research, Study Finds

Doctors' Insight Into Patients' Lives May Boost Care, Study Finds

Doctors Often Misinterpret Patients' Wishes, Study Says

Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids

Doctors Too Pap-Happy, Survey Suggests

Doctors Warn About High Levels of Caffeine in Some Energy Drinks

Doctors Who 'Self-Refer' to Radiation Clinics Add to Patients' Burden: Study

Does Sleep Apnea Offer Some Protection During Heart Attack?

Does Stress Management Slow MS?

Dog Helps Super-Sleepy Woman in Her Travels

Dog Study Raises Prospect of Biological Pacemaker for Humans

'Do-It-Yourself' Projects May Boost White-Collar Males' Self-Image

Don't Give ADHD Meds to Undiagnosed Kids, Experts Urge

Doubling Up on Cold, Flu Remedies May Harm Liver

Drinking Can Derail Women's Efforts to Quit Smoking

Drivers' Glaucoma May Boost Accident Risk

Drop in Illicit Drug Use in Cities, Uptick in Prescription Drug Abuse

Drug Company Reps Don't Tell Docs Enough About Side Effects: Survey

Drug May Ease Angina in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Drug May Help Women Who Quit Smoking Avoid Weight Gain

Drug May Make Walking Easier for People With Artery Disease

Drug OK'd for Deadly Genetic Condition Tied to Cholesterol

Drug Shows Some Benefit for Kids With Autism

Drug Used to Prevent Prostate Cancer Won't Lower Quality of Life

Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Drugs Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk for Some, Task Force Finds

Drugs Can Sometimes Prevent Migraines, but at a Cost

Drugs May Help Relieve Restless Legs Syndrome

Drugs to Prevent Alzheimer's to Be Tested in Large Trial

Early Exposure to Stress at Home Affects Girls' Brains, Study Says

Early Menopause May Double Heart Disease Risk, Study Says

Early Menopause May Raise Risk for Brain Aneurysm

Early Menstruation Tied to Factors That Raise Heart Disease Risk

Early Ovary Removal May Be Tied to Lapses in Memory, Thinking

Early Stenting Best for Some Heart Patients: Study

Early Study Hints at Link Between Certain Sunscreens, Endometriosis

Early Surgery May Benefit Some With Heart Infection

Eat Fish, Live Longer?

Eating Disorders Hitting Women Over 50, Study Finds

Economy May Have Lasting Effect on Young People's Outlook

Effects of High Blood Pressure Drug May Mimic Celiac Disease

Efficient Disease Risk Prediction a Long Way Off, Experts Say

Egg Freezing as Viable as 'Fresh' Eggs, Fertility Experts Say

Elder Abuse Tied to Higher Hospitalization Rates

Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study

Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study

Eliminating Mouth-to-Mouth Boosts CPR Results: Study

Eliquis Approved for People With Heart Rhythm Disorder

Energy Drinks Linked to Changes in Heart Rhythm

Energy Drinks Pose Risks to Teens, Study Finds

Enter the 'Brotox' Era

EPA Lowers Permissible Soot Levels in Air

EPA Proposes New Cuts on Levels of Soot in Air

Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Linked to Autism Risk in Study

Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise as Weight-Loss Aid, Study Says

ER Visits Linked to ADHD Meds Up Sharply

ER Visits Tied to Ambien on the Rise

Erectile Dysfunction May Signal Hidden Heart Disease

Erectile Dysfunction Tied to Long-Term Narcotic Use in Men

Estrogen Levels Tied to Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Study

Eunuchs Lived Longer Than Other Men: Study

Even a Little Pot Use Ups College Dropout Risk

Even Brief Ozone Exposure May Raise Fatal Heart Risk: Study

Even 'High-Normal' Blood Sugar Tied to Brain Shrinkage

Even in Young Adults, Binge Drinking May Harm Circulation

Even Light Smoking Boosts Women's Risk of Sudden Heart Death: Study

Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study

Even Slight Mental Decline Can Harm Health, Studies Suggest

Everyday Noise Levels May Affect the Heart

Evidence Grows That Cancer Has Its Own Stem Cells

Excess Salt a Factor in 2.3 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide

Exercise Can Shield the Aging Brain, Studies Show

Exercise Helps Older Adults Stay Fit

Exercise Improves Effects of Stroke: Study

Exercise May Beat Socializing at Staving Off Brain Shrinkage

Exercise May Delay Early Aging of People With Diabetes

Exercise May Ease Depression Tied to Heart Failure

Exercise May Lower Older Women's Risk for Kidney Stones

Exercise Might Keep Menopausal Hot Flashes at Bay

Exercise Program Boosts Health After Lung Transplant: Study

Exercise Safety Tips for People With Heart Disease

Exercising at Midlife May Stave Off Dementia Down the Road

Expensive, Drug-Emitting Stents May Be Overused: Study

Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise, Study Finds

Experimental Antidepressant Appears Quick-Acting, Safe

Experimental Chemical Helps Blind Mice See

Experimental Drug for Hepatitis C Promising, Studies Show

Experimental Drug May Limit Stroke Damage

Experimental Drug Seems to Aid Memory in Mice With Alzheimer's

Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Certain Breast Cancers

Experimental Vaccine Seems to Stop Nicotine Addiction in Mice

Experimental Vaccine Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer

Experimental Vitiligo Treatment Shows Promise in Mice

Expert Panel Suggests PSA Test May Benefit Some Men

Expert Tips May Help Kids Avoid Allergens at School

Expert Tips to Get Rid of Head Lice

Experts Challenge Americans to Reduce Salt Intake

Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure

Experts Question Use of Ankle Blood Pressure to Gauge Heart Risks

Extra Pounds Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in Women

Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients

Extra Sleep May Help You Withstand Pain

Extra Steps Urged to Cut Alcohol, Drug Use in Military: Report

Extreme Cold Snap Brings Unexpected Health Risks

Eye Docs Must Do More to Spot Unsafe Older Drivers: Study

Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke

Fainting in Healthy People May Be First Sign of Heart Trouble

Fainting Spells Often Tied to Too Many Meds at Once: Study

Faltering Steps May Indicate Oncoming Dementia

Fast Food Makes Up 11 Percent of Calories in U.S. Diet: CDC

Fast-Food Breakfast Sandwiches May Slow Down Blood Flow: Study

FDA Agents Visit Mass. Company Linked to Meningitis Outbreak

FDA Approves 1st Skin Patch to Combat Migraines

FDA Approves 2nd New Weight-Loss Drug

FDA Approves Drug for Older Women Experiencing Painful Sex

FDA Approves Generic Versions of Plavix

FDA Approves 'Morning-After' Pill Without a Prescription

FDA Approves New Drug to Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA Approves New Multiple Sclerosis Drug

FDA Campaign Aims to Make Online Drug Purchases Safer

FDA Gives Nod to Longer Use of Nicotine Patch, Gum

FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer Drug

FDA OKs Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA OKs Expanded Use of Prostate Cancer Drug

FDA OKs First Ultrasound Imaging System for Dense Breasts

FDA Panel Considers 1st Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

FDA Panel Recommends Against 1st Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

FDA Panel Votes Against New Use for Blood Thinner Xarelto

FDA Panel Votes for Tougher Curbs on Vicodin, Other Painkillers

FDA Panel Weighs Tougher Restrictions on Some Prescription Painkillers

FDA Proposes Tighter Regulation of Public Defibrillators

FDA Pulls One Generic Form of Wellbutrin Off the Market

FDA Renews Heart-Risk Warning for Antibiotic

FDA Urges Studies on Safer Formulations of Narcotic Painkillers

FDA Wants to Relax Approval Process for Alzheimer's Drugs

FDA Warns Pregnant Women About Migraine Drugs

FDA, States Weigh Pharmacy Regulation in Wake of Meningitis Outbreak

FDA: Don't Use Pradaxa Blood Thinner in Patients With Artificial Heart Valves

FDA: More Tainted Products at Firm Tied to Meningitis Outbreak

Females, Young Athletes Take Longer to Get Over Concussions

Fertility Treatment Tied to Higher Relapse Rate in Women With MS

Fetal Heart May Develop Later in Pregnancy Than Thought

Few Migraine Sufferers Referred for Behavioral Treatments

Fewer Children for Women After Ectopic Pregnancy: Study

First Stem Cell Vein Implant Helps Young Girl

Fish Oil Supplements Don't Protect Against Heart Trouble: Study

Fish Oil Supplements Won't Prevent Irregular Heart Beat: Study

Fish Oil Won't Prevent Irregular Heartbeat After Cardiac Surgery: Study

Fish Oil Won't Save Diabetics' Hearts, Research Suggests

Fish, But Not Fish Oil Supplements, May Shield Against Stroke

Fitness May Boost Survival for Women With Breast Cancer

Flu Infections Continue to Decline

Flu Levels Continue to Fall, CDC Says

Flu Levels Starting to Fall, CDC Says

Flu Season Continues to Wind Down

Flu Season's Approaching So Roll Up Your Sleeve

Flu Shot May Not Work as Well for Seniors

Flu Still at Epidemic Levels: CDC

Flu Still Widespread but Easing in Some States: CDC

Flu Vaccine Fell Short for Seniors This Season: CDC

Flu Vaccine May Protect Your Heart

Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial

Foot Ulcers Tied to Increased Death Risk for People With Diabetes

For Aggressive Breast Cancer, Chemo May Work Better in the Young

For Early Cancer, Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy for Survival: Study

For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions

For Juvenile Arthritis, Pill May Work as Well as Needle

For Married Men, Does More Housework Mean Less Sex?

For New Mom With Aphasia, 'Giving Up Was Not an Option'

For Older Women, Mammograms Every 2 Years Found as Good as Annual Test

For Older Women, Missed Mammograms Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes

For One Woman, HPV Vaccine Was a 'No-Brainer'

For Some Children, Autism Symptoms May Fade With Age

For Some Seniors With Skin Cancer, Surgery Not Always Best Choice

Four in 10 Babies Given Solid Foods Too Early, Study Finds

Frailty Linked to Dementia in Oldest Adults

Free Birth Control May Curb Abortions: Study

Freezing Treatment May Help Destroy Lung Tumors: Study

Friday Is 'National Wear Red Day' for Women's Heart Health

Fried Foods May Boost Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Says

Funding Meals on Wheels Keeps Seniors Independent: Study

Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 28 Dead, 363 Sickened

Gay Men Who Marry Now Living Longer, Study Says

Gel Shows Promise as Future Male Contraceptive

Gene Discovery May Offer Breakthrough for Rare Leukemia

Gene Linked to Alzheimer's May Lose Power With Age

Gene May Double Risk of Alzheimer's in Blacks

Gene Mutation's Benefit for Ovarian Cancer Patients May Not Last: Study

Gene Study Yields New Clues to Breast Cancer

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Rare Children's Brain Disorder

Gene Ups Pancreatitis Risk in Men Who Drink Heavily

Generic Versions of Blood-Thinning Plavix Approved

Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain

Genes Linked to Effectiveness of Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer

Genes May Influence Impotence After Prostate Radiation

Genes May Influence Reactions to Painkillers

Gene-Tweaked Tomatoes, Probiotics Aim to Lower Your Cholesterol

Genital Injuries Common But Preventable, Researchers Say

Get Fit in Middle Age to Cut Heart Failure Risk, Study Says

Ginkgo Won't Prevent Alzheimer's, Study Finds

Give Teens Access to Emergency Contraception, Pediatricians Say

Give Your Heart the Gift of a Stress-Free Holiday

Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study

'Greenish-Black' Contaminant in Vials of Steroid Behind Meningitis Outbreak: FDA

Guidelines Issued for New Blood Thinner Brilinta

Guidelines Issued to Resolve Temporary Facial Paralysis

Gut Microbes Might Reflect Health, Diet of Older Adults

'Gut Reaction' May Predict Cardiovascular Risk

Half of Heart Patients Make Mistakes With Their Meds: Study

Hanging Suicides Up in United States

Hard Physical Labor May Boost Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke: Studies

Having Older Grandfather May Raise Child's Autism Risk: Study

Health Issues Add to Risk of Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Says

Health Tip: At Risk for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Caring for an Older Person's Teeth

Health Tip: Do I Need a Cardiac Stress Test?

Health Tip: Do You Have a Heart Murmur?

Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pacemaker Issues

Health Tip: Exercise Can Help Manage Menopause

Health Tip: Exercising After Baby is Born

Health Tip: Focus on Healthy Aging

Health Tip: Get Heart Healthy

Health Tip: Get Ready for Cardiac Rehab

Health Tip: Have Heart Palpitations?

Health Tip: Heed the Warning Signs of Heat Exhaustion

Health Tip: Help Prevent Heart Disease

Health Tip: Help Prevent Malnutrition in Seniors

Health Tip: If Dementia Causes Sleep Problems

Health Tip: Keep Your Teeth Healthier

Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker

Health Tip: Poor Sleep Can Hurt Your Heart...

Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Falling

Health Tip: Seeing Behind the Wheel

Health Tip: Seniors on the Move

Health Tip: Should I Be Screened for Prediabetes?

Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women

Health Tip: Spot the Early Stages of Alzheimer's

Health Tip: Stay Active After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Stay Healthier as You Age

Health Tip: Watch for Signs of Elder Abuse

Health Tip: Why Some Seniors Can't Sleep

Health Tip: Will Cardiac Rehab Help?

Healthy Brain Connections Help Maintain Intellect in Old Age

Healthy Diet May Prevent Additional Heart Trouble

Healthy Diet, Exercise Extend Life for Women in Their 70s: Study

Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Survival Odds for Older Women With Cancer

Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds

Healthy Lungs May Keep Brain Running Smoothly

Healthy Older Women Advised Against Taking Calcium

Hearing Loss May Hasten Mental Decline

Heart Attack Patients Do Better if They Had Chest Pain First

Heart Attacks, Strokes Jumped After Japan Earthquake, Study Finds

Heart Deaths Rise With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds

Heart Defect at Birth Signals Need to Check for Other Disorders: AHA

Heart Disease Deaths in Europe Dropping: Report

Heart Disease Risk Factors Also Tied to Death From Prostate Cancer

Heart Drug Digoxin Tied to Higher Death Risk for Some Patients

Heart Failure Drug May Only Help Heart's Function, Not Symptoms

Heart Failure Drugs Put to the Test

Heart Health Worst in the South, Best in Northeast

Heart Muscle Cells Regenerate in Kids, Research Shows

Heart Risks May Also Point to Dementia Risk

Heart Scarring May Be More Dangerous Than Thought, Study Suggests

Heartburn Meds May Often Be Taken for Too Long, at Too-High Doses

Heart-Healthy Habits in Childhood May Prevent Future Disease

Heart-Healthy Lifestyle May Also Prevent Lethal Blood Clots

HeartWare Device Approved for Heart Transplant Hopefuls

Heavy Coffee Intake May Affect Fertility Treatments: Study

Heavy Drinking Linked to Earlier Stroke

Heavy Drinking, Smoking Won't Harm Men's Sperm: Study

Hemorrhoids Are Common, Preventable and Treatable

Hepatitis C Treatment May Hamper Kids' Growth

'Hercules' Star Kevin Sorbo Knows Stroke Strikes the Young

'Hidden' HPV May Reactivate in Older Women, Study Suggests

High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Later Heart Trouble

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Threaten Kids' Heart Health

High Blood Pressure May Protect Some Frail Elderly: Study

High Blood Pressure Poses Bigger Stroke Risk for Blacks, Study Says

High BPA Levels in Kids Linked to Risk for Heart, Kidney Damage: Study

High Medical Bills Driving Some Americans to Extreme Measures

High Rates of Untreated Kidney Failure Seen in Elderly

High-Antioxidant Diet May Not Prevent Stroke, Dementia, Study Finds

High-Carb Diet in Old Age Linked to Mental Decline

Higher Blood Pressure May Harm the Middle-Aged Brain, Study Finds

Higher Fruit, Veggie Intake Tied to Lower Risk of a Tough-to-Treat Breast Cancer

Higher Heart Rate Tied to Earlier Death, Even in Fit People

High-Fiber Diet Helps Heart Too, Expert Says

High-Risk Heterosexuals Should Take HIV Prevention Pill, Too

High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster

Hillary Clinton Has Blood Clot in Head, Full Recovery Expected

Hillary Clinton Plans to Return to Work Next Week

Hillary Clinton Released From NYC Hospital

Hillary Clinton Returns to Work

Hip Surgery Increases Stroke Risk in Older Patients: Study

HIV Diagnoses Among U.S. Hispanics Vary By Region: CDC

HIV Drug Combo May Help Prevent Malaria Reinfection

HIV Drug May Prevent Bone Marrow Transplant Complication

HIV Drugs May Help Protect Young Patients' Hearts: Study

HIV May Raise Risk of Heart Attack

HIV Undetectable in 2 Men After Bone Marrow Transplants: Study

Home Dialysis an Option for Some With Chronic Kidney Disease

Home Elder Care: Buyer, Beware

Hormone May Boost Aging, Failing Brains

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Safe or Not?

Hormone Shows Potential as Diabetes Treatment in Mice

Hormone Therapy in Early Menopause May Benefit Some Women: Study

Hospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find

Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients

Hot Flashes Don't Signal Poor Heart Health for Most Women: Study

Household Chores May Ease Nighttime Menopausal Symptoms

How Long Should Men's Urinary Infections Be Treated?

How Much Caffeine in That Supplement? Hard to Tell

How to Quickly Spot Signs of Stroke: Experts

How Well Do You Rise From Sitting on the Floor?

HPV Vaccine Reducing Infections, Even Among Unvaccinated: Study

HRT Update: Therapy May Reduce Fractures, Boost Some Risks

Humans Can Sniff Out Old Age in Others, Study Shows

Hysterectomy May Not Raise Heart Risks After All: Study

If Wife Earns More, Husband's Sexual Performance May Suffer: Study

Immune System May Not Weaken With Age: Study

Implantable Defibrillators Linked to Decline in Cardiac Arrests

Implanted Defibrillator Patients Prefer Device Off if Very Ill: Survey

Implanted Heart Devices Have Real-World Benefits: Study

Impotence Drug Cialis Might Have Other Sexual Benefits: Study

Improved Developmental Screening Urged for Hispanic Kids

Improved HIV Care Boosts Life Expectancy at Clinic, Study Found

Impulsive College Women at Risk of Drinking Problems: Study

Incoherent Text Messages May Signal Stroke, Doctors Say

Inconsistency Seen in Safety Labeling for Generic Drugs

Incontinence Affects Young Childless Women, Too

Ingredient in New MS Drug Linked to Serious Brain Disease

Injected 'Hydrogel' May Help Repair Failing Hearts

Inserting Breathing Tube May Not Be Best for Victims of Cardiac Arrest

Insomnia Hints at Future Hospitalization

Insomnia May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Internet Search History May Reveal Unknown Drug Side Effects

Intuitive 'Number Sense' Makes Daily Life Easier

iPads Could Affect Implanted Heart Devices, Early Study Finds

Iron-Rich Diet Might Ease PMS Misery

Irregular Heartbeat May Pose Higher Stroke Risk for Women Than Men

Is a Better Sleeping Pill on the Way?

Is Childhood Intelligence Linked to Pain Problems in Adulthood?

Is Early Baldness in Blacks a Clue to Prostate Cancer?

Is 'Sex Addiction' Real? Some Experts Say So

Is the Mental Health System Failing Troubled Kids?

Isolation, Loneliness May Raise Death Risk for Elderly

It's Possible to Be Obese and Heart-Healthy: Studies

IUD Might Ease Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Study Suggests

IUDs Safe Contraceptives for Teens, Study Finds

IUDs, Implants Best for Long-Term Birth Control: Study

Japanese-American Men With Low Vitamin-D Diet Face Higher Stroke Risk

Joint Replacement Boosts Heart Attack Risk Right After Surgery: Study

Judge: Make Morning-After Pill Available to All Females

Junk Food Hurts Your Arteries, But Healthy Meal Might Help

'Junk Food' May Significantly Hike Risk of Stroke, Researchers Say

Junk Food Taxes Pay Off, Study Finds

Just How Might Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?

Juxtapid Approved for LDL Cholesterol Condition

Katrina, Other Crises Boost Heart Attacks: Studies

Kcentra Approved to Stop Severe Bleeding in Heart Patients

Keep Moving to Ease Pain of Knee Arthritis: Review

Keeping Sexuality Secret Takes Mental Toll on Bisexual Men

Keeping Up a Healthy Lifestyle Pays Off in Added Years: Study

Kelly the Robot Helps Kids Tackle Autism

Kidney Disease May Be as Harmful to Heart as Heart Attack: Study

Kidneys Sometimes Removed Needlessly in Patients With Rare Genetic Disorder

Kids' Concussion Recovery Varies by Symptom Severity: Study

Kids With Hemophilia Should Be Active, But Avoid Risky Sports: Study

Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says

Knee Injections for Arthritis? Save Your Money, Study Says

Know What's in Your Child's Medications, FDA Warns

Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass

Ladies, Drink to Your (Bone) Health

Lance Armstrong Resigns as Chairman of Cancer Foundation

Lance Armstrong Stripped of Tour de France Titles

Large Breasts Can Take Mental, Physical Toll on Teens

Laser Liposuction May Zap Fat Without Skin Sag: Study

Lasting Wedded Bliss May Lead to Better Health

Latest Meningitis Outbreak Toll: 20 Deaths and 257 Infections, CDC Says

Least Aggressive Breast Cancer Still Poses Long-Term Risk, Study Finds

Less Bystander CPR Done in Poor, Black Neighborhoods, Study Shows

Less Frequent Pap Tests Safe for Most Women, Ob/Gyn Group Says

Less Invasive Surgery Safe for Harvesting Bypass Veins: Study

Less Salt, More Potassium = Millions of Lives Saved

Life's Winners May Not Win the Life Span Race

Lifestyle Affects Outcome of Peripheral Artery Procedure: Study

Lifestyle Might Curb Loss of Height That Comes With Age

Lifetime of Speaking a 2nd Language May Boost Aging Brain

Lighter Sleep May Dull Memory Skills in Seniors

Limited Use of Antibiotics OK for Dental Patients: Study

Liver Transplantation No Bar to Successful Pregnancy

Living in Smoggy Areas May Reduce Seniors' Brainpower

Living in 'Stroke Belt' as Teen May Raise Future Risk

Living Long May Protect Against Early Alzheimer's, Study Finds

Living Near Heavy Traffic May Harm Kidney Function

London Smog May Be Tough on Olympians

Loneliness May Boost Odds of Dementia

Loneliness, Living Alone Might Shorten Life

Long Waits in the ER May Raise PTSD Risk for Heart Patients

Longer Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest May Be Warranted, Study Suggests

