2 New Weight-Loss Drugs Won't...

1 in 10 Fibromyalgia Patients Uses Marijuana to Ease Pain

1 in 8 Americans Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes: Poll

1/3 of Docs Often Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs Over Generics: Study

10 Years of Tamoxifen Better Than 5: Study

12 Ounces of Sugary Soda a Day Raises Diabetes Risk: Study

1st OTC Drug Approved for Women With Overactive Bladder

2 Common Blood Pressure Meds Fare Equally in Preventing Heart Woes

2 Tests May Improve Heart Patients' Care, Studies Suggest

300,000 People in U.S. Living With Chagas Disease: Report

4 Eating Habits May Help Older Women Maintain Weight Loss

40 Million Americans Addicted to Cigarettes, Alcohol or Drugs

40 Proven Strategies to Improve Public Health

9 in 10 Blacks With High Blood Pressure Have Early Heart Disease

A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients

A Few Extra Pounds May Harm Lung Function in Black, Hispanic Kids

A Survivor's Story From the Job Loss Front

Abraxane Approved to Treat Advanced Lung Cancer

'Abuse-Resistant' Oxycontin May Be Driving Addicts to Heroin

Acne Medication May Raise Risk of Eye Infections

Active Video Games Have Exercise-Like Effects in Kids: Study

Active Video Games May Boost Fitness in Younger Students

Active, Outdoor Teens Are Happier Teens: Study

Adding Plavix to Aspirin Doesn't Help Guard Against Second Stroke: Study

ADHD Drugs Didn't Raise Heart Risks for Kids, Study Finds

ADHD in Childhood May Raise Risk for Obesity in Adulthood

ADHD Treatments Not Working for Most Young Children

Aerobic Exercise Cuts Kids' Diabetes Risk: Study

Aerobic Exercise Seems Best for Weight, Fat Loss

Afinitor Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer

Age Amplifies Damage From Obesity, Study Finds

Aging Boomers' Mental Health Woes Will Swamp Health System: Report

Air Pollution May Speed Hardening of Arteries

Airport Security X-Rays May Damage Diabetes Devices

Alcohol Poses Serious Risks for Those With Diabetes

Alcoholic Drinks Add 100 Calories a Day to Average Adult's Diet: Study

All HIV Patients Should Take Meds Early On, Experts Now Say

Allergy 'Rescue' Shots May Work Better in Lower Thigh of Overweight Kids

Alzheimer's May Progress Differently in Women, Men

Alzheimer's Treatment Shows Promise in Small, 3-Year Trial

Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy Lifestyles

American Heads Are Getting Bigger, Study Finds

American Kids Getting Fewer Prescription Drugs: Study

Ancient Pills Found in Shipwreck Offer Rare Insight Into Early Medicine

Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services

Annual Report on U.S. Kids' Health a Mixed Bag

Another Danger of Depression?

Another New Weight-Loss Drug Approved

Another Study Links Diabetes Drug Actos to Bladder Cancer

Another Study Says Mediterranean Diet Good for the Heart

Antibiotic Azithromycin Won't Harm Healthy Hearts: Study

Antibiotic Linked to Heart Problems in COPD Patients

Antibiotic Use in Infants Tied to Overweight Later: Study

Antibiotics Don't Ease Coughs in Kids With Common Cold: Study

Antidepressant Lessens Chemo-Related Pain

Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study

Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds

Antidepressants May Lead to Fewer Seizures in People With Epilepsy

Antihistamines Adding to Drug Pollution in Streams

Anti-HIV Drugs May Curb Transmission to Uninfected Partner: Study

Antioxidants May Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Women: Study

Antipsychotic Meds Not That Helpful for Depression: Study

Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C May Thwart Liver Cancer

Antiviral Therapy May Cut Recurrence of Hepatitis B-Linked Liver Cancer

Anxiety, Depression May Raise Stroke Risk

Anxiety, Depression May Triple Risk of Death for Heart Patients: Study

Approval Expanded for Sapien Artificial Heart Valve

Are Knee Injuries Tied to Menstrual Cycle?

Are Statins Less Helpful for Women?

Arthritis Treatment Linked to Liver Problems in Study

Artificial Pancreas Worked Overnight on Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

As Armstrong Case Unfolds, Experts Describe Doping's Harms

As Obesity Rates Rise, Cases of Kidney Stones Double: Study

As Vision Problems in U.S. Rise, Diabetes May Explain Why

Aspirin May Help Preserve Brain Function in Older Women With Heart Disease

Aspirin May Prevent Recurrence of Deep Vein Blood Clots

Asthma Common Among Olympic Athletes

Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Dangerous Lung Blockage

Asthma Meds May Be Linked to Irregular Heartbeat

At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows

At-Home Moms Cook, Shop, Play More With Kids: Study

Atkins-Type Diets Look Kidney-Friendly: Study

'Atkins'-Type Diets May Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study

Aubagio Approved for Multiple Sclerosis

Autism Often Not Diagnosed Until Age 5 or Older: U.S. Report

Avastin May Help Boost Survival With Aggressive Cervical Cancer: Study

Avoid Pregnancy for a Year After Weight-Loss Surgery: Review

Babies Born to Obese Mothers May Have Low Iron: Study

Babies Born to Obese Women Show Thicker Arteries: Study

Babies of Heavy Moms Grow Slower: Study

Bacteria Found in Other Products From Firm Tied to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA

Balance, Strength Training Reduce Falls for Elderly, Study Finds

Balding Men Could Face Higher Heart Risks, Study Finds

Battery-Operated Skin Patch Offers New Option for Migraine Sufferers

Before Deciding on Breast Implants, Consider FDA Precautions

'Beige' Fat Joins Brown Fat as Potential Weight-Loss Target

'Believing' Propels Cancer Survivors to Exercise, Study Finds

Belly Fat Adds to Diabetes Risk in Obese Adults, Study Finds

Belly Fat May Be Tied to Kidney Damage

Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest

Belly Fat May Raise Odds of Early Death for Thin Heart Patients

Benefits of Exercise on Prostate Cancer Risk May Vary by Race

Berries May Cut Heart Attack Risk in Women, Study Says

Best Glaucoma Treatments Still a Puzzle, Task Force Reports

Better Health Screening Urged for Female College Athletes

Better School Lunches May Lead to Slimmer Students

Better-Educated Blacks, Lower Odds of Hypertension: Study

Beware Fake Flu Treatments, FDA Warns

Beware of the Potato Salad: Preventing Foodborne Illness in Summer

Bigger Babies Have Bigger Brains as Teens: Study

Bigger Waist Tied to Increased Risk of Diabetes

'Bigorexics' Want to Boost Their Masculinity

Bipolar Disorder Drugs May 'Tweak' Genes Affecting Brain

Birth Control That Uses Combined Hormones Raises Heart Risk: Study

Black Belts' Punching Power Linked to Their Brain Structure

Blacks Less Likely to Stick to High Blood Pressure Diet: Study

Blocked Heart Arteries May Be Key Risk Factor for Stroke

Blood Disorder Cases Tied to Prescription Painkiller Abuse

Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lip Cancer in Study

Blood Test May Spot Serious Health Risks in Women

Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts

Blood Thinners May Boost Survival for Prostate Cancer Patients: Study

Body Fat May Affect Death Risk Among Breast Cancer Patients

Body Language of Triumph Will Be on Display at Olympics

Body Temperature May Matter After Cardiac Arrest

Boomers' Health Fails to Measure Up to Parents'

Bosulif Approved for Rare Leukemia

Botox Approved for Overactive Bladder

Botox Injections: Option for Urge Incontinence?

BPA in Food Packaging Tied to Child Obesity: Study

Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows

Brain Surgery Eases Compulsive Eating in 10-Year-Old Girl

Brave New World of Genetics Requires Safeguards, Experts Say

Breast Cancer Drug Duo Wins Out in Study

Breast Cancer Drug Linked to Sexual Problems in Older Women

Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought

Breast Cancer Drug Might Help Men on Prostate Cancer Therapy

Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study

Breast Cancer Research Needs More Focus on Environment: Report

Breast Milk Contains More Than 700 Bacteria Types: Study

Breast-Feeding Won't Prevent Pre-Teen Obesity, Study Finds

Breath Test Might Predict Obesity Risk

Breathing Problem Sometimes Misdiagnosed in Athletes

Breo Ellipta Approved for COPD

Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study

Buy Breast Pumps With Caution, FDA Says

Buying Testosterone Supplements Online Can Be Risky

Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study

Bypass Patients Fare Equally Well With or Without Heart-Lung Machine

Calcium Supplements May Be Bad for Your Heart: Study

Calcium Supplements May Raise Men's Death Risk From Heart Disease

Calcium Supplements May Raise Odds of Heart Death in Women

Can Green Tea, Coffee Reduce Stroke Risk?

Can Parents' Divorce Boost Son's Risk for Stroke?

Can Teens' Lack of Sleep Lead to Diabetes?

Can Tomatoes Lower Stroke Risk?

Cancer Drug Doesn't Speed Up Tumor Growth, Researchers Say

Cancer Drug May Flush Out 'Hidden' HIV: Study

Cancer Drug Reduced Relapses in MS Patients: Studies

Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease as Top Cause of Death Among U.S. Hispanics

Can't Stop Eating M&Ms?

Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers

Cardiac Screening for All Young Athletes Carries Big Price Tag: Study

Cartilage Gives Early Warning of Arthritis, Study Finds

Cases Linked to Fungal Meningitis Now Number 328

Cash Incentives, Penalties May Spur People to Shed More Pounds

Cash, Coaching May Boost Healthy Living

CDC Guidelines Could Cut Bloodstream Infections From Dialysis

CDC Launches New Graphic Antismoking Ads

CDC: Meningitis Infections Now Total 185 in 12 States

Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments

Certain COPD Meds Might Raise Heart Risks, Study Says

Certain Diabetes Medications May Lower Heart Failure Risk

Certain Diets May Help Body Burn More Calories: Study

Certain Heart Meds May Give Chemo a Boost

Certain Lifestyle Factors Linked to Arthritis in Study Patients

Certain Parents Less Likely to Follow Doctors' Advice: Poll

Certain Steroids May Raise Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots

Changes in Intestinal Bacteria Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Changes to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Could Widen Definition of ADHD

Checklist for Winter Sports Safety

Cheerleading Needs Safety Guidelines, Pediatricians Say

Chemical in Household Products May Be Linked to Heart Disease: Study

Chemo Pills Effective, But Patients May Skip Doses

Childhood Abuse Linked to Diabetes, Heart Disease in Middle-Aged Women

Childhood Depression May Be Tied to Later Heart Risk: Study

Childhood Obesity Rates Drop in New York City, Los Angeles: Study

Childhood Trauma Linked to Later Stroke Risk

Children Born With Heart Defects Show Growth Lags 3 Years Later

Children Underrepresented in Clinical Drug Trials: Study

China's Overuse of Antibiotics in Livestock May Threaten Human Health

Chips, Sodas Out, Healthier Fare In With New School Snack Rules

Cholesterol Drug Boosts Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice: Study

Cholesterol Drugs Might Boost Kidney Cancer Survival

Cholesterol Levels Dropping in U.S. Adults, Mostly From Statin Use

Cholesterol Levels Getting Better for U.S. Kids: CDC

Cholesterol Levels May Vary By Season

Cholesterol Screenings Up, But Certain Groups Still Lag: CDC

Chronic Cough Responds to Epilepsy Drug, Study Finds

Chronic Pain Often Follows Stroke

Clenched Hand May Prevent 'Choking' Under Pressure

Close Relative's Early Death May Raise Your Heart Risk: Study

Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study

Clot Buster Seems to Help Up to 6 Hours After Stroke

'Clot-Buster' Drug May Still Be Best Stroke Treatment

Clot-Busting Stroke Drug Safe for Many Who Take Warfarin

Cocaine Raises Heart Risks for Fit, Young Adults: Study

Codeine Risky for Kids After Certain Surgeries, FDA Says

Coffee Might Actually Help Your Heart

Cold and Flu Sufferers Should Ease Back Into Fitness Routine

College Freshmen Urged to Keep Excess Pounds Away

College Sports Could Raise Players' Risk for Depression, Study Finds

Combination Drug, Chemo May Extend Life of Colon Cancer Patients

Combo Drug Therapy May Work Best to Strengthen Bones: Study

Combo Inhaler May Give Better Relief for Some With Asthma

Combo Therapy May Help Ease Sleep Apnea at High Altitude

Cometriq Approved for Rare Thyroid Cancer

Common Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk a Bit, Study Finds

Common Antidepressants Tied to Higher Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Users: Study

Common Antidepressants Too Risky During Pregnancy, Researchers Say

Common Blood Pressure Drugs Might Lower Dementia Risk

Common Heart Drug Linked to Cancer Risk in Study

Common Heart Drug Might Dampen Some Autism Symptoms

Common Heart Drug Might Improve Lung Cancer Survival

Common Heart Medicine May Not Be Effective for Some: Study

Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Common Painkillers May Help Prevent Skin Cancer: Study

Common Painkillers Might Boost Odds for 2nd Heart Attack

Community Gardening May Reap Body Weight Benefit

Company With Links to Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Recalls All Products

Comparison of Obesity Surgeries Turns Up Surprising Results

Competitive Cash-for-Weight-Loss Plans Work Best: Study

Competitive Sports May Boost Heart Function After Breast Cancer

Compound in Red Meat, Energy Drinks May Have Heart Disease Link

Compounding Pharmacists Oppose Greater U.S. Oversight

Confusion Over Diabetes Types Adds to Patients' Woes

Congress to Open Hearings Into Steroid/Meningitis Outbreak

Consider Weight When Choosing Blood Pressure Meds: Study

Consistent Criteria for Sports Concussion Might Aid Diagnosis

Constipation Treatments Not Equally Effective: Review

Continued Use of ADHD Drugs May Reduce Criminal Behavior, Study Says

Control of Heart Risks May Vary Among Outpatient Practices

Controversial Alternative Heart Treatment Shows Hint of Benefit

Cooking-Oil Combo May Improve Blood Pressure

Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study

Cosmetic Procedures for Arms on the Rise, Plastic Surgeons Say

Cost of Diabetes Care in U.S. Keeps Climbing

Costlier Heart Device May Not Be Worth It, Study Suggests

Costly, Repeat Medical Testing Common for Medicare Patients: Study

Couch-Potato Kids Are Top U.S. Child Health Problem: Poll

Could Fertility Drugs Make Kids Shorter?

Could Herpes Virus Affect Memory in Older Adults?

Could an Aging Face Reflect an Unhealthy Heart?

Could Being a Little Overweight Help You Live Longer?

Could Bloodletting Ease Heart Risks for the Obese?

Could Chocolate's Antioxidants Boost Brain Function?

Could Cholesterol Treatment Fight Repeat Heart Attack?

Could Coffee Bean Extract Help Control Blood Sugar?

Could Facebook Assist Public Health Efforts to Track Obesity?

Could Facebook Be Making You Fat?

Could Food Flavors Act Like Mood-Stabilizing Drugs?

Could Gene Doping Be Part of Future Olympics?

Could Kids' Salt Intake Affect Their Weight?

Could Psoriasis Increase Odds for Type 2 Diabetes?

Could Slow Walking Foreshadow Early Dementia?

Could Turtle Gene Findings Aid Human Health?

Countries With More Sugar in Food Supply Have More Diabetes

CPR Training Should Focus on High-Risk Neighborhoods: Experts

Cut Back on Sugar to Lose Some Weight

Cut Salt, Save 500,000 U.S. Lives Over a Decade, Study Finds

Daily Aspirin May Bolster Aging Brain, Study Shows

Daily 'Dose' of Dark Chocolate Might Shield the Heart

Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Risks Seem to Outweigh Gains for Many: Study

Death Toll From Meningitis Outbreak Now Stands at 7, CDC Says

Decisions, Decisions: Work Out or Fix a Meal?

Deep Belly Fat Could Weaken Men's Bones, Study Suggests

Delaying ADHD Meds Could Hurt Kids' Math Scores

Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths

Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Higher Early Death Risk

Depression May Boost Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women, Too

Despite FDA Warning, Sports Supplements Still Available Online: Study

Despite More 'Healthy' Options, Little Change in Fast-Food Calorie Counts

'Dessert' With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss: Study

Device Offers Hope for Battery-Free Pacemakers

Diabetes Can Make a Comeback After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Diabetes Doesn't Seem to Raise Risks After Knee Replacement

Diabetes Drug Actos May Increase Bladder Cancer Odds

Diabetes Drug May Offer 'Modest' Weight Loss for Very Obese Teens: Study

Diabetes Drug Metformin May Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women

Diabetes May Hasten Mental Decline

Diabetes Patients Should Have More Voice in Treatment: Experts

Diabetes Prevention: Start Small, Experts Say

Diabetes Rates Higher in Countries Using Lots of High Fructose Corn Syrup: Study

Diabetes Rising Rapidly Among U.S. Kids

Diabetes Screening May Not Lower Overall Death Rates

Diabetes Self-Care Improves Slowly, U.S. Report Finds

Dialysis Catheters Tied to Higher Risk for Infection, Death, Study Finds

Diclegis Approved for Morning Sickness

Diet, Exercise May Boost 'Good' Cholesterol, Study Suggests

Diet, Weight Loss Ease Menopause Symptoms: Study

Diet/Exercise Combo Best, 'Biggest Loser' Study Says

Diets High in Fructose May Harm Liver in Some, Scientists Warn

Discontinued Meds May Still Get Dispensed

Discount Supermarkets Tied to Rising Obesity Rates

Disney to Curtail Junk Food Ads Aimed at Kids

'Diverted' Medical Marijuana Use Common Among Teens: Study

Do Teens Who Sleep In Stay Slimmer?

Docs Aren't Coaching Overweight Kids on How to Slim Down: Study

Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life

Docs' Theories on Obesity May Affect Their Weight-Loss Advice

Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients' Odds After Some Strokes: Study

Docs: Heart Device Might Be Breakthrough for Muscular Dystrophy

Doctor Offers Hunting Safety Tips

'Doctor Shopping' Tied to Fatal Prescription Drug Overdoses

Doctor-Patient Communication Key to Sticking With Meds

Doctors Biased Against Drug Company Research, Study Finds

Doctors Feel Less Connected to Obese Patients, Study Suggests

Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids

Doctors to Parents: No Trampolines

Doctors Warn About High Levels of Caffeine in Some Energy Drinks

Does Sleep Apnea Offer Some Protection During Heart Attack?

Does Weight-Loss Surgery Work for Teens? Yes, Study Says

Dog Study Raises Prospect of Biological Pacemaker for Humans

Dog Treats Can Pack on the Pounds, Vets Say

Don't Cut School Recess, Pediatricians Say

Don't Give ADHD Meds to Undiagnosed Kids, Experts Urge

Don't Turn to Holiday Food as a Way to Deal With Stress: Expert

Dotarem Approved for Nervous System MRIs

Doubling Up on Cold, Flu Remedies May Harm Liver

Dramatic Rise in Kids Hospitalized With High Blood Pressure: Study

Drop in Illicit Drug Use in Cities, Uptick in Prescription Drug Abuse

Drug Approved for Inherited Blood Disorder

Drug Company Reps Don't Tell Docs Enough About Side Effects: Survey

Drug May Ease Angina in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Drug May Help Women Who Quit Smoking Avoid Weight Gain

Drug May Make Walking Easier for People With Artery Disease

Drug OK'd for Deadly Genetic Condition Tied to Cholesterol

Drug Shows Promise Against Fragile X Syndrome, Possibly Autism

Drug Shows Some Benefit for Kids With Autism

Drug Widely Used to Treat MS May Not Slow Progression

Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Drugs Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk for Some, Task Force Finds

Drugs Can Sometimes Prevent Migraines, but at a Cost

Drugs May Help Relieve Restless Legs Syndrome

Drugs to Prevent Alzheimer's to Be Tested in Large Trial

Early Menopause May Double Heart Disease Risk, Study Says

Early Menopause May Raise Risk for Brain Aneurysm

Early Menstruation Tied to Factors That Raise Heart Disease Risk

Early Stenting Best for Some Heart Patients: Study

Early Surgery May Benefit Some With Heart Infection

Eat Fish, Live Longer?

