Black Leaders Join Obama Administration in Tackling U.S. HIV Crisis
At a White House event last week, the Obama administration took a major step in confronting HIV, a health threat that affects African-Americans more than any other racial or ethnic group.
FDA Panel Recommends Ban on the Painkiller Darvon
Government medical advisers Friday recommended a ban on Darvon...
Home-Birth Advocates Press Pro-Midwife Campaign
With health care costs high on the national agenda, advocates of home births are challenging the medical...
High-Tech Sensors Help Seniors Live Independently
Tiny sensors hover unobtrusively over the toilet, shower and doorways to detect ...
Study: Women Less Able to Suppress Hunger Than Men
Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger...
Va. Company Recalls Peanut Butter Nationwide
A peanut butter maker that sells bulk supplies to institutions issued a nationwide recall of peanut butter...
Largest-ever study of US child health begins
Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S....
Buyer Beware: Tips on Use of Herbal Supplements
With rising herbal medicine sales paralleling a faltering economy, here are some tips on these dietary supplements:
Mississippi has Highest Teen Birth Rate, CDC Says
Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate...
Shaping Good Health as Teens Outgrow Pediatrician
Adolescents aren't just big kids, and too many start falling through cracks in the health care system...
Recording Studio in Hospital About More Than Music
Just down the hall from the chemo infusion rooms at Texas Children's Hospital, Jalen Huckabay was about to slip into another world, away from the wearying regimen of pokes, prods and pinches she'd endured since being diagnosed with lymphoma in November.
Too Sick to Work? Need Health Care? Take a Number
Shalonda Frederick managed a bakery, and decorated cakes for special occasions. One day her face and hands, and her arms and legs, started clenching up. Then she fell off a ladder at work. It turned out to be multiple sclerosis.
Avoiding the Painkiller-Overuse Rut in Migraines
Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse.
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