Speaking at a meeting of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inez Tenenbaum, head of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said that the agency is preparing a general warning to the public regarding baby slings, ...

While women live an average of five years longer than men, our lesser halves have a "sexual life expectancy" that's nearly five years longer than ours, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will look into whether a link exists between the long-term use of certain osteoporosis drugs and a particular type of leg fracture after ABC News ...

March 9, 2010 -- Kidney donors fare just as well as non-donors over the long term, according to a new study. Researchers compared survival rates of kidney donors to healthy adults who were not kidney donors and found kidney donation ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, US health officials said on Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- The H1N1 swine flu appears to spread more slowly than "regular" seasonal flu in a household setting, but when it does spread it's more likely to affect children, a new study suggests.

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WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton and Bill Gates said Wednesday that US investments in fighting AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a vital role in improving America's image abroad.

March 9, 2010 -- New research confirms that giving flu shots to large numbers of school-age children can protect the community at large.

Ladies, great news today! According to the New York Times, "new research suggests that women who regularly consume moderate amounts of alcohol are less likely to gain weight than nondrinkers and are at ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--InterMune Inc. (ITMN) shares surged Wednesday to eight-year highs after a panel recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve its lung-disease treatment.

We saw if first on the Colbert Report - radio icon Rush Limbaugh threatening that if health care reform passes, he'll go to Costa Rica.

The company at the heart of a growing recall of processed foods knew that its plant was contaminated with salmonella but continued to make a flavoring and sell it to foodmakers around the country, according to inspectors at the Food ...

AP The Food and Drug Administration has posted its review of a Medtronic device that treats seizures by stimulating areas of the brain used for movement.

March 9, 2010 - A virus that destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells unharmed works against prostate cancer, a human study shows.

TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Less than one-third of drug studies published in major medical journals answer the fundamental question of which of the range of available medications works best for a particular condition.

The number of cosmetic-surgery procedures in the US sagged for the second year in a row in 2009, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by a plastic surgeons' association.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez sent a letter to the leaders of Jackson Health System on Wednesday, saying its recovery plan to slash expenses by $165.4 million falls short of what he's looking for.

(CBS) NBC's new drama "Parenthood" may not be No. 1 in the ratings, but it gave rise to the top Google search term on Wednesday - Asperger's syndrome.