Longer Wait for Mammogram After Benign Breast Biopsy May Be Warranted

Long-Term Aspirin Use Linked With Vision Loss: Study

Long-Term Side Effects Key When Cancer Patients Choose Drugs

Long-Term Use of Some Antipsychotics Not Warranted in Older Adults: Study

Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life

Losing Weight May Lower Cardiac Risks

Low Calcium Linked to Hormone Condition in Women

Low Testosterone Linked to Later Arthritis in Study

Low Vitamin D in Early Pregnancy Tied to Lower Birth Weight

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Weight Gain in Older Women

Low Wages Linked to Raised Risk for High Blood Pressure

Low-Dose 'Pill' Linked to Pain During Orgasm, Study Finds

Low-Fiber Diet May Raise Teens' Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes

Lullabies Soothe Preemies, Parents Alike

Lung Cancer Deaths Rise Among 'Boomer' Women in South

Lupus May Be Linked to Serious Pregnancy Complication

Magnetic Implant May Ease Chronic Acid Reflux

Maintain Heart Health During Summer

Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study

Male Diners Tip Better When Waitress Wears Red: Study

Males Struck by Cars Die More Often Than Females: Study

Mammo Rates Unchanged Despite Controversial Guidelines

Mammograms Do Not Prevent Advanced Breast Cancer, Study Suggests

Mammograms Every Other Year OK for Women Over 50: Study

Mammography's Benefits Outweigh Harms for Older Women: Study

Man Dies After Parasitic Worms Invade Lungs

Many Allergic to Fire Ant's Sting Don't Get Preventive Shots

Many Americans Skipping Meds to Save Money, CDC Says

Many Heart Attacks May Go Unrecognized in Seniors

Many Hospitalized Kids Struggle With Pain

Many Lesbians Not Screened for Cervical Cancer, Study Finds

Many Medicaid Patients Skip Drugs That Could Prevent Heart Trouble

Many Mistakenly Think Radiation Might Cure Terminal Lung Cancer

Many Older Heart Attack Survivors Don't Stick With Meds

Many Ovarian Cancer Patients Denied By-the-Book Care, Study Says

Many Primary Care Docs Don't Know Long-Term Effects of Chemo: Survey

Many Primary-Care Doctors Want Help Treating Obesity

Many Seniors Overpaying for Medicare Drug Plans: Study

Many Seniors Suffer Mental Decline in Silence: CDC

Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds

Many Suffer Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery, Study Finds

Many Suffer Leg, Lung Clots While Hospitalized: CDC

Many Terminal Cancer Patients Put False Hope in Chemo, Study Finds

Many U.S. Hispanics Have Heart Disease Risk Factors

Many U.S. Teens Have Poor Health Habits

Many Women Victims of 'Contraceptive Sabotage,' Experts Say

Marathons Safe for Aging Boomers, Study Finds

Marijuana Extract May Help Ease Muscle Stiffness in MS: Study

Marijuana Extract May Not Relieve MS Spasms: Review

Marriage May Cut Heart Attack Risk for Both Spouses

Mass. Launches Criminal Probe of Firm Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: Report

Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing

Mechanical Blood Clot 'Retrievers' May Aid Stroke Patients

Med School Enrollment on Rise in 2012

Med School Students Still Get Gifts From Drug Companies: Survey

Medicaid Expansion Enhances Financial and Mental Well-Being, Study Says

Medical Group Notes Key Elements of Well-Woman Exams

Medical Groups Agree on Use of Hormone-Replacement Therapy

Medical School Ethics Policies May Affect How Doctors Prescribe

Medicare Coverage Gap May Cause Seniors to Forgo Antidepressants

Medicare Gaps Leave Many With Big Bill at End of Life, Study Finds

Meditation Might Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Blacks

Mediterranean Diet Benefits Heart, Even Without Weight Loss: Study

Mediterranean Diet Might Help Stave Off Dementia

Melanoma a Big Threat to Older Men

Melatonin May Improve Sleep for People on Blood-Pressure Meds

Men Biologically Programmed to Steer Clear of Friends' Wives

Men Can Still Ask for PSA Test, and Some Should, Doctors Say

Men Have a Greater Lifetime Risk for Kidney Failure: Study

Men May Benefit From Osteoporosis Drug, Too: Study

Men More Prone to Depression After Stroke: Study

Men Who Are Obese While Young Can Pay a Price Later

Men, Women Do See Things Differently: Study

Meningitis Outbreak Not Over Yet: Experts

Meningitis Outbreak Throws Spotlight on 'Compounding' Pharmacies

Meningitis Outbreak Tied to 15 Deaths, 205 Cases: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 21 Dead, 271 Sickened: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 23 Dead, 284 Sickened: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 23 Dead, 297 Sickened: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 33 Dead, 480 Sickened, CDC Says

Meningitis Toll Now 11 Dead, 119 Sick: CDC

Meningitis Toll Now 12 Dead, 137 Sick: CDC

Meningitis Toll Now 14 Dead, 170 Sick: CDC

Meningitis/Steroid Toll Now 34 Dead

Menopause Can Bring Lapses in Memory, Thinking, Study Finds

Menopause Won't Spur Weight Gain, But May Boost Belly Fat: Review

Menopause-Like Woes Hinder Breast Cancer Treatment: Study

Menstrual Cycles May Affect Women's Shopping Patterns

Mental Exercise May Help Keep Seniors Sharp

Mental Health Care Lacking for Kids, Advocates Say

Mental Health of Dads-to-Be May Influence Toddler's Behavior

Mental Health Woes Raise Odds for Prescription Painkiller Abuse

Mental Illness Affects 1 in 5 U.S. Adults, Survey Finds

Mental Skills Decline More Sharply for Women With Alzheimer's: Study

Mental, Physical Challenges May Help Seniors Stay Sharp, Study Says

Metformin Outperforms Common Class of Diabetes Drugs in Study

Metformin Won't Aid Breast Cancer Survival in Diabetics

Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC

Microbiology and Genome Experts Quell Deadly Bacteria Outbreak

Middle Age Can Be a Bummer for Great Apes, Too

Midlife Fitness May Mean Healthier Old Age, Study Finds

Might Smallpox Virus Help Fight a Lethal Breast Cancer?