Eat Too Much While Watching TV? Try Taking Smaller Bites

Eating Disorders Hitting Women Over 50, Study Finds

Eating More Meals Linked to Less Student Overweight

Eating Out Can Hurt Heart Health, Expert Warns

Effects of High Blood Pressure Drug May Mimic Celiac Disease

Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study

Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study

Electronic Health Records Aid Diabetes Control

Eliminating Mouth-to-Mouth Boosts CPR Results: Study

Eliquis Approved for People With Heart Rhythm Disorder

Energy Drinks Linked to Changes in Heart Rhythm

Energy Drinks Pose Risks to Teens, Study Finds

EPA Lowers Permissible Soot Levels in Air

EPA Proposes New Cuts on Levels of Soot in Air

Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Linked to Autism Risk in Study

Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise as Weight-Loss Aid, Study Says

ER Visits Linked to ADHD Meds Up Sharply

ER Visits Linked to Energy Drinks Double: Report

ER Visits Tied to Ambien on the Rise

Erectile Dysfunction May Signal Hidden Heart Disease

Erectile Dysfunction Tied to Long-Term Narcotic Use in Men

Estrogen Levels Tied to Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Study

Even a Little Exercise Boosts Self-Esteem in Overweight Teens

Even a Little Pot Use Ups College Dropout Risk

Even Brief Ozone Exposure May Raise Fatal Heart Risk: Study

Even 'High-Normal' Blood Sugar Tied to Brain Shrinkage

Even in Young Adults, Binge Drinking May Harm Circulation

Even Light Smoking Boosts Women's Risk of Sudden Heart Death: Study

Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study

Even Moderate Exercise Might Cut Breast Cancer Risk: Study

Even Women Who Exercise Sit Too Much

Everyday Activities May Have Same Health Benefits as Going to Gym

Everyday Noise Levels May Affect the Heart

Excess Pounds Raise Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence, Death: Study

Excess Salt a Factor in 2.3 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide

Exercise a Likely Tool for Parkinson's Patients

Exercise and Weight Loss Give Brain a Boost, Study Finds

Exercise Appears to Ease Nerve-Damage Pain in Rat Study

Exercise Boosts School Performance for Kids With ADHD: Study

Exercise Can Shield the Aging Brain, Studies Show

Exercise Controls Weight in White Girls Better Than in Black Girls: Study

Exercise Does Boost Teens' Health, Study Finds

Exercise Helps Older Adults Stay Fit

Exercise Improves Effects of Stroke: Study

Exercise Leads to Better Sleep: Poll

Exercise May Beat Socializing at Staving Off Brain Shrinkage

Exercise May Blunt Heavy Drinking's Effect on Brain

Exercise May Delay Early Aging of People With Diabetes

Exercise May Ease Depression Tied to Heart Failure

Exercise May Ease Pain of Fibromyalgia, Study Suggests

Exercise May Help People With Alzheimer's Avoid Nursing Homes

Exercise May Lower Older Women's Risk for Kidney Stones

Exercise May Prevent Stress and Anxiety, Study Suggests

Exercise May Stave Off Depression in Severely Obese

Exercise Might Keep Menopausal Hot Flashes at Bay

Exercise Program Boosts Health After Lung Transplant: Study

Exercise Programs for Kids Seem to Have Little Impact: Study

Exercise Safety Tips for People With Heart Disease

Exercise Won't Affect Breast Milk, Baby's Growth: Study

Exercise, Alternative Therapies May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Exercise, Meditation Can Beat Back Cold, Flu, Study Finds

Exercising at Midlife May Stave Off Dementia Down the Road

'Exergames' Can Help Inactive Folks Get Moving: Study

Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise, Study Finds

Experimental Antidepressant Appears Quick-Acting, Safe

Experimental Drug for Hepatitis C Promising, Studies Show

Experimental Drug May Limit Stroke Damage

Experimental Drug May Work Against Hepatitis C

Experimental Drug Seems to Aid Memory in Mice With Alzheimer's

Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Certain Breast Cancers

Experimental Drug Suppresses Appetite in Mice: Study

Experimental Vaccine Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer

Expert Pitches Safety Tips for Young Baseball Players

Expert Tips for Summer Sports Safety

Experts Challenge Americans to Reduce Salt Intake

Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure

Experts Offer Tips to Help Keep Fall Sports Injury Free

Experts Question Use of Ankle Blood Pressure to Gauge Heart Risks

Explorers on Ill-Fated 1910 Polar Expedition Died of Starvation

Extra Pounds Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in Women

Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients

Extra Sleep May Help You Withstand Pain

Extra Steps Urged to Cut Alcohol, Drug Use in Military: Report

Extreme Birth Weights Tied to Autism in Swedish Study

Extreme Cold Snap Brings Unexpected Health Risks

Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke

Fainting in Healthy People May Be First Sign of Heart Trouble

Fainting Spells Often Tied to Too Many Meds at Once: Study

Fast Food Makes Up 11 Percent of Calories in U.S. Diet: CDC

Fast-Food Breakfast Sandwiches May Slow Down Blood Flow: Study

Fat Stats: 30% of Adults in 12 States Now Obese

FDA Agents Visit Mass. Company Linked to Meningitis Outbreak

FDA Approves 1st in New Class of Type 2 Diabetes Drugs

FDA Approves 1st Skin Patch to Combat Migraines

FDA Approves 2nd New Weight-Loss Drug

FDA Approves 3 New Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes

FDA Approves 'Abuse-Deterrent' Label for New Oxycontin

FDA Approves 'Bionic Eye' to Help Against Rare Vision Disorder

FDA Approves Combo Shot for Meningitis, Hib in Kids

FDA Approves Drug for Older Women Experiencing Painful Sex

FDA Approves First At-Home HIV Test

FDA Approves First New Weight-Loss Drug in More Than a Decade

FDA Approves Flu Vaccine for Coming Season

FDA Approves Generic Versions of Actos

FDA Approves 'Morning-After' Pill Without a Prescription

FDA Approves New Drug to Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA Approves New Multiple Sclerosis Drug

FDA Approves New Once-a-Day HIV Pill

FDA Approves New Type of Flu Vaccine

FDA Bans BPA From Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups

FDA Campaign Aims to Make Online Drug Purchases Safer

FDA Cites Possible Source of Cantaloupe-Salmonella Outbreak

FDA Clears First Weight-Loss Pill in 13 Years

FDA Gives Nod to Botox to Treat Overactive Bladder

FDA Gives Nod to First Drug for Diabetic Eye Disease

FDA Gives Nod to Longer Use of Nicotine Patch, Gum

FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer Drug

FDA Issues Another Warning on Fake Version of Cancer Drug Avastin

FDA Issues Warning for Nature's Deli Chicken Jerky Dog Treats

FDA OKs Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA OKs Expanded Use of Prostate Cancer Drug

FDA OKs First Ultrasound Imaging System for Dense Breasts

FDA Panel Considers 1st Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

FDA Panel Recommends Against 1st Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

FDA Panel Votes Against New Use for Blood Thinner Xarelto

FDA Panel Votes for Tougher Curbs on Vicodin, Other Painkillers

FDA Panel Weighs Tougher Restrictions on Some Prescription Painkillers

FDA Proposes New Rules to Strengthen Food Safety

FDA Proposes Tighter Regulation of Public Defibrillators

FDA Proposes Tougher Warnings for Tanning Beds

FDA Pulls One Generic Form of Wellbutrin Off the Market

FDA Renews Heart-Risk Warning for Antibiotic

FDA Should Work to Cut Sugar Levels in Sodas, Experts Say

FDA to Collaborate on Development of Medical Devices

FDA Urges Studies on Safer Formulations of Narcotic Painkillers

FDA Wants to Relax Approval Process for Alzheimer's Drugs

FDA Warns Against Sale of Sports Supplements in U.S.

FDA Warns Against Use of Diarrhea Drug From El Salvador

FDA Warns of Fake Version of ADHD Drug Adderall

FDA Warns Pregnant Women About Migraine Drugs

FDA, States Weigh Pharmacy Regulation in Wake of Meningitis Outbreak

FDA: Don't Use Pradaxa Blood Thinner in Patients With Artificial Heart Valves

FDA: Lower Ambien's Dose to Prevent Drowsy Driving

FDA: More Tainted Products at Firm Tied to Meningitis Outbreak

Fetal Heart May Develop Later in Pregnancy Than Thought

Few Doctors Discuss Exercise With Cancer Patients: Study

Few Patients Should Get Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, FDA Panel Says

Fewer Kids Getting Hurt in Most Sports, Study Finds

Fewer U.S. Kids Dying of Diabetes: CDC

Fewer U.S. Patients Getting Weight Counseling From Doctors

First Drug Approved to Lower Risk of Acquiring HIV

First Generic Version of Cancer Drug Doxil Approved

First Generic Versions of Singulair Approved

First Over-the-Counter HIV Test Approved

First Stem Cell Vein Implant Helps Young Girl

First Ultrasound to Spot Cancer in Dense Breasts Approved

First-Born May Be at Greater Risk for Diabetes, Hypertension

First-Ever Guidelines Issued for Treating Type 2 Diabetes in Kids

Fish Oil Supplements Don't Protect Against Heart Trouble: Study

Fish Oil Supplements Won't Prevent Irregular Heart Beat: Study

Fish Oil Won't Prevent Irregular Heartbeat After Cardiac Surgery: Study

Fish Oil Won't Save Diabetics' Hearts, Research Suggests

Fish, But Not Fish Oil Supplements, May Shield Against Stroke

Fit Kids May Dodge Fractures in Old Age

Fitness Experts Dispel Common Exercise Myths

Fitness in Middle Age May Help Shield Men From Cancer Later

Fitness May Boost Survival for Women With Breast Cancer

Flu Drug Tamiflu OK for Babies Under 1: FDA

Flu Season's Approaching So Roll Up Your Sleeve

Flu Season's Vaccine Approved

Flu Vaccine May Protect Your Heart

Flublok Approved to Prevent Seasonal Flu

Focus on One Sport Raises Young Athletes' Injury Risk: Study

Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial

Food Allergies Tied to Impaired Growth in Kids

Food-Assistance Program Sees $2 Billion Spent on Sweet Drinks: Study

Foot Ulcers Tied to Increased Death Risk for People With Diabetes

For Aggressive Breast Cancer, Chemo May Work Better in the Young

For Alzheimer's Caregivers, Patience and Compassion Are Key

For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions

For Juvenile Arthritis, Pill May Work as Well as Needle

For Kids, Eating Out = More Calories

For New Mom With Aphasia, 'Giving Up Was Not an Option'

For Texas Man, Bariatric Surgery Led to Diabetes-Free Life

Fractures Take High Toll on High School Athletes

Frequent Eating in Kids Tied to Less Weight Gain

Friday Is 'National Wear Red Day' for Women's Heart Health

Fruits, Veggies May Help Smokers Quit

Fulyzaq Approved for Diarrhea in People With HIV/AIDS

Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 28 Dead, 363 Sickened

Fycompa Approved for Epileptic Seizures

Gattex Approved for Short Bowel Syndrome

Gene Discovery May Offer Breakthrough for Rare Leukemia

Gene Linked to Alzheimer's May Lose Power With Age

Gene May Double Risk of Alzheimer's in Blacks

Gene Test May Help Predict Success of Weight-Loss Surgery

Gene Tied to Obesity, Depression, ADHD

Gene Variations May Explain Weight Gain Among Men, Women

Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain

Genes Linked to Effectiveness of Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer

