The federal Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it would take steps to more stringently regulate three of the most potent forms of medical radiation, including increasingly popular CT scans, ...

Experts call for listing binge eating and gambling as official disorders, but not sex addiction or obesity. By Shari Roan After years of research, professional infighting and maneuvering from various interest groups, the nation's psychiatrists Tuesday ...

The Department of Health in Northern Ireland still has half a million swine flu vaccines which remain unused. In mid-January, there were more than 60% of the vaccines left.

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Weight-loss surgery was more effective at slimming severely obese teens and improving their health than two years of diet and exercise, a study found.

A hefty increase in health insurance premiums for some WellPoint customers in California has had some potent side effects for the Indianapolis-based insurer -- criticism from President Barack Obama and renewed energy for advocates of his ...

The traditional draughty and backless hospital gown is getting a Hollywood-style makeover by one of the world's top designers.

A new study suggests that older women are at greater risk of having a child with autism, HealthDay reports. When compared to women giving birth in their mid to late 20s, moms who had babies at age 40 or older had a 50 percent greater ...

Lingering residue from tobacco smoke which clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, work in PNAS journal shows.

Contrary to the TV commercials and magazine advertisements, you don't have to use a nicotine-replacement product to quit smoking, say two doctors writing in the new issue of PLoS Medicine.

By AP The Target Corporation is pulling its two Valentine's Day “Message Bears” from store shelves, the company said on Tuesday, a day after the California attorney general said testing of the toys revealed lead levels that violated federal law for ...

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca (AZN.L) has pulled ahead of the pack with an expanded label in the United States for its heart drug Crestor, but the medicine's future remains uncertain ahead of a vital patent trial this month.

LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Amgen's (AMGN.O) bone drug denosumab stops progressive bone destruction and tumour spread in some patients with a rare type of non-malignant bone cancer, according to final data from a small mid-stage trial.

KERMIT, Tex. - It occurred to Anne Mitchell as she was writing the letter that she might lose her job, which is why she chose not to sign it.

The senators seek a moratorium on the facility's growth until investigations into birth defects in Kettleman City are completed.

Health care is the hot topic right now in America. You are either adamantly for or against the proposed health care changes, igniting a national debate rarely seen on legislative issues.

A new study released by Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and Feeding America, shows the incidence of hunger is up 54 percent from four years ago.

By Seattle Times staff Cell Therapeutics said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had postponed a meeting of outside cancer experts who were to review the biotech company's drug pixantrone.

Most of the state's largest HMOs posted improvements in customer satisfaction, but California's latest Health Care Quality Report Card shows others still fall short on some measures.