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For the fifth week in a row, the number of H1N1 flu cases in Minnesota has declined, buttressing health officials' belief that the current wave of the outbreak has peaked.

December 2, 2009 - The DHHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents (a working group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council) has issued new guidelines December 1 for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected ...

Dec. 2, 2009 (Chicago) -- Low-dose radiation from mammograms or chest X-rays may place some young high-risk women at increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional efforts to revamp the US healthcare system are not enough to stem soaring health costs or close the nation's budget gap, a top Obama administration official said on Wednesday, adding that current ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of unemployed US workers face sharply higher health insurance premiums and loss of coverage as temporary federal subsidies expire, a healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday.

Scam artists have turned to the Web again, this time using the concern over H1N1 to lure users into making their computers vulnerable to a virus.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug made by Cambridge, Mass.-based Dyax Corp. for the treatment of a rare genetic disorder that causes severe swelling.

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

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Shares of Santarus Inc (SNTS.O) jumped 36 percent on Wednesday, a day after the company said an over-the-counter (OTC) version of its heartburn drug, which is licensed to Schering-Plough Corp, ...

Nearly half of patients in intensive care units globally contract infections, and 70 percent are being treated with antibiotics, a development that may aid the rise of drug-resistant viruses, researchers announced Tuesday.

Dec 2 (Reuters) - CytRx Corp (CYTR.O) said US health regulators lifted a clinical hold on its experimental oral drug for the treatment of Lou Gehrig's disease after accepting the company's revised trial protocol, sending its shares up as much as 16 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Add severe back pain and spine abnormalities to the list of problems overweight and obese adolescents can develop.

LONDON - A British medical organization that advises doctors on avoiding malpractice cases is warning them not to respond to messages from patients on social networking sites such as Facebook.

The bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.

WASHINGTON - Look who's at the health care negotiating table - Tom Daschle. The former Senate Democratic leader's nomination as health and human services secretary was derailed over a back taxes flap earlier this year.