Migraine With Aura May Raise Risk of Heart Trouble

Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk

Mild Hyperthyroidism Won't Raise Heart Risk: Study

Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC

Millions Still Lack Access to Modern Contraception, Study Says

'Mini-Strokes' May Be More Damaging Than Thought

Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study

Miscarriages Tied to Elevated Risk for Heart Conditions

Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review

Missing Data May Skew Clinical Trials

'Mobility Shoes' May Help Those With Arthritic Knees: Study

'Moderate' Drinking During Pregnancy Has No Effect on Young Children: Study

Moderate Drinking May Cut Women's Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study

Moderate Drinking May Increase Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder: Study

Moderate Drinking May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival: Study

Modest Cardiac Benefit From Chelation Therapy Not Enough to OK Use: Experts

Mom's HIV Drugs May Pass to Baby in Womb, Breast-Feeding

Mom's Pot Use Doubles Risk of 'Preemie' Birth: Study

Money Motivates Weight Loss -- One Step at a Time

Monkey Study Suggests Long-Term Use of ADHD Drugs Safe

Month of Birth Might Help Determine MS Risk, Study Suggests

More Americans Get Effective HIV Treatment, Study Says

More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC

More Americans Successfully Managing Diabetes

More Baby Boomers Opting to Cohabit, Not Marry

More Dietary Fiber Might Help Thwart Stroke: Study

More Drug Trials Needed for Conditions Affecting Kids: Review

More Drugs Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA

More Evidence Linking Creativity, Mental Illness

More Evidence That Exercise in Middle Age Boosts Health

More Evidence That Shift Work Might Raise Heart Risks

More Evidence That Smoking Raises Breast Cancer Risk

More Evidence That Truvada Can Help Prevent HIV

More Evidence Ties Heart Disease to Mental Decline

More Gene Variants Linked to Heart Trouble

More Genes Linked to Osteoarthritis Identified

More Infants Surviving With Serious Heart Defects, Study Finds

More Kids Taking Antipsychotics for ADHD: Study

More Mental Health Woes in College Kids Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

More New Drugs a Bad Fit With Grapefruit, Study Finds

More Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Recognize Stroke Risk: Survey

More Pregnant Women on Blood Pressure Drugs: Study

More Proof Cranberry Juice Thwarts Infection

More Regular Meals May Improve Dementia Care

More Research Points to Long-Term Ills With Bone Drugs

More U.S. Kids Prescribed Off-Label Antipsychotics: Study

More U.S. Women Turning to Long-Acting Contraceptives: CDC

More Vitamin D Might Help Older People Stay Active

More Younger Women Diagnosed With Advanced Breast Cancer: Study

Most Coughs Don't Respond to Antibiotics, Study Confirms

Most Docs Don't Follow ADHD Treatment Guidelines for Preschoolers: Study

Most Doctors Don't Help Lung Cancer Patients Quit Smoking: Survey

Most Men Don't Need PSA Tests, Doctors' Group Says

Most Men With Erectile Dysfunction Don't Seem to Get Treatment

Most of World's Adults Consume Too Much Salt, Study Finds

Most Seniors Get a Good Night's Sleep, Study Says

Motherhood, Breast-Feeding May Affect Long-Term Weight

'Mother's Kiss' Method May Dislodge Items Kids Put in Nose

Mother's Menopause May Influence Her Daughter's Fertility

Mothers' Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Kids' Heart Health

Mouse Study Sheds Light on How Diet May Affect Epilepsy

Multiple Abortions May Raise Risk of Preemie Birth Later

Multivitamins Won't Help Men Ward Off Heart Disease: Study

Musicians' Brains Might Have an Edge on Aging

Myelodysplastic Syndrome Linked to Abnormal Stem Cells

Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures

Nearly 14 Million Cancer Survivors in U.S.: Report

Nearly 30 Percent of Americans Have High Blood Pressure: CDC

Need to Get Walking More? Clip on a Pedometer

Nerve-Stimulating Device Might Ease Migraines

Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded

New Analysis Says Evidence Lacking for HRT-Breast Cancer Link

New Anti-Clotting Drug Bests Warfarin, Study Says

New Blood Thinner Beats Older Drug for Vein Clots: Study

New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: Study

New Blood Thinner May Help Prevent Leg Clots, Study Finds

New Blood Thinner May Lower Chances of Clots in High-Risk Heart Patients: FDA

New Defibrillator Implanted Just Under the Skin

New Device May Reduce Repeat Breast Cancer Surgeries

New Diabetes Drugs Have Different Advantages, Study Says

New Drug May Help Those Who Can't Take Statins

New Drug Might Help Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome

New Drug Regimens May Slow Advanced Breast Cancer

New Drugs May Offer Hope to Parkinson's Patients

New Drugs Might Give Heart Patients an Edge

New Guidelines Say No to Screening EKGs for Low-Risk Patients

New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks

New Guidelines Suggest HIV Screening for All Adults

New HIV Infections Highest Among Urban Gay, Bisexual Men: CDC

New Melanoma Treatment Might Delay Cancer Progression

New Method May Help Pinpoint Woman's Final Menstrual Period

New Method Quickly Spots Kidney Damage After Surgery

New MRI Might Help Spot Heart Disease Early: Study

New Pill Might Relieve Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

New Pills Show Promise for Hepatitis C

New Procedure May Shrink Enlarged Prostate Without Surgery

New Research Suggests HRT May Lower Heart Risks

New Strategy Helps Young Lymphoma Patients Avoid Radiation Treatment

New Stroke Guidelines Stress Treatment Within One Hour of Arrival in ER

New Symptoms Tied to Death Risk in Severe Kidney Disease

New Therapies Show Some Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer

New Treatments May Help Restore Speech Lost to Aphasia

New York's Trans-Fat Ban Is Working: Study

Newer Bone Drug Better for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients: Study

Newer Drug-Releasing Stent Cuts Chances of Cardiac Events: Study

Newer Psoriasis Drugs May Lower Heart Attack Risk for Patients

Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Don't Raise Cancer Risk: Study

Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Don't Seem to Increase Risk of Shingles

Niacin Won't Help, May Harm Heart Patients: Study

Niacin-Statin Combo May Cause Side Effects for Heart Patients

Night Shift Linked to Raised Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Night Shift Might Boost Women's Breast Cancer Risk: Study

No Benefit Seen in Extending Herceptin for Breast Cancer

No Evidence That Lupus Drugs Lead to Cancer, Says Study

No Need to Fast Before Cholesterol Blood Test: Study

No Proof Drugs Ease Kids' Migraines: Study

No Proof That 'Doping' With EPO Gives Athletes an Edge: Review

No Risks to Pregnancy Seen With Morning Sickness Drug

No Tie Between Light Drinking During Pregnancy, Child's Development: Study

No Truth to Candidate's Claim That Rape Hinders Pregnancy, Experts Say

Nonalcoholic Red Wine Might Help Lower Blood Pressure

Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers Tied to Risk for Other Cancers

'Nordic Walking' a Winner for Heart Failure Patients, Study Says

Not Enough Data to Advise Routine Hearing Screens for Older People: Experts

Novel Drug Approach Shows Promise Against Breast Cancer

Number of Meningitis Cases Now Stands at 91, CDC Says

Nutrients in Fruits, Vegetables May Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Study

OB/GYNs Endorse Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills

Obama Administration to Challenge Judge's Ruling on 'Morning-After' Pill

Obese Boys, Impotent Men?

Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Obese New Mothers May Have Higher Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant

Obese Teens Can Have Heart Damage Without Showing Signs

Obese Women With Diabetes May Need Different Workouts Than Men

Obesity Crisis May Be Fueling Big Jump in Sleep Apnea Cases

Obesity in Middle Age Tied to More Rapid Mental Decline: Study

Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds

Obesity Might Hinder Treatment of Some Breast Cancers

Obesity Might Lower Teens' Thinking Skills, Study Suggests

Obesity Now Puts Kids' Hearts at Risk Later

Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says

Ob-Gyn Group Lists Procedures That May Not Be Needed

Octaplas Approved for Blood-Clotting Disorders

Official: Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak May Have Broken State Law

Officials Seeking Patients Who May Have Received Contaminated Steroid

'Off-Label' Use of Meds Routine in Pediatric ICU

'Off-the-Shelf' Artificial Blood Vessels Show Promise

Older Adults' Posture May Predict Future Disability

Older Americans See Better Today, Study Finds

Older Antipsychotics May Work as Well as Newer Ones: Review

Older Dads May Pass on Longevity to Kids, Study Finds

Older Dads May Raise Risk for Autism, Schizophrenia in Kids

Older Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer Beat Newer, Pricier Meds

Older Motorcyclists More Likely to Be Seriously Hurt in Crashes

Older Women Should Not Take Calcium, Vitamin D: Task Force

Omega-3 Supplements May Not Aid Aging Brain

Omega-3s May Not Help Your Heart After All, Study Says

Omega-3s No Help Against Age-Linked Eye Trouble: Study

Once-Obese Women Still Face Stigma, Study Finds

One in 10 U.S. Kids Diagnosed With ADHD: Report

One in Every 12 Stroke Survivors Contemplates Suicide, Study Finds

One in Six Cases of Adult Asthma May Be Linked to Workplace

One-Fifth of Nursing Home Residents Fall in First Month

One-Third of Men With Anal Cancer Have HIV, Study Finds

Only 1 in 4 Americans With HIV Has Virus Under Control: CDC

Optimism, Laughter May Bring Long Life

Oral Allergy Treatment May Ease Asthma, Hay Fever, Study Finds

Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years

Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat

Owner of Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Declines to Testify Before Congress

Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients

Pain From Sexual Assault Often Untreated, Study Says

Pain Reported by Nearly Half With Type 2 Diabetes

Painkiller Abuse by Kids Way Up, Study Finds

Palliative Care Eases Suffering for Seniors at End of Life: Study

Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease

Pan-Fried Red Meat May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk: Study

Pap Test Could Spot Some Ovarian Cancers, Study Finds

Parents Can Adapt, Thrive After 'Empty Nest'

Parents Not Too Worried About Kids' Use of Pain Meds: Poll

Parents' Religious Beliefs Can Complicate Kids' End-of-Life Care

Parents Will Push for Medication, Even If Doc Says Not Needed

Patient Education Helps Prevent Overuse of Antibiotics for Cough, Study Finds

Patient Wishes Should Guide End-of-Life Care, Researchers Say

Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital

Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study

Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device

Patients Often Kept in Dark About 'Off-Label' Drug Use: Study

Patients' Skin Cells Yield Research Model for Alzheimer's

Pediatrician Group Issues Home Birth Policy Statement

Pediatricians Endorse New Acne Treatment Guidelines

People May Skip Generic Pills if Color Differs From Brand-Name Drug

People Underestimate How Much They Might Change in the Future

People With High Blood Pressure May Crave Salt

People With Implantable Defibrillators May Need More Mental Health Support

Personalized Blood Pressure Therapy May Help Diabetics

PET Scans Helpful, But Not Definitive for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