Genes May Influence Reactions to Painkillers

Genes Might Help Some Smokers Kick the Habit

Gene-Tweaked Tomatoes, Probiotics Aim to Lower Your Cholesterol

Germs Fly in Roller-Derby Games, Study Finds

Get Fit in Middle Age to Cut Heart Failure Risk, Study Says

Girls' Peers, Not Media, May Exert Most Pressure to Be Thin

Give Your Heart the Gift of a Stress-Free Holiday

Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study

Glaucoma Stent Approved

Gleevec's Latest Approval is for Pediatric Cancer

Gorging at the Buffet Table? Tactics May Help You Eat Less

Got the Flu? Rest First, Exercise Later, Experts Say

'Greenish-Black' Contaminant in Vials of Steroid Behind Meningitis Outbreak: FDA

Group Programs for Weight Loss May Work Best

Guidelines Issued for New Blood Thinner Brilinta

Gulp! Study Suggests Super-Size Soda Ban Could Fizzle

'Gut Reaction' May Predict Cardiovascular Risk

Hair Concerns May Discourage Exercise for Some Black Women

Half of Heart Patients Make Mistakes With Their Meds: Study

Hard Physical Labor May Boost Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke: Studies

Health Highlights: Sept. 23, 2012

Health of Americans a Mixed Bag: CDC Report

Health Tip: Alcohol Can Affect Your Athletic Performance

Health Tip: At Risk for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Avoid Beginners' Workout Injuries

Health Tip: Avoid Overtraining

Health Tip: Balance Holiday Buffets With More Exercise

Health Tip: Beat Boredom

Health Tip: Care for Your Mouthguard

Health Tip: Diabetes Isn't a Ticket to Inactivity

Health Tip: Diabetes Often Triggers Foot Problems

Health Tip: Dieticians Can Help Diabetics

Health Tip: Do I Need a Cardiac Stress Test?

Health Tip: Do You Have a Heart Murmur?

Health Tip: Do You Need a Day Off From Exercise?

Health Tip: Don't Combine Medication and Alcohol

Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pacemaker Issues

Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pain During Exercise

Health Tip: Don't Overeat When Dining Out

Health Tip: Don't Take the Wrong Medication

Health Tip: Eat Healthier During the Holidays

Health Tip: Eating Because You're Bored?

Health Tip: Encourage Your Family to Exercise

Health Tip: Enjoy Safe Exercise During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Exercise Can Help Manage Menopause

Health Tip: Exercise for People Who Have Had Breast Cancer

Health Tip: Exercise Isn't Always Expensive

Health Tip: Exercise to Combat Stress

Health Tip: Exercise With Allergies and Asthma

Health Tip: Exercising After Baby is Born

Health Tip: Exercising in Cold Weather

Health Tip: Exercising With Diabetes

Health Tip: Fuel Your Body for Resistance Training

Health Tip: Get Fit During Your Commute

Health Tip: Get Fit This Fall

Health Tip: Get Heart Healthy

Health Tip: Get Ready for Cardiac Rehab

Health Tip: Get Regular Care to Manage Diabetes

Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine

Health Tip: Have Heart Palpitations?

Health Tip: Help Keep Your Bones Healthy

Health Tip: Help Kids Have an Active Summer

Health Tip: Help Prevent Drowning

Health Tip: Help Prevent Exercise-Induced Asthma

Health Tip: Help Prevent Foot Ulcers

Health Tip: Help Prevent Heart Disease

Health Tip: Help Prevent Low Blood Sugar

Health Tip: Help Prevent Trampoline Injuries

Health Tip: Hiking or Running on a Trail

Health Tip: If You're Always Tired

Health Tip: Invest in Protective Eyewear for Sports

Health Tip: Is My Blood Glucose Too Low?

Health Tip: Jumping Rope for Exercise

Health Tip: Keep Active by Walking

Health Tip: Keep Food Cravings at Bay at the Office

Health Tip: Keep Medications Out of Youngsters' Reach

Health Tip: Keep Off the Weight You've Lost

Health Tip: Keep Your Family Fit

Health Tip: Kids Keeping You From Exercising?

Health Tip: Learn About the A1C Test

Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker

Health Tip: Maintain Your Ideal Weight

Health Tip: Make Exercise a Social Activity

Health Tip: Manage Diabetes During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Monitor Your Blood Glucose

Health Tip: On the Go With Diabetes

Health Tip: Poor Sleep Can Hurt Your Heart...

Health Tip: Practice Winter Sports Safety

Health Tip: Prevent Low Blood Sugar

Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Adverse Drug Reactions

Health Tip: Resolve to Meet Your Exercise Goals

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

Health Tip: Safely Dispose of Medications

Health Tip: Seniors on the Move

Health Tip: Should I Be Screened for Prediabetes?

Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women

Health Tip: Stay Active After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Stay Fit When Traveling

Health Tip: Straining a Hamstring

Health Tip: Stretch Before and After Exercise

Health Tip: Take a Walk!

Health Tip: Taking Medication to Manage Diabetes

Health Tip: Taking Medications During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Use a Stability Ball

Health Tip: Using a Stability Ball

Health Tip: Walk at Work

Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Exercise

Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Work Out

Health Tip: When Children Develop Hearing Loss

Health Tip: Will Cardiac Rehab Help?

Health Tip: Work Out at the Right Intensity

Health Tip: Work Out at the Right Speed for You

Health Tip: Work Out in Water

Health, Social Life Improve After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Healthy Diet May Prevent Additional Heart Trouble

Healthy Diet, Exercise Extend Life for Women in Their 70s: Study

Healthy Eating Tips for Holiday Parties

Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Survival Odds for Older Women With Cancer

Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds

Healthy Lungs May Keep Brain Running Smoothly

Healthy Neurotic? Being Conscientious May Help

Hearing Loss Tied to Diabetes in Study

Heart Attack Patients Do Better if They Had Chest Pain First

Heart Attack? Doctors Soon May Have an App for That

Heart Attacks, Strokes Jumped After Japan Earthquake, Study Finds

Heart Deaths Rise With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds

Heart Defect at Birth Signals Need to Check for Other Disorders: AHA

Heart Disease Deaths in Europe Dropping: Report

Heart Disease Risk Factors Also Tied to Death From Prostate Cancer

Heart Drug Digoxin Tied to Higher Death Risk for Some Patients

Heart Failure Drug May Only Help Heart's Function, Not Symptoms

Heart Failure Drugs Put to the Test

Heart Health Worst in the South, Best in Northeast

Heart Rhythm Disorder May Raise Older Women's Stroke Risk

Heart Risks Last Beyond Hospital Discharge, Study Finds

Heart Risks May Also Point to Dementia Risk

Heart Scarring May Be More Dangerous Than Thought, Study Suggests

Heartburn Meds May Often Be Taken for Too Long, at Too-High Doses

Heart-Healthy Habits in Childhood May Prevent Future Disease

Heart-Healthy Lifestyle May Also Prevent Lethal Blood Clots

HeartWare Device Approved for Heart Transplant Hopefuls

Heavier Friends Might Widen Your Waistline: Study

Heavier Pregnant Women May Face Higher C-Section Risk

Heavy Drinking Linked to Earlier Stroke

Heavy Drinking, Smoking Won't Harm Men's Sperm: Study

Helmets Do Save Lives on the Slopes, Research Shows

Help Young Pitchers Avoid Overuse Injuries

Hemorrhoids Are Common, Preventable and Treatable

Hepatitis C Treatment May Hamper Kids' Growth

'Hercules' Star Kevin Sorbo Knows Stroke Strikes the Young

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Predict Later Ills, Study Says

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Threaten Kids' Heart Health

High Blood Pressure May Protect Some Frail Elderly: Study

High Blood Pressure Poses Bigger Stroke Risk for Blacks, Study Says

High Blood Sugar May Make Pneumonia Deadlier

High BPA Levels in Kids Linked to Risk for Heart, Kidney Damage: Study

High Medical Bills Driving Some Americans to Extreme Measures

High-Antioxidant Diet May Not Prevent Stroke, Dementia, Study Finds

Higher Blood Pressure May Harm the Middle-Aged Brain, Study Finds

Higher Heart Rate Tied to Earlier Death, Even in Fit People

High-Fiber Diet Helps Heart Too, Expert Says

High-Risk Heterosexuals Should Take HIV Prevention Pill, Too

High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster

Hillary Clinton Has Blood Clot in Head, Full Recovery Expected

Hillary Clinton Plans to Return to Work Next Week

Hillary Clinton Released From NYC Hospital

Hillary Clinton Returns to Work

Hip Surgery Increases Stroke Risk in Older Patients: Study

Hispanics May Face Higher Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Study

Hi-Tech Advances May Improve Diabetics' Lives

HIV Drug Combo May Help Prevent Malaria Reinfection

HIV Drug May Prevent Bone Marrow Transplant Complication

HIV Drugs May Help Protect Young Patients' Hearts: Study

HIV May Raise Risk of Heart Attack

HIV Undetectable in 2 Men After Bone Marrow Transplants: Study

Hockey Rule Changes Could Cut Player Aggression, Injuries

Holidays Spell Trouble for Folks Unaware They're Diabetic

Hoping to Ease Shortage, FDA Fast-Tracks Generic Form of Cancer Drug

Hops, Key to Flavor in Beer, May Prove Useful in New Drugs

Hormone 'Ratio' May Show Which Dieters Will Keep Weight Off

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Safe or Not?

Hormone Shows Potential as Diabetes Treatment in Mice

Hormone Therapy in Early Menopause May Benefit Some Women: Study

Hospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find

Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients

Hot Flashes Don't Signal Poor Heart Health for Most Women: Study

Household Chores May Ease Nighttime Menopausal Symptoms

How Healthy Is Your County?

How Long Should Men's Urinary Infections Be Treated?

How Much Caffeine in That Supplement? Hard to Tell

How to Quickly Spot Signs of Stroke: Experts

How Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Diabetes Control

How Well Do You Rise From Sitting on the Floor?

HPV Vaccine Found Safe in Large Study

HRT Update: Therapy May Reduce Fractures, Boost Some Risks

Humira's Approval Widened to Include Ulcerative Colitis

Hysterectomy May Not Raise Heart Risks After All: Study

Iclusig Approved for Rare Leukemias

Illegal 'Bath Salts' Mimic Cocaine in the Brain: Study

Implantable Defibrillators Linked to Decline in Cardiac Arrests

Implanted Defibrillator Patients Prefer Device Off if Very Ill: Survey

Implanted Heart Devices Have Real-World Benefits: Study

Impotence Drug Cialis Might Have Other Sexual Benefits: Study

In Diabetes, Any Protein in Urine May Signal Heart Risk

In Seriously Ill Kids, Obesity May Be Tied to Higher Death Risk: Study

In Short Term, Weight-Loss Surgery Doesn't Raise Fracture Risk

Inactivity May Kill as Many Worldwide as Smoking: Report

Incoherent Text Messages May Signal Stroke, Doctors Say

Inconsistency Seen in Safety Labeling for Generic Drugs

Ingredient in New MS Drug Linked to Serious Brain Disease

Inhaler Approved for Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Injected 'Hydrogel' May Help Repair Failing Hearts

Injuries Skyrocket From Inflatable Bounce Houses: Study

Inserting Breathing Tube May Not Be Best for Victims of Cardiac Arrest

Insomnia May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Intensive Lifestyle Changes Keep Type 2 Diabetes at Bay

Internet Search History May Reveal Unknown Drug Side Effects

iPads Could Affect Implanted Heart Devices, Early Study Finds

Irregular Heartbeat May Pose Higher Stroke Risk for Women Than Men

Is a Better Sleeping Pill on the Way?

Is Childhood Intelligence Linked to Pain Problems in Adulthood?

Is Fructose Making People Fat?

It's Possible to Be Obese and Heart-Healthy: Studies

IUD Might Ease Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Study Suggests

Japanese-American Men With Low Vitamin-D Diet Face Higher Stroke Risk

Jetrea Approved to Treat Eye Condition

Joint Replacement Boosts Heart Attack Risk Right After Surgery: Study

Judge: Make Morning-After Pill Available to All Females

Junk Food Hurts Your Arteries, But Healthy Meal Might Help

Junk Food Laws in Schools May Mean Healthier Kids: Study

'Junk Food' May Significantly Hike Risk of Stroke, Researchers Say

Junk Food Taxes Pay Off, Study Finds

Just How Might Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?

Just How Severe Is This Flu Season?

Just Lowering Fat Intake Can Shed Pounds, Study Finds

Just-Approved Flu Vaccine Uses Newer Production Method

Juxtapid Approved for LDL Cholesterol Condition

Katrina, Other Crises Boost Heart Attacks: Studies

Kcentra Approved to Stop Severe Bleeding in Heart Patients

Keep Moving to Ease Pain of Knee Arthritis: Review

Keeping Cold-Weather Exercise Fresh, Not Frozen

Keeping Fit May Boost Survival With Endometrial Cancer

Keeping Up a Healthy Lifestyle Pays Off in Added Years: Study

Key to More Active, Slimmer Kids: Friends

Kick Off the Holiday Season With a Healthier Thanksgiving

Kidney Disease May Be as Harmful to Heart as Heart Attack: Study

Kidneys Sometimes Removed Needlessly in Patients With Rare Genetic Disorder

Kids and Healthy Eating Can Go Together

Kids' Concussion Recovery Varies by Symptom Severity: Study

Kids Given Big Plates Help Themselves to More Food

Kids in Daycare More Prone to Be Overweight

Kids of Better-Educated Parents Have Healthier Diets: Study

Kids' Track Injuries Surge in US

Kids With Hemophilia Should Be Active, But Avoid Risky Sports: Study

Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says

Kids With Psoriasis More Likely to Be Overweight: Study

Kids With Stressed-Out Parents Eat More Fast Food: Study

Knee, Hip Replacements Don't Help People Lose Weight: Study

Know What's in Your Child's Medications, FDA Warns

Knowing Time Needed to Walk Off Calories May Curb Appetite

Kyprolis Approved for Multiple Myeloma

Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass

Lack of Sleep May Trip Up Student Athletes

Laser Liposuction May Zap Fat Without Skin Sag: Study

Late Lunch May Mean Less Weight Loss

Latest Edition of Psychiatry's 'Bible' Launched Amid Controversy

Latest Meningitis Outbreak Toll: 20 Deaths and 257 Infections, CDC Says

Learning How to Keep Pounds Off Before Dieting May Work Best

Less Bystander CPR Done in Poor, Black Neighborhoods, Study Shows

Less Invasive Surgery Safe for Harvesting Bypass Veins: Study

Less Is More With Exercise, Study Says

Less Salt, More Potassium = Millions of Lives Saved

Lifespan Gap Shrinks Between Whites, Blacks

Lifestyle Changes Key to Weight Loss in New Year

Lifestyle Might Curb Loss of Height That Comes With Age

Limited Use of Antibiotics OK for Dental Patients: Study

Liposuction Might Have 'Boomerang' Effect

Lipsticks, Glosses Contain Toxic Metals: Report

Living in 'Stroke Belt' as Teen May Raise Future Risk

Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk

Living Near Heavy Traffic May Harm Kidney Function

London Smog May Be Tough on Olympians

Loneliness, Living Alone Might Shorten Life

Long Waits in the ER May Raise PTSD Risk for Heart Patients

Longer Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest May Be Warranted, Study Suggests

Long-Term Aspirin Use Linked With Vision Loss: Study

Long-Term Side Effects Key When Cancer Patients Choose Drugs

Long-Term Use of Some Antipsychotics Not Warranted in Older Adults: Study

Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life

Losing Weight May Ease Chronic Heartburn

Losing Weight May Improve Sleep Quality

Losing Weight May Lower Cardiac Risks

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Weight Gain in Older Women

Low-Fiber Diet May Raise Teens' Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes

Lucentis Approved for Diabetic Macular Edema

Lung Transplant Hazard May Rise With Obese Recipients, Smoking Donors

Lupus May Be Linked to Serious Pregnancy Complication

Lymphoseek Approved to Help Locate Lymph Nodes

Magnetic Implant May Ease Chronic Acid Reflux

Maintain Heart Health During Summer

Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study

Major Medical Groups Back Sweeteners as Diet Aid

Many Americans Back Nicotine Restrictions in Cigarettes: Survey

Many Americans in Denial Over Weight Gain: Study

Many Americans Skipping Meds to Save Money, CDC Says

Many Americans Taking Too Much Acetaminophen

Many Heart Attacks May Go Unrecognized in Seniors

Many Medicaid Patients Skip Drugs That Could Prevent Heart Trouble

Many Obese Americans Struggle With Stigma, Discrimination, Poll Finds

Many Older Heart Attack Survivors Don't Stick With Meds

Many Parents Give Kids Cold Medicines When They Shouldn't, Survey Finds

Many People With Type 1 Diabetes Missing Treatment Goals: Study

Many Primary-Care Doctors Want Help Treating Obesity

Many Public Pools Contaminated With Human Waste: CDC

Many Seniors Overpaying for Medicare Drug Plans: Study

Many Skiers Who Tear ACLs Can Avoid Surgery, Expert Says

Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds

Many Teens With High Blood Pressure Don't Get Needed Tests

Many U.S. Hispanics Have Heart Disease Risk Factors

Many U.S. Teens Have Poor Health Habits

Marathons Safe for Aging Boomers, Study Finds

Marijuana Extract May Not Relieve MS Spasms: Review

Marqibo Approved for Rare Leukemia

Marriage May Cut Heart Attack Risk for Both Spouses

Mass. Launches Criminal Probe of Firm Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: Report

Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing

Mechanical Blood Clot 'Retrievers' May Aid Stroke Patients

Med School Students Still Get Gifts From Drug Companies: Survey

Medicaid Expansion Enhances Financial and Mental Well-Being, Study Says

Medical Groups Agree on Use of Hormone-Replacement Therapy

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Don't Boost Local Crime: Study

Medical Marijuana: Voodoo or Legitimate Therapeutic Choice?

Medical School Ethics Policies May Affect How Doctors Prescribe

Medicare Coverage Gap May Cause Seniors to Forgo Antidepressants

Meditation Might Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Blacks

Mediterranean Diet Benefits Heart, Even Without Weight Loss: Study

Melatonin May Improve Sleep for People on Blood-Pressure Meds

Men May Benefit From Osteoporosis Drug, Too: Study

Men More Prone to Depression After Stroke: Study

Men Who Are Obese While Young Can Pay a Price Later

Menhibrix Approved to Prevent Bacterial Infections in Youngsters

Meningitis Outbreak Not Over Yet: Experts

Meningitis Outbreak Throws Spotlight on 'Compounding' Pharmacies

Meningitis Outbreak Tied to 15 Deaths, 205 Cases: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 21 Dead, 271 Sickened: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 23 Dead, 284 Sickened: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 23 Dead, 297 Sickened: CDC

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 33 Dead, 480 Sickened, CDC Says

Meningitis Toll Now 11 Dead, 119 Sick: CDC

Meningitis Toll Now 12 Dead, 137 Sick: CDC

Meningitis Toll Now 14 Dead, 170 Sick: CDC

Meningitis/Steroid Toll Now 34 Dead

Menopause Won't Spur Weight Gain, But May Boost Belly Fat: Review

Menopause-Like Woes Hinder Breast Cancer Treatment: Study

Mental Exercise May Help Keep Seniors Sharp

Mental Health Woes Raise Odds for Prescription Painkiller Abuse

Mental Illness May Not Impede Healthy Weight Loss, Study Says

Mental, Physical Challenges May Help Seniors Stay Sharp, Study Says

Mercury Exposure Linked to Raised Diabetes Risk

Metformin Outperforms Common Class of Diabetes Drugs in Study

Metformin Won't Aid Breast Cancer Survival in Diabetics

Meth in Pregnancy May Blunt Child's Reaction to Stress: Study

Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC

'Micro-Stents' May Hold Potential to Treat Glaucoma

Middle-Aged Diabetics May Need Earlier Colon Checks

Midlife Fitness May Mean Healthier Old Age, Study Finds

Migraine With Aura May Raise Risk of Heart Trouble

Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk

Mild Hyperthyroidism Won't Raise Heart Risk: Study

Millions on Verge of Diabetes Don't Know It: CDC

Mini-Organ Would Mimic Pancreas to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

'Mini-Strokes' May Be More Damaging Than Thought

Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study

Miscarriages Tied to Elevated Risk for Heart Conditions

Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review

Missing Data May Skew Clinical Trials

Moderate Drinking May Increase Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder: Study

