Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.
A 19-year old Marine from Wisconsin lost his feet during a roadside blast in Afghanistan last month. But he plans to walk through the door when he comes home
A military experiment is now trying to predict who's most at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder. Understanding underlying triggers might help reduce the
The statistics are estimates for the year 2007 — based on surveys, census figures and other information for that and other years
Epworth is one of the poorest townships in Zimbabwe. It has a high prevalence of HIV.
Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited a phrase used on pro-anorexia Web sites as her motto.
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if
Vaccines are no longer a sleepy, low-profit niche in a booming drug industry. Today, they're starting to give ailing pharmaceutical makers a shot in the arm.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, in
Veterans returning home and suffering from PTSD may find the job market alot more bleak than citizens, but one program is trying to change that.
The Smash Rugby team at the Shepherd Center, a rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, scrimmages several nights a week on an indoor basketball court.
Which treatments work best ? How much do they cost? And how should doctors and patients use that information?
When it comes to health care reform, Democrats and Republicans have not agreed on much. But one thing they do agree on is making a new system more affordable.
Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from