Petroleum Jelly Tied to Vaginal Infection Risk in Study

Pets a Boon for the Human Heart, Cardiologists Say

Pets May Help Kids With Autism Develop Social Skills

Phobic Anxiety May Link to Premature Aging

Physical Activity in Old Age May Protect Brain

Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds

Piling on Pounds When Younger May Lead to Enlarged Heart Later

Play-Focused Program Might Help Kids With Autism

Pneumonia May Lead to Serious Aftereffects for Seniors

Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study

Poor 'Health Literacy' Keeps Patients From Taking Meds

Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood

Poor Sleep May Age Your Brain

Poor Sleep Ups Odds for Nursing Home Care, Study Finds

Poorer Patients Find Thyroid Cancer at Later Stage: Study

Popular Diabetes Meds Put to the Test

Post-Flight Fainting May Signal Dangerous Blood Clot: Study

Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study

Post-Op Radiation May Boost Results for Prostate Cancer Patients: Study

Potions From the Past Held More Than a Snake-Oil Promise: Study

Prediabetes Linked to Higher Stroke Risk in Study

Pregnancy Boosts Size of Women's Feet, Study Finds

Pregnancy Hormone Shows Promise as Heart Failure Drug

Pregnant Women With Bipolar Disorder May Have Higher Risk of Premature Birth

Prenatal Antidepressants Don't Raise Fetal, Infant Death Risk: Study

Prenatal Use of Common Epilepsy Drug Tied to Higher Autism Risk

Prescription Drug Abuse Drops Among U.S. Young Adults

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Set for Saturday

Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows

Preventive Measures Pay Off for Those at Risk of Stroke

Primary Care Doctors Meet Needs of Diabetics, Study Says

Privacy an Issue for Nursing Moms in Neonatal ICUs

Procedure for Incontinence in Women May Lose Effectiveness With Time

Procedure Might Ease Pain of Female Genital Mutilation

Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study

Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study

Programming Implanted Defibrillators to React More Slowly Might Be Safer: Study

Proscar Won't Boost Prostate Cancer Survival, Study Finds

Prostate Cancer Websites Often Hard to Understand: Study

Psoriasis Drug May Help People With Crohn's Disease: Study

Psych, Sleep Meds May Affect Driving

Psychiatric Drugs More Often Prescribed in the South

PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study

PTSD Symptoms Common After Heart Attack: Study

Quality of Life Can Suffer for Kids With Heart Devices

Quick-Reversal Method May Be at Hand for New Blood Thinner

Quitting Cigarettes Cuts Heart Risks, Even If You Gain Weight

Quitting Smoking Even in Old Age Prolongs Life: Study

Quitting Smoking No Harder for Women Than Men, Study Says

Race May Affect Quality of Prostate Cancer Surgical Care

Race Might Play Role in Success of Weight-Loss Surgery

Racial Disparities Still Seen in Use of Breast Cancer Treatments

Racial Gap Persists in Women's Heart Health Knowledge: Survey

Racial Gap Seen in Survival Among Kidney Dialysis Patients

Radiation for Childhood Cancer Might Raise Diabetes Risk

Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery

Rare Breast Cancer Poses New Set of Challenges

Reading, Games May Help Aging Brains Stay Sharp

Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats

Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study

Records Show Problems at Steroid Pharmacy as Far Back as '06

Reducing Respiratory Virus in Preemies Lessens Wheezing: Study

Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates

Regional Systems to Treat Severe Heart Attack Increasing

Regular Exercise May Add Years to Life, Study Finds

Regular Exercise May Help Seniors Stave Off Heart Failure

Relatives Who Witness Loved One's CPR Fare Better: Study

Report Calls for Better U.S. Efforts to Fight Counterfeit Drugs

Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak

Report: 39 States on Pace for Obesity Rates Above 50%

Research Suggests Possible Vaccine to Prevent Premature Birth

Researchers Propose Plan for Managing Drug Shortages

Researchers Tackle Age-Related Decline in Immune Response

Researchers Test Implanted Brain Stimulator for Alzheimer's

Resilient Personality May Bring Better Aerobic Health

Retina's Thickness May Be Tied to Severity of MS, Study Suggests

Rheumatoid Arthritis May Be Linked to More Blood Clots

Rise in Pregnancy-Associated Cancers Not Fully Explained by Older Age

Rising Eye Injury Rates Seen With Robotic Prostate Surgery

Robotic Surgery for Hysterectomy Often Not Best Option, Ob/Gyn Group Says

Rosie O'Donnell's Heart Attack a Lesson for Women

Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study

Runners May Live Longer

Scans That Gauge Heart Scarring May Spot High-Risk Patients

Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease

Schizophrenia Patients Who Take Antipsychotics Live Longer, Study Says

Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads

Scientists Create Breast Cancer Survival Predictor

Scientists Discover More Genetic Clues to Testicular Cancer

Scientists Find Clue to Aging Reversal in Mice

Scientists ID Gene Mutation That May Triple Alzheimer's Risk

Scientists ID 'Happy' Gene in Women

Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart

Scientists Map Genomes of One Man's Sperm

Scientists Pinpoint How Deep Brain Stimulation Eases OCD

Scientists Report Clues to Flu Shot's Effectiveness

Scientists Uncover Genetic Link for Uterine Fibroids

Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel

Screening Debate Typifies Prostate Cancer Uncertainties

Screening for Lung Cancer Might Benefit Those at Highest Risk

Screening Tool Reveals Two Multiple Sclerosis Types

Second Compounding Pharmacy Shut Down in Massachusetts

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds

Secondhand Smoke Tied to Lower 'Good' Cholesterol in Teen Girls

Sedatives May Raise Pneumonia Risk

Self-Esteem, Optimism Help When Caring for Spouse After Stroke

Self-Harm Showing Up in Elementary Schools: Study

Seniors' Attitude on Age May Affect Dementia Test Results: Study

Seniors' Creativity Can Thrive Despite Dementia

Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery

Serious Exercise May Benefit Middle-Aged Arteries

Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds

Service That Speeds Up Breast Cancer Diagnosis Pays Off: Study

Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery

Severe Gum Disease May Be Linked to Impotence

Severe Gum Disease, Impotence May Be Linked

Sex Life of Diabetic Women May Suffer

Sharp as a Tack at 90: Here's Why

Sharp Rise Seen in Robotically Assisted Hysterectomies

Shorter Arms May Explain Why Women Need Glasses Sooner Than Men

Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds

Short-Term, Early HRT May Cut Women's Alzheimer's Risk: Study

Should Short Boys Take Growth Hormone?

Sibling's Death May Boost Your Own Risk of Dying From Heart Attack: Study

Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments Similar in Long Run: Study

Single-Embryo IVF Cuts Risk to Baby: Study

Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise

Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates

Sleep Apnea 'Mask' Might Also Help the Heart

Sleep Apnea Therapy Might Ease Depression, Too

Sleep Apnea Treated Successfully in Non-Specialty Centers

Sleep Apnea Treatment Might Boost Men's Sex Lives

Sleep Deprivation May Disrupt Your Genes

Sleep Woes Tied to Prostate Cancer Risk in Study

Sleeping Pill Linked to Hospital Falls, Researchers Say

'Sling' Implant May Cut Risk of Incontinence After Prolapse Surgery

Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother

Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring

Smog May Boost Death Risk for Heart Attack Survivors

Smoggy Air Tied to Heart Attacks: Study

Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study

Smokers, Nonsmokers Alike Urged to Learn About Lung Cancer

Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study

Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study

Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults

Smoking, Diabetes Are Risk Factors for Poor Leg Circulation: Study

Soaring Prices Keep Leukemia Drugs From Patients, Experts Say

Socializing May Ease Pain of Breast Cancer

Some Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Risk With Surgery

Some Complain of Shorter Penis After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Study

Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin

Some HPV-Linked Cancers Rising in U.S.: Report

Some Improvement in Heart Risk Factors for Americans: CDC

Some Parkinson's Patients Discover an Artistic Side

Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say

Some With Alzheimer's Better Off Staying on Antipsychotics: Study

Some Women Who Don't Need Deodorant Use It Anyway

Some Women's Brains Contain Male DNA: Study

Sons of Absent or Abusive Fathers May Pick More Bar Fights: Survey

Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says

Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'

Soy-Rich Diets May Not Prevent Hot Flashes in Most Menopausal Women

Sperm Counts Dropping for French Men: Study

Sperms' Length Linked to Men's Fertility

Spouses of Heart Attack Victims May Face Heightened Depression Risk

Springtime Allergies More Severe, Last Longer Now, Experts Say

Standard Dose of Blood Thinner May Not Be Best for All Patients

Stars Strut in Red to Bring Awareness to Women's Heart Health

State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure

Statewide Program Improved Heart-Attack Survival: Study

Statin Side Effects Often Manageable: Study

Statin Use Tied to Possible Boost in Cataract Risk

Statins' Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk: Study

Statins May Cut Risk of Death From Cancer, Study Suggests

Statins May Help Prevent Enlarged Prostate: Study

Statins May Leave Patients With Less Energy: Study

Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds

Statins Tied to Reduced Glaucoma Risk

Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study

Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.

Stem Cell Therapy Reversed Chemo-Linked Infertility in Male Monkeys

Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study

Stem Cells Behind Clogged Arteries, Mouse Study Reveals

Stem Cells Fix Bladder Leakage in Mice, Study Finds

Stem Cells From Donor May Help Heal Heart

Steroid-Meningitis Toll Now 30 Dead, 419 Sickened, CDC Says

Steroid-Meningitis Toll Now 31 Dead, 424 Sickened, CDC Says

Steroid-Meningitis Toll Now 32 Dead, 438 Sickened, CDC Says

Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns

Strategy May Help ER Docs Spot Heart Attacks Within an Hour

Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says

Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Heart Defect Risk for Baby

Stress, a 'Type A' Personality May Boost Stroke Risk

Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors

Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart

Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women

Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death

Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says

Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well

Stroke Prevention: More Sweet News for Chocolate Lovers

Stroke Risk Higher After Bypass Than Angioplasty: Analysis

Stroke Risk Rises in Seniors With COPD: Study

Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC

Studies Show Value of AIDS Drugs as Prevention

Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Study Claims Marijuana Tied to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk

Study Compares Timing of Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Study Finds Soy Supplements Don't Boost Thinking Skills

Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging

Study Links Another Gene Variant to Male Breast Cancer

Study Links Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy to Lower IQ

Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss

Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm

Study of Retired NFL Players Finds Evidence of Brain Damage

Study Offers Ways to Decrease Use of Restraints at Nursing Homes

Study Pinpoints Optimal Treatment Window for HIV

Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots

Study Questions Guidelines on Radiation for Older Breast Cancer Patients

Study Questions Value of PSA Test for Older Men

Study Reveals Gender Gap in Spotting Depression

Study Reveals the Many Ways Sexual Assault Harms Women

Study Reveals Why Elderly Often Vulnerable to Scams

Study Spots Early Warning Signal for Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients

Study Tallies Economic Fallout From Workers' Heart Attacks

Study Ties Chemicals in Beauty Products to Women's Diabetes Risk

Study Ties Gene to Dangerous Heart Valve Deposits

Study Ties Genes to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Prostate Cancer Risk

Study: Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy May Not Affect Baby's Growth

Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke

Study: Chest CT Scans May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

Study: Digital Beats Film Mammography at Spotting Breast Cancer

Study: Electronic Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors

Study: Mega Vitamins Won't Help After Heart Attack, Chelation Treatment Might

Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation

Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease

Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year

Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes: Study

Summer Is Peak Time for Teens to Try Drugs, Alcohol: Report

Sunshine Linked to Lower Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk: Study