Moderate Drinking May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival: Study

Modern Technology Adds to Worldwide Obesity Woes: Report

Modest Cardiac Benefit From Chelation Therapy Not Enough to OK Use: Experts

Modest Weight Loss Can Reap Prolonged Health Benefits

Mom's HIV Drugs May Pass to Baby in Womb, Breast-Feeding

Moms May Use TV to Calm Fussy Infants: Study

Mom's Pot Use Doubles Risk of 'Preemie' Birth: Study

Money Motivates Weight Loss -- One Step at a Time

Money Woes Weaken the Institution of Marriage: Study

Monkey Study Suggests Long-Term Use of ADHD Drugs Safe

More Americans Get Effective HIV Treatment, Study Says

More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC

More Americans Successfully Managing Diabetes

More Americans Walking, But Still Not Enough, CDC Says

More Dietary Fiber Might Help Thwart Stroke: Study

More Drug Trials Needed for Conditions Affecting Kids: Review

More Drugs Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA

More Evidence That Exercise Helps Fight Diabetes

More Evidence That Exercise in Middle Age Boosts Health

More Evidence That Shift Work Might Raise Heart Risks

More Evidence That Truvada Can Help Prevent HIV

More Evidence Ties Heart Disease to Mental Decline

More Gene Variants Linked to Heart Trouble

More Infants Surviving With Serious Heart Defects, Study Finds

More Kids Taking Antipsychotics for ADHD: Study

More Mental Health Woes in College Kids Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

More New Drugs a Bad Fit With Grapefruit, Study Finds

More Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Recognize Stroke Risk: Survey

More Pregnant Women on Blood Pressure Drugs: Study

More Progress Made on Artificial Pancreas for Diabetes Patients

More Proof That Healthy Habits Fight Disease

More Time at Family Dinners Might Curb Obesity in Kids

More Time in Gym Class Equals Stronger Kids

More U.S. Kids Prescribed Off-Label Antipsychotics: Study

Most Americans Oppose Soda, Candy Taxes

Most Coughs Don't Respond to Antibiotics, Study Confirms

Most Docs Don't Follow ADHD Treatment Guidelines for Preschoolers: Study

Most 'Extreme Preemies' Grow Into Happy, Healthy Teens

Most of World's Adults Consume Too Much Salt, Study Finds

Motherhood, Breast-Feeding May Affect Long-Term Weight

Mothers' Pre-Pregnancy Weight Tied to Kids' IQ, Study Says

Mothers' Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Kids' Heart Health

Mouse Study Offers Clues to Obesity-Diabetes Link

Multivitamins Won't Help Men Ward Off Heart Disease: Study

Myrbetriq Approved for Overactive Bladder

N.Y. Woman Balances Thyroid Disease and Diabetes

Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures

Nearly 30 Percent of Americans Have High Blood Pressure: CDC

Need to Get Walking More? Clip on a Pedometer

Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded

New Anti-Clotting Drug Bests Warfarin, Study Says

New Blood Thinner Beats Older Drug for Vein Clots: Study

New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: Study

New Blood Thinner May Help Prevent Leg Clots, Study Finds

New Clues to How Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

New Defibrillator Implanted Just Under the Skin

New Diabetes Drugs Have Different Advantages, Study Says

New Diabetes Guidelines May Lower Patient Medical Bills

New Drug Approved for Colonoscopy Preparation

New Drug Approved for Irritable Bowel, Chronic Constipation

New Drug Approved for Type 2 Diabetes

New Drug Effective for Rare Genetic Skin Cancer: Studies

New Drug May Help Immune System Fight Cancer

New Drug May Help Those Who Can't Take Statins

New Drug Might Help Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome

New Drug Regimens May Slow Advanced Breast Cancer

New Drugs May Offer Hope to Parkinson's Patients

New Drugs Might Give Heart Patients an Edge

New Guidelines Say No to Screening EKGs for Low-Risk Patients

New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks

New Medicine Might Fight Drug-Resistant TB, Study Says

New Melanoma Treatment Might Delay Cancer Progression

New Method May Help Pinpoint Woman's Final Menstrual Period

New Method Quickly Spots Kidney Damage After Surgery

New MRI Might Help Spot Heart Disease Early: Study

New Pill Might Relieve Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

New Pills Show Promise for Hepatitis C

New Research Suggests HRT May Lower Heart Risks

New Soccer Goal: Lowering Blood Pressure

New Stroke Guidelines Stress Treatment Within One Hour of Arrival in ER

New Survey Examines States' Investments in Dealing With Diabetes

New Symptoms Tied to Death Risk in Severe Kidney Disease

New Test Helps Evaluate Cancer Drug's Merit

New Treatment Aids Weight Loss, Improves Diabetes in Monkeys

New Treatments May Help Restore Speech Lost to Aphasia

New York's Trans-Fat Ban Is Working: Study

Newer Bone Drug Better for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients: Study

Newer Drug-Releasing Stent Cuts Chances of Cardiac Events: Study

Newer Psoriasis Drugs May Lower Heart Attack Risk for Patients

Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Don't Raise Cancer Risk: Study

Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Don't Seem to Increase Risk of Shingles

Newer 'Second-Line' Diabetes Drug May Outperform Older Meds

Newest Diabetes Drugs Linked to Higher Pancreatitis Risk

Newly Approved Imaging Agent Helps Find Prostate Cancer

Niacin Won't Help, May Harm Heart Patients: Study

Niacin-Statin Combo May Cause Side Effects for Heart Patients

No Benefit Seen in Extending Herceptin for Breast Cancer

No Cancer Risk From Long-Acting Insulin: Studies

No Evidence That Lupus Drugs Lead to Cancer, Says Study

No Link Between Low Birth Weight, Asthma: Study

No Need to Fast Before Cholesterol Blood Test: Study

No Proof Drugs Ease Kids' Migraines: Study

No Proof That 'Doping' With EPO Gives Athletes an Edge: Review

No Risks to Pregnancy Seen With Morning Sickness Drug

Noise, Dirty Air May Be Double Whammy for the Heart

'Nordic Walking' a Winner for Heart Failure Patients, Study Says

Normal-Weight People With Type 2 Diabetes Have Higher Death Risk: Study

Not Enough Data to Support Kidney Disease Screening, Task Force Says

Novel Drug Approach Shows Promise Against Breast Cancer

Novel Drugs Show Early Promise Against Several Cancers

Number of Meningitis Cases Now Stands at 91, CDC Says

Number of U.S. Kids With Diabetes Could Skyrocket: Study

Nutrient Drink Might Boost Memory in Early Alzheimer's: Study

NYC Ban on Super-Sized Sodas Would Cut Consumers' Calories: Study

NYC OKs Ban on Big Sugary Drinks

NYC 'Soda Ban' Decision Expected Thursday

OB/GYNs Endorse Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills

Obama Administration to Challenge Judge's Ruling on 'Morning-After' Pill

Obese Black Kids More Susceptible to Hypertension, Study Finds

Obese Black Women at Higher Risk for Having Very Large Babies

Obese Boys, Impotent Men?

Obese Children Struggle With Joint Pain: Study

Obese Drivers May Be More Likely to Die in Car Crashes

Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Obese Kids May Face Immediate Health Woes, Study Finds

Obese Kids May Have Dulled Taste Buds

'Obese' Label May Not Apply to Heavy Ex-NFL Players

Obese New Mothers May Have Higher Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Obese Patients May Have Less Success With Back Surgery

Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant

Obese Pregnant Women With Sleep Apnea May Have More Delivery Complications

Obese Teens Face Higher Risk for Kidney Disease: Study

Obese Women With Diabetes May Need Different Workouts Than Men

Obesity Alone May Not Hurt Kids' Classroom Performance

Obesity Biggest Risk Factor for Diabetes Among Poor: Study

Obesity Complicates Lung Cancer Surgery: Study

Obesity Crisis May Be Fueling Big Jump in Sleep Apnea Cases

Obesity Does Slow People Down, Study Confirms

Obesity Helps Spur Cancer's Growth, Mouse Study Suggests

Obesity Hits Rural Areas Harder Than Cities

Obesity in Middle Age Tied to More Rapid Mental Decline: Study

Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds

Obesity May Be Linked to MS Risk in Children

Obesity May Raise Odds for Painful Leg Condition

Obesity Might Lower Teens' Thinking Skills, Study Suggests

Obesity Now Puts Kids' Hearts at Risk Later

Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says

Obesity, Depression Blamed for Daytime Sleepiness 'Epidemic'

Obesity, Exercise May Affect Risk for Key Type of Colon Cancer

Octaplas Approved for Blood-Clotting Disorders

Official: Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak May Have Broken State Law

Officials Seeking Patients Who May Have Received Contaminated Steroid

'Off-Label' Use of Meds Routine in Pediatric ICU

Older Antipsychotics May Work as Well as Newer Ones: Review

Olympic Medalists May Also Claim 'Survival Advantage'

Olympic-Class Athletes Abound in Animal Kingdom

Omega-3s May Not Help Your Heart After All, Study Says

Once-Daily Pill Approved to Treat HIV

Once-Obese Women Still Face Stigma, Study Finds

One in 10 U.S. Kids Diagnosed With ADHD: Report

One in Every 12 Stroke Survivors Contemplates Suicide, Study Finds

One Path to Fitter Kids: More P.E. at School

Only 1 in 4 Americans With HIV Has Virus Under Control: CDC

Only 1 in 5 Americans Gets Enough Exercise: CDC

Oral Allergy Treatment May Ease Asthma, Hay Fever, Study Finds

Outdoor Fast-Food Ads Linked to Obesity, Study Suggests

Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years

Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat

Overweight Kids May Do Worse in Math: Study

Overweight Kids More Prone to Gallstones: Study

Overweight Moms More Apt to Have Large Babies, Study Says

Overweight Teens Report High Rates of Bullying, Teasing

Overweight Teens Typically Eat Less Than Normal-Weight Peers

Overweight While Younger Ups Kidney Risk Later

Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Owner of Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Declines to Testify Before Congress

Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients

Pain Reported by Nearly Half With Type 2 Diabetes

Painkiller Abuse by Kids Way Up, Study Finds

Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease

Parents Key to Whether Kids Get Enough Exercise, Studies Find

Parents Not Too Worried About Kids' Use of Pain Meds: Poll

Parents Will Push for Medication, Even If Doc Says Not Needed

Patient Education Helps Prevent Overuse of Antibiotics for Cough, Study Finds

Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital

Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study

Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device

Patients Often Kept in Dark About 'Off-Label' Drug Use: Study

Pediatricians Endorse New Acne Treatment Guidelines

People May Skip Generic Pills if Color Differs From Brand-Name Drug

People Seem More Accepting of Food Addiction Than Other Vices

People With Implantable Defibrillators May Need More Mental Health Support

People With Type 1 Diabetes at Risk of Thyroid Disease

Perjeta Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer

Personalized Blood Pressure Therapy May Help Diabetics

Pets a Boon for the Human Heart, Cardiologists Say

Phys Ed Requirements Disappearing at 4-Year Colleges

Physical Activity in Old Age May Protect Brain

Physical Education Is Good for Kids' Grades, Study Finds

Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds

Picky Eating in Youngsters Might Be Largely Caused by Genes

Pictures of Fatty, Sugary Foods May Spur Cravings

Piling on Pounds When Younger May Lead to Enlarged Heart Later

Plan B Pill Approved for Sale Without a Prescription

Plastics Chemical BPA Common in 'Preemie' ICU: Study

Plastics Chemical Linked to Obesity in Kids

Playing Several Sports Keeps Kids Slimmer: Study

Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study

Poll: Many Americans Don't See Their Kids as Overweight

Pomalyst Approved for Advanced Multiple Myeloma

Poor 'Health Literacy' Keeps Patients From Taking Meds

Poor Neighborhoods Home to More Obese Kids: Study

Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood

Popular Diabetes Meds Put to the Test

Positive Outlook Boosts Likelihood of Healthier Lifestyle

Post-Flight Fainting May Signal Dangerous Blood Clot: Study

Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study

Pot Psychosis May Be Gene-Related

Potions From the Past Held More Than a Snake-Oil Promise: Study

Prediabetes Linked to Higher Stroke Risk in Study

Pregnancy Adds Challenge for Teens Treated for Drug Abuse, Report Says

Pregnancy Hormone Shows Promise as Heart Failure Drug

Prenatal Use of Common Epilepsy Drug Tied to Higher Autism Risk

Preordered School Lunches May Be Healthier, Study Finds

Preschool TV Habits Linked to 4th-Grade Waist Size, Fitness

Prescription Drug Abuse Drops Among U.S. Young Adults

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Set for Saturday

Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows

Preteen Food Choices May Help Predict Eating Disorders Later

Preventing Kidney Disease May Cut Diabetes Deaths, Study Says

Preventive Measures Pay Off for Those at Risk of Stroke

Primary Care Doctors Meet Needs of Diabetics, Study Says

Procedure Lowers 'Hunger Hormone' to Help Obese Lose Weight

Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study

Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study

Programming Implanted Defibrillators to React More Slowly Might Be Safer: Study

Proscar Won't Boost Prostate Cancer Survival, Study Finds

Psoriasis Drug May Help People With Crohn's Disease: Study

Psych, Sleep Meds May Affect Driving

Psychiatric Drugs More Often Prescribed in the South

PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study

PTSD Symptoms Common After Heart Attack: Study

Quality of Life Can Suffer for Kids With Heart Devices

Quick-Reversal Method May Be at Hand for New Blood Thinner

Quitting Cigarettes Cuts Heart Risks, Even If You Gain Weight

Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study

Race Might Play Role in Success of Weight-Loss Surgery

Race-Day Diet Can Make or Break a Competitive Cyclist

Racial Gap Persists in Women's Heart Health Knowledge: Survey

Radiation for Childhood Cancer Might Raise Diabetes Risk

Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery

Rats May Also Feel 'Placebo Effect,' Study Suggests

Ravicti Approved for Urea Cycle Disorders

Raxibacumab Approved for Inhalational Anthrax

Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats

Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study

Records Show Problems at Steroid Pharmacy as Far Back as '06

Reducing Respiratory Virus in Preemies Lessens Wheezing: Study

Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates

Regional Systems to Treat Severe Heart Attack Increasing

Regular Exercise May Add Years to Life, Study Finds

Regular Exercise May Help Seniors Stave Off Heart Failure

Relatives Who Witness Loved One's CPR Fare Better: Study

Report Calls for Better U.S. Efforts to Fight Counterfeit Drugs

Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak

Report: 39 States on Pace for Obesity Rates Above 50%

Researchers Describe 1st 'Functional Cure' of HIV in Baby

Researchers Propose Plan for Managing Drug Shortages

Resilient Personality May Bring Better Aerobic Health

Retinal Implant Approved for Inherited Eye Disease

Revised Sunscreen Labels Should Help Consumers Make Wiser Choices

Right Amount of Exercise Can Boost Mental Health: Study

Roadside Breath Test for Drugs Could Be on Horizon

Rosie O'Donnell's Heart Attack a Lesson for Women

Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study

Salmonella Fears Spur Major Recall of Pet Treats

Saving Carbs for Dinnertime Might Help Control Weight

Scans That Gauge Heart Scarring May Spot High-Risk Patients

Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease

Schizophrenia Patients Who Take Antipsychotics Live Longer, Study Says

School Sports May Cut Rates of Violence, Bullying Among Teens

Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads

Scientists ID Gene for Insulin Sensitivity

Scientists ID New Gene Regions Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart

Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel

Second Compounding Pharmacy Shut Down in Massachusetts

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Raised Diabetes Risk

Secondhand Smoke Tied to Lower 'Good' Cholesterol in Teen Girls

Sedatives May Raise Pneumonia Risk

Self-Esteem, Optimism Help When Caring for Spouse After Stroke

Selflessness Can Threaten Clergy Members' Health

Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery

Serious Exercise May Benefit Middle-Aged Arteries

Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds

Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery

Severely Obese Americans on the Rise

Severely Obese Donors Raise Risks for Kids With Liver Transplant

Severely Obese Have More Complications With Spinal Surgery

Severely Obese Women Attempting IVF May Have Lower Egg Quality

Sex Life of Diabetic Women May Suffer

Shoppers Who Read Food Labels Are Thinner, Study Says

Shopping Around Brings Steep Prescription Drug Savings, Report Finds

Short Bursts of Intense Exercise Can Fight Weight Gain: Study

Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds

Short-Term Exercise Might Boost Young People's Self-Control

Short-Term, Early HRT May Cut Women's Alzheimer's Risk: Study

Sibling's Death May Boost Your Own Risk of Dying From Heart Attack: Study

Signifor Approved for Cushing's Disease

Simple Formula May Predict Obesity Risk at Birth

Simple Measures May Curb Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Simponi Approved for Ulcerative Colitis

Sirturo Approved for Multi-Drug Resistant TB

Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise

Sitting for Hours Daily Might Boost Your Kidney Disease Risk: Study

Skinny Genes: Could Heredity Raise Your Vulnerability to 'Be-Thin' Pressure?

Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates

Sleep Apnea in Seniors Tied to Alzheimer's in Study

Sleep Apnea May Be Linked to Nerve Damage in Diabetics

Sleep Apnea May Spur Carb Cravings in Diabetics

Sleep Positioners Linked to Infant Suffocation: CDC

Sleeping Pill Linked to Hospital Falls, Researchers Say

Sleepless Nights Might Raise Odds for Diabetes

Slow-Growing Babies Nearly Catch Up With Peers by Teens

Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother

Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring

Smallest, Largest Fetuses at Higher Risk of Stillbirth

Smog May Boost Death Risk for Heart Attack Survivors

Smoggy Air Tied to Heart Attacks: Study

Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study

Smokers Drop Pricey Cigarettes for Cheaper Alternatives: CDC

Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study

Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study

Smoking During Pregnancy Tied to Extra Weight in Kids

Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults

Smoking, Diabetes Are Risk Factors for Poor Leg Circulation: Study

Snowboarding Tops List of Winter-Sports Injuries

Soaring Prices Keep Leukemia Drugs From Patients, Experts Say

Soccer Kicks Up Activity Level of Overweight Kids: Study

Some Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Risk With Surgery

Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin

Some Genes Seem to Raise Risk of Obesity: Study

Some Heavy Kids at Risk of Blindness, Study Says

Some Improvement in Heart Risk Factors for Americans: CDC

Some May Drink More After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Some Parkinson's Patients Discover an Artistic Side

Some Prisoners Misuse Antibiotic Ointments: Study

Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say

Some With Alzheimer's Better Off Staying on Antipsychotics: Study

Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says

Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'

Sports Gamblers Wrongly Bet on Their Sense of Control: Study

Sports May Be OK With Defibrillator, Study Says

Spouses of Heart Attack Victims May Face Heightened Depression Risk

Springtime Allergies More Severe, Last Longer Now, Experts Say

Standard Dose of Blood Thinner May Not Be Best for All Patients

Standing at Work All Day While Pregnant Linked to Smaller Babies

Stars Strut in Red to Bring Awareness to Women's Heart Health

State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure

Statewide Program Improved Heart-Attack Survival: Study

Statin Side Effects Often Manageable: Study

Statin Use Tied to Possible Boost in Cataract Risk

Statins' Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk: Study

Statins May Cut Risk of Death From Cancer, Study Suggests

Statins May Leave Patients With Less Energy: Study

Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds

Statins Tied to Reduced Glaucoma Risk

Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study

Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.

