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WASHINGTON - Women in their 40s should start mammograms when they want, according to members of a US panel who said their earlier recommendation on breast cancer screening was “poorly worded.

Recognition of World AIDS Day in Columbia concluded with a candlelight vigil and band performances downtown Tuesday. The evening's events were planned by Columbia's Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, an organization that provides ...

By Stem Cell Program, Children's Hospital Boston By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Health officials Wednesday gave the green light to federally funded research on 13 human embryonic stem cell lines, the first approved since the Bush administration imposed ...

Unless Congress and the president act soon, many unemployed workers and their dependents may lose their health insurance if a federal subsidy to help them pay for the coverage isn't extended.

Two swine flu patients in Maryland and one in Virginia were hospitalized with a form of the virus resistant to a commonly used medicine, prompting infectious disease specialists to call for renewed caution even as the intensity of the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare reforms working their way through the US Congress will help slow rising medical costs but more will have to be done in coming years, a top Obama administration official said on Wednesday.

The increase in overweight Americans offsets the decline in smoking and threatens greater life expectancy, a study finds. By Jeannine Stein Americans have increased their life expectancy by cutting back on cigarettes, but the pounds they're packing on ...

By THE EDITORS James Estrin/The New York Times Home health care aides have become lifelines for many elderly people. Under the health care bills currently being debated in Congress, more than 30 million uninsured Americans would gain coverage.

Patrons of the Purple Tribe nightclub in Tianjin, China, can earn money for taking an HIV test, part of a Gates Foundation initiative that has drawn criticism.

Jeff Gerhardt, lead researcher for US- based health advocacy concern The Ecology Center said many products marketed toward kids have high levels of chemical additives and carcinogens which are harmful.

Hereditary angioedema drug Kalbitor was approved by regulators on Wednesday, sending stock of manufacturer Dyax (DYAX) soaring to a year-long high.

Dec. 2, 2009 -- Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, ...

HARRISBURG, PA - Legalizing marijuana for medical purposes was up for debate Wednesday in Harrisburg. State lawmakers are considering a proposal to let marijuana be prescribed to people with serious illnesses.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that lonely people attract fellow "lonelies" and influence others to feel lonely, too.

Dec. 2, 2009 (Chicago) -- A new test that looks at the stiffness of tissue may help distinguish between cancerous and benign breast lesions, potentially cutting down on unnecessary biopsies, researchers say.

A national push to avert delays in heart attack treatment has sharply increased the percentage of people who get prompt care, a study shows.

By Robert Priedt, HealthDay "What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure. Distinct areas of the brain are affected differently," study author Kim Cecil, an imaging scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical ...