Updated: 9:05 PM Are you one of the millions of Americans who suffers from back or neck pain? Chances are you've tried all kinds of medications and therapy that didn't work.
Posted: 5:09 PM When Mike Stevens learned his lungs were riddled with cancer, it took only a week to start chemotherapy — but six weeks to find out if it was doing any good.
Posted: 10:39 AM Tom Lewis lives through his Angio Screen!
Updated: 9:29 AM Just as the danger of tainted peanut butter has finally subsided, another salmonella outbreak -- but this time Nebraska health officials say alfalfa sprouts are the culprit.
Posted: 9:15 AM In a stunning improvement in children's health, far fewer kids have high lead levels than 20 years ago, new government research reports - a testament to aggressive efforts to get lead out of paint, water and soil.
Posted: 11:49 AM Federal regulators warned a syringe manufacturer of "several significant violations" in its quality control system two years before its needles triggered an outbreak of bacterial infections that prosecutors say led to at least five deaths and hundreds of illnesses.
Updated: 2:41 PM In December of last year Bay Medical Center broke ground on a 60 million dollar project to upgrade the hospital and its equipment.
Posted: 10:58 AM Flu season is making a slow start this winter, with widespread illness in only two states - Virginia and New Jersey.
Posted: 9:04 AM Watch an advertisement on a video screen in a mall, health club or grocery store and there's a slim - but growing - chance the ad is watching you too.
Posted: 9:02 AM A Georgia health inspector who toured the peanut butter plant now at the center of a national salmonella outbreak noted only two minor violations in October. Less than three months later, federal inspectors found roaches, mold, a leaking roof and other sanitation problems.
Posted: 9:01 AM It will get vastly cheaper for most people to keep health insurance after losing a job if the government's stimulus plan becomes law. Some nickel and dime cuts in health coverage for the poor will be reversed, too. Geek jobs in medicine will grow.
Posted: 3:57 PM Government advisers are recommending a ban on Darvon, a painkiller that's been around for 50 years.
Posted: 9:32 AM President Barack Obama is hailing Senate passage of legislation providing government-sponsored health care to roughly 4 million uninsured children.
Posted: 8:48 AM A new study from the University of Alberta released Thursday found a connection between children eating fast food and asthma.
Posted: 1:15 PM Young women who carry the breast cancer genes may not benefit from routine mammograms.
Posted: 1:14 PM While the cure rate for Leukemia is high -- not all patients respond equally to the drugs used to treat the disease.
Posted: 1:12 PM Whether you're the life of the party -- or a wallflower -- your party-personality may partly depend on your genetic make-up.
Posted: 12:00 PM Federal health officials are investigating whether the blood thinner Plavix - the world's second-best-selling drug and used by millions to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke - may be less effective in some patients
Posted: 11:58 AM The Georgia peanut processing plant at the center of a national salmonella outbreak had a history of problems it failed to correct, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Posted: 3:08 PM There's word today of a broad change in Medicare drug coverage that spells relief for cancer patients but could mean a major new expense for the government.
Posted: 2:47 PM A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn't hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents.
Posted: 2:45 PM Reaching for a cigarette to cope with a flashback is all too common among sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Posted: 8:34 AM Steroid drugs, a common treatment for young children prone to wheezing and colds, do not help and may even be harmful, according to new research.
Posted: 8:32 AM Cleaner air over the past two decades has added nearly five months to average life expectancy in the United States, according to a federally funded study. Researchers said it is the first study to show that reducing air pollution translates into longer lives
Posted: 10:34 AM A 7-year-old girl received a new heart Monday, more than eight months after she and her older sister were put on the transplant list because of the same rare ailment.
If you're a smoothie lover, take note. Eight spots in your kitchen -- including your blender -- may be alive with foodborne pathogens potent enough to sicken you and your family, a new study finds.
It will be weeks, at least, before Celeste Corcoran is anywhere near ready to think about artificial limbs. The 47-year-old Lowell, Mass.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed that he's had gastric-band weight-loss surgery, which experts say has the least amount of short-term risk but also yields the least amount of weight loss.
A new line of caffeinated chewing gum is causing jitters among health advocates and prompting federal officials to take a new look at the proliferation of jolt-infused foods, including those marketed to children and teens.
Stress, the slowing of metabolism of middle age, and hormone changes after having a baby are three main reasons why many people see the numbers on the scale going up. Dr. Mehmet Oz shares tips on how to shed those final 10 pounds.
Forget the old high school clichés about athletes not doing as well academically as less sporty kids -- a new study shows that children who exercise more do better in math, reading tests.
The procrastinators, the super-busy, and the easily bored in pursuit of a manageable fitness routine may find what they seek in the 10-minute workout.
Exercise not only improves mood, it may help people maintain reduced anxiety in the face of stressful or emotional events, a new study says.