Steer Clear of 'Miracle Cures,' Other Bogus Health Products: FDA

Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study

Stem Cells Behind Clogged Arteries, Mouse Study Reveals

Stem Cells From Donor May Help Heal Heart

Steps You Can Take to Protect Yourself From the Flu

Steroid Shots for Sciatica: Benefits Only Brief, Analysis Finds

Steroid Shots for Tennis Elbow Miss the Mark: Study

Steroid-Meningitis Toll Now 30 Dead, 419 Sickened, CDC Says

Steroid-Meningitis Toll Now 31 Dead, 424 Sickened, CDC Says

Steroid-Meningitis Toll Now 32 Dead, 438 Sickened, CDC Says

Stivarga Approved for Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Stopping Controversial Asthma Drugs Could Have Downside: Study

Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns

Strategy May Help ER Docs Spot Heart Attacks Within an Hour

Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says

Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Heart Defect Risk for Baby

Stress Linked to Greater Weight Gain in Black Girls, Study Finds

Stress, a 'Type A' Personality May Boost Stroke Risk

Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors

Stressed-Out Men May Prefer Heavier Women

Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart

Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women

Strides Made in Preventing Cancer, But Challenges Remain: Report

Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death

Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says

Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well

Stroke Prevention: More Sweet News for Chocolate Lovers

Stroke Risk Higher After Bypass Than Angioplasty: Analysis

Stroke Risk Rises in Seniors With COPD: Study

Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC

Studies Show Value of AIDS Drugs as Prevention

Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Study Examines Link Between Breast Cancer and Diabetes

Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging

Study Links Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy to Lower IQ

Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss

Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm

Study Locates More Obesity Genes

Study Pinpoints Optimal Treatment Window for HIV

Study Pinpoints Women at Risk for Blood Clots From Pregnancy

Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots

Study Questions Advice Given to Obese Pregnant Women

Study Shows Bicycle Helmets Save Lives

Study Shows Weight-Loss Myths Abound

Study Spots Early Warning Signal for Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Suggests Link Between Hormone Melatonin and Type 2 Diabetes

Study Supports Broader Access to Lap-Band Weight-Loss Surgery

Study Supports Link Between Obesity, Cavities in Homeless Kids

Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients

Study Tallies Economic Fallout From Workers' Heart Attacks

Study Ties Chemicals in Beauty Products to Women's Diabetes Risk

Study Ties Gene to Dangerous Heart Valve Deposits

Study Ties Obesity-Related Gene to Weaker Memory

Study: Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy May Not Affect Baby's Growth

Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke

Study: Cystic Fibrosis Patients Struggle to Exercise

Study: Electronic Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors

Study: Mega Vitamins Won't Help After Heart Attack, Chelation Treatment Might

Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation

Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease

Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year

Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes: Study

Summer Is Peak Time for Teens to Try Drugs, Alcohol: Report

Supplement of Red Wine Ingredient Won't Help Healthy Women: Study

Supplement Use Widespread Among Americans

Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men

Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke

Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study

Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study

Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest

Sweet Drinks Tied to Higher Calorie Consumption in Kids

Swimming Pools May Pose Hazard for People With Heart Devices

Switch to Skim Milk Won't Prevent Toddler's Obesity: Study

Synribo Approved to Treat Rare Leukemia

'Synthetic Pot' Sending Thousands of Young People to ER: Report

Tackling Diet, Exercise Together Produces Best Results: Study

Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls

Tainted Steroid Injections May Affect Those Treated for Joint Pain

Tainted Tattoo Ink Led to Skin Infection Outbreak

Taking Anti-HIV Meds Prior to Exposure May Help Prevent Infection

Tamiflu Approval Expanded to Include Infants Under Age 1

Tapeworm-Linked Seizures May Be Rising in U.S., Doctors Say

TB Drug Shortages Put U.S. Patients in Peril, Study Finds

TB Vaccine Promising as New Way to Fight Type 1 Diabetes

Teach Prescribers About Dangers of Long-Acting Pain Meds: FDA

'Teaching Gardens' Nurture Kids' Interest in Healthy Foods

Tecfidera Approved for Multiple Sclerosis

Teen Births May Increase Risk of Obesity Later in Life

Teen Boys With Enlarged Breasts Show Emotional Effects

Teen Obesity Linked to Mom's Smoking in Pregnancy: Study

Teens' Lifestyle Choices Affect Their Blood Pressure

Teens Who Drink, Smoke More Likely to Abuse Painkillers: Study

Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study

Temporary Tattoos May Leave Permanent Damage

Test Approved to Detect Faulty Lung Cancer Gene

Test Approved to Help Treat Common Infection in Transplant Patients

Testing Lung Cancer Patients for Gene May Aid Treatment, Study Finds

Texting Could Help Spread the Word on Teen Health

The Care and Feeding of Olympic Athletes

The Health Benefits, and Risks, of Alcohol

The 'Nocebo' Effect: If You Think You'll Get Sick, You Will

Thigh Fat May Slow Down Seniors

Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life

Three New Drugs Approved for Type 2 Diabetes

Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery

Tight Blood-Sugar Control Shows Mixed Results for Health of Kidneys: Study

Timed Traffic Crosswalks Too Fast for Many Elderly: Study

Tips on Coping With Grief During Holidays

To Get More Fit, Find a Stronger Workout Partner

To Improve School Nutrition, Involve Teachers and Parents

To Stop Smoking, Teens Should Start Moving

Today's U.S. Soldiers Fitter Than Decades Ago: Report

Too Little Sleep Spurs Appetite-Boosting Hormones: Study

Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk

Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver

Too Much or Too Little Activity Can Spur Knee Problems

Too Much Salt Might Harm Kids' Health: Study

Too Much Screen Time May Harm Kids' Fitness

Too Much Sitting Could Court Diabetes, Study Finds

Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems

Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart

Too Much Sitting May Lower Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer

Too Much Travel May Be Tough on Olympians

Too Much TV Tied to Lower Sperm Count in Young Men

Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Topical Products for Muscle, Joint Pain May Cause Burns: FDA

Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health

Treating Prediabetes Might Prevent Full-Blown Disease

Treatment for New, Deadly Coronavirus Shows Promise

Tudorza Pressair Approved for COPD

Turning Off the Tube Linked to Healthier Weight in Teens

TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment

Twitter May Help Those Trying to Lose Weight

Two Antibiotics Linked to Liver Injury in Elderly

Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts

Type 1 Diabetes Up 70 Percent in Kids, Study Finds

Typical Restaurant Meal Loaded With Fats, Salt, Calories: Studies

U.S. Schools Throwing the Book at Unhealthy Drinks

U.S. Abandons Effort to Place Graphic Labeling on Cigarettes

U.S. Adults Face Substantial Heart Disease Risk: Study

U.S. Antibiotic Prescribing Rates Highest in South: Study

U.S. Appeals Court Backs Ruling Against Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs

U.S. Diabetes Rates Soaring: CDC

U.S. Heart Failure Costs Could Skyrocket: Report

U.S. Kids Consuming Fewer Calories, Report Finds

U.S. Kids Might Not Be Over-Medicated After All

U.S. Launches Extensive Alzheimer's Studies

U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report

U.S. Med Students May Be Undereducated on Obesity

U.S. Sees a Run on New Knees Since 1990s

U.S. Sees Drop in Deaths Linked to Diabetes

U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study

U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to New Cigarette Labeling

Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs

Ultrasound May Detect Heart Disease Earlier in Arthritis Patients

'Uncertainty' Remains Over Supply of Key Cancer Drugs

Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger

Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds

Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?

Unemployment's Toll Can Be Heartbreaking

Untreated Depression May Cut Shingles Vaccine Effectiveness

Up to 13,000 Got Steroid Shots at Center of Meningitis Outbreak: CDC

Upbeat View on Old Age May Help Seniors Bounce Back From Disability

Use Caution When Exercising in Hot Weather

Use Social Media to Fight Childhood Obesity, Heart Experts Say

Using Marijuana to Treat Pain? A Pill May Outlast a Puff

Vaginal Ring Delivers HIV Drug in Animal Study

Varizig Approved to Treat Chickenpox Symptoms

Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study

Very Obese Teens See Heart Gains From Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: Studies

Videos of Real-Life Stumbles May Help Fall-Prevention Efforts

Vitamin D Loss Attributed to Obesity

Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study

Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Cholesterol Levels: Study

Volunteering May Boost Teen Heart Health

Walk Your Way to a Longer Life, Study Says

Walking for Heart Health? Speed It Up, Study Suggests

Walking Program Helps Stroke Survivors Get On With Life

Want to Live Longer? Turn Off That TV and Stand Up

Want to Lose Weight? Then Run, Don't Walk: Study

Was Heart Disease the Mummies' Real Curse?

Water or Sports Drink?

Water Workouts a Great Alternative: Study

Water-Tubing Injuries on the Rise

Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men

Wednesday Is National HIV Testing Day

Weight Control Can Cut Women's Diabetes Risk, Study Shows

Weight Gain a Risk After Knee Replacement, Study Finds

Weight Loss May Increase Testosterone Levels

Weight-Lifting May Boost Heart Health in Black Men: Study

Weight-Loss Keys: Food Journals, Eating In, Not Skipping Meals

Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery Is New Diabetes Foe

Weight-Loss Surgery May Affect Fat-Related Genes

Weight-Loss Surgery May Boost Risk for Alcohol, Drug Abuse: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Weight-Loss Surgery May Improve Diabetes-Related Kidney Damage

Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors

Weight-Loss Surgery Won't Cut Obesity-Related Medical Costs: Study

'What's Bad for the Heart Also Bad for the Brain'

What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer

When Kids Exercise More, Their Grades Might Rise Too

When Parents Get Active, So Do Kids: Study

When Prescription Drugs Go OTC, Ads Talk Less of Harms: Study

When Teens Focus on TV, Obesity Risk Rises

When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer

Which Hospital Patients Need Drugs to Prevent Gastrointestinal Bleeding?

White House to Challenge Ruling on Unlimited Access to 'Morning-After' Pill

Why Johnny Can't Run

Why Some Stroke Survivors Struggle With Communication

Wider Waistlines Put Damper on Men's Sex Lives: Study

Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds

Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns

Winter Sports Safety: Preparation Is Key

Winter Weather, Snow Shoveling Pose Heart Risks

Wireless Pacemaker Shows Promise in Early Study

With Benefits Unproven, Why Do Millions of Americans Take Multivitamins?

With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later

With Diabetes, Boosting Exercise Should Be Done Safely

Without Laws, Many Tanning Salons Would Allow Kids: Study

Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study

Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke

Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study

Workers Counseled on Back Pain Return to Job Sooner

Working Out Cuts Women's Appetite, Study Finds

Working While Pregnant Won't Harm the Baby, Study Finds

Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health

Workplace Bullying Takes Toll on Witnesses Too, Study Finds

World Diabetes Day Designed to Raise Awareness

Worldwide Cancer Incidence Predicted to Rise 75% by 2030

Xarelto's Approval Expanded

Xeljanz Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Xofigo Approved for Prostate Cancer

Xtandi Approved for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery

Yoga May Help Ease High Blood Pressure, Study Finds

Yoga May Help With Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

Yoga Might Help With Stroke Rehab

You Can Help Reduce Your Colon Cancer Risk: Expert

Young Cancer Survivors Often Face Long-Term Health Problems

Young Men Taking HIV Meds May Be at Risk for Bone Loss

Young Women Less Healthy Than Men Before Heart Attack: Study

Younger Kids Likelier to Gain Weight After Tonsillectomy

Younger Men Biggest Consumers of Added Sugars: CDC

Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds

Your New Weight-Loss Resolution: Drive Less

Your Smartphone Might Help You Lose Weight

Youth Smoking, Obesity May Lead to Early Death

Yo-Yo Dieting Can Hurt the Heart, Study Finds

Zaltrap Approved for Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Zytiga's Use Expanded for Advanced Prostate Cancer

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