Supplement of Red Wine Ingredient Won't Help Healthy Women: Study

Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men

Surgery May Not Be Needed for Ruptured Achilles Tendon

Surgery Not Best Option for Early Stage Prostate Cancers: Study

Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke

Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study

Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study

Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest

Survivor of Aggressive Breast Cancer Stresses Need for Quick Action

Swimming Pools May Pose Hazard for People With Heart Devices

Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls

Tainted Steroid Injections May Affect Those Treated for Joint Pain

Taking Anti-HIV Meds Prior to Exposure May Help Prevent Infection

Tapeworm-Linked Seizures May Be Rising in U.S., Doctors Say

Targeted Prostate Cancer Biopsies Might Improve Care: Study

Targeted Radiation for Breast Cancer May Cause More Complications

Task Force Urges Routine Screening of Women for Domestic Violence

Teach Prescribers About Dangers of Long-Acting Pain Meds: FDA

Teen Girls Need Bone Health Advice to Stave Off Osteoporosis

Teen Obesity Linked to Mom's Smoking in Pregnancy: Study

Teens Who Drink, Smoke More Likely to Abuse Painkillers: Study

Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study

Test Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, Says CDC

Testicular Cancer on Rise in U.S., Especially Among Hispanic Men

Testosterone Gel Fails to Boost Viagra's Effects

Testosterone Supplements May Hurt Male Fertility, Study Finds

The Health Benefits, and Risks, of Alcohol

The 'Nocebo' Effect: If You Think You'll Get Sick, You Will

Thigh Fat May Slow Down Seniors

Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life

Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery

Timed Traffic Crosswalks Too Fast for Many Elderly: Study

Timeline Detected for Rare, Early Alzheimer's

Today's U.S. Soldiers Fitter Than Decades Ago: Report

Tofu-Rich Diet May Help Women With Lung Cancer Live Longer

Too Few Adults Get Recommended Vaccines: CDC

Too Few Girls Get HPV Vaccine Against Cancer: CDC

Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk

Too Much Coffee in Pregnancy Tied to Smaller, Later Newborns, Study Says

Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems

Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart

Too Much TV Tied to Lower Sperm Count in Young Men

Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health

Tragic News Reports Weigh More Heavily on Women: Study

Treated Vaginal Ring Prevents HIV in Monkeys

Treating Prediabetes Might Prevent Full-Blown Disease

Treating Sleep Apnea Might Ease High Blood Pressure, Too

Treating Sleep Apnea Pays Off at Work, Study Finds

Treating Sperm With Missing Protein Might Help Male Fertility

Treatment for New, Deadly Coronavirus Shows Promise

Treatment for Painful Curved Penis Shows Promise

TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment

Two Antibiotics Linked to Liver Injury in Elderly

Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts

Two-Thirds of Osteo Hip Fractures Occur After 80: U.S. Study

Tying the Knot Ups Women's Drinking Rate, Lowers Mens'

U.S. Adults Face Substantial Heart Disease Risk: Study

U.S. Advisers Say 'No' to Routine PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer

U.S. Antibiotic Prescribing Rates Highest in South: Study

U.S. Glaucoma Cases Jump 22 Percent Over Decade: Report

U.S. Heart Failure Costs Could Skyrocket: Report

U.S. Kids Consuming Fewer Calories, Report Finds

U.S. Kids Might Not Be Over-Medicated After All

U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report

U.S. Mammography Rates Drop Following Task Force Recommendations

U.S. Must Step Up Response to Vets, Report Says

U.S. Program Targets Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes

U.S. Sees a Run on New Knees Since 1990s

U.S. Sees Drop in Deaths Linked to Diabetes

U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study

U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger

U.S. Task Force Backs HIV Screening for All 15 to 65

U.S. Teens Heading for Heart Trouble: Study

Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs

Ultrasound Best Detector of Dangerous Ectopic Pregnancies, Study Finds

Ultrasound May Detect Heart Disease Earlier in Arthritis Patients

Ultrasound Waves, Bone Marrow Cells Show Promise in Heart Failure Patients

'Uncertainty' Remains Over Supply of Key Cancer Drugs

Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger

Under Right Conditions, Fertility Treatment Can Equal Natural Conception Rates: Study

Under Similar Stress, Rich Live Longer Than Poor: Study

Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds

Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?

Unemployment's Toll Can Be Heartbreaking

Untreated Depression May Cut Shingles Vaccine Effectiveness

Untreated Heartburn May Raise Risk for Esophageal Cancer, Study Says

Up to 13,000 Got Steroid Shots at Center of Meningitis Outbreak: CDC

Upbeat View on Old Age May Help Seniors Bounce Back From Disability

Urologists' Group Issues Updated Guidelines on PSA Test

Use of Medicare Skilled Nursing Benefit Is High at End of Life: Study

Using Marijuana to Treat Pain? A Pill May Outlast a Puff

Vaginal Ring Delivers HIV Drug in Animal Study

Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study

Very Obese Teens See Heart Gains From Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Viagra Can Help Prostate Cancer Patients Maintain Sex Lives: Study

Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: Studies

Video Game May Help Keep Aging Brains Sharp

Vitamin D Doesn't Improve Knee Arthritis, Study Finds

Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study

Vitamin D May Help Prevent Uterine Fibroids

Vitamin D Plus Calcium May Extend Life

Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Cholesterol Levels: Study

Vitamins, Minerals May Help Older Men's Sperm Stay Healthy

Volunteering May Boost Teen Heart Health

Walk Your Way to a Longer Life, Study Says

Walking for Heart Health? Speed It Up, Study Suggests

Walking Program Helps Stroke Survivors Get On With Life

Want to Beat Spider Phobia? Talk About It

Want to Get Rid of That Old Tattoo? You're Not Alone

Want to Live Longer? Turn Off That TV and Stand Up

Was Heart Disease the Mummies' Real Curse?

'Watch and Wait' Approach Often Best for Older Patients With Kidney Cancer

Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men

Websites Touting 'Designer Vagina' Surgeries Often Inaccurate, Study Finds

Weight Control Can Cut Women's Diabetes Risk, Study Shows

Weight-Lifting May Boost Heart Health in Black Men: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors

'Western' Diet Not the Way to Age Well

What Makes the End-of-Life Experience Peaceful?

'What's Bad for the Heart Also Bad for the Brain'

What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer

When Antidepressants Don't Work, Give Counseling a Try

When Partner Has Breast Cancer, Men Find Their Own Ways to Cope

When Prescription Drugs Go OTC, Ads Talk Less of Harms: Study

When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer

White House to Challenge Ruling on Unlimited Access to 'Morning-After' Pill

Who Says the Sexes Are Planets Apart?

Who's Touching You Affects How It Feels: Study

Why Aging Eyes Struggle to Discern Fine Print

Why Some Stroke Survivors Struggle With Communication

Why Women Outlive Men: Fruit Flies Give Clues

Wider Waistlines Put Damper on Men's Sex Lives: Study

Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds

Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns

Winter Weather, Snow Shoveling Pose Heart Risks

Wireless Pacemaker Shows Promise in Early Study

With Benefits Unproven, Why Do Millions of Americans Take Multivitamins?

With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later

With Testicular Cancer, CT Scan Benefit May Beat Risks

Women at Greater Risk for Hip Implant Failure, Study Finds

Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study

Women Far More Likely to Live to 100 Than Men: U.S. Census

Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke

Women Smokers More Likely to Get Colon Cancer Than Men: Study

Women Who Quit Smoking May Gain Up to 10 Years of Life: Study

Women With HIV May Not Have Higher Cervical Cancer Risk: Study

Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study

Women's Brains React Differently Than Men's to Alcoholism, Study Finds

Women's Respiratory Symptoms May Vary With Menstrual Cycle

Women's Smoking Deaths at All-Time High in U.S.

Women's Vitamin D Needs Don't Vary By Race, Study Finds

Work By Female Scientists Gets Judged More Harshly: Study

Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health

Workplace Bullying Takes Toll on Witnesses Too, Study Finds

'Worm Therapy' Might Help Ease Colitis, Monkey Study Shows

Wound Infections From Colon Surgery May Raise Risk for Blood Clots

Xarelto's Approval Expanded

Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery

Yoga May Help With Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

Yoga Might Help With Stroke Rehab

Young Cancer Patients Often Lack Support: Study

Young Men Taking HIV Meds May Be at Risk for Bone Loss

Young Women Less Healthy Than Men Before Heart Attack: Study

Younger Men Biggest Consumers of Added Sugars: CDC

Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds

Your Genetic Secrets May Not Be as Safe as You Think

Your Voice Carries Sexual Cues, Study Finds

Yo-Yo Dieting Can Hurt the Heart, Study Finds

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