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WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Turkeys in the Canadian province of Ontario have become infected with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm entered the food supply, provincial government officials said on Tuesday.

The Thanksgiving holiday is over, and attention now turns to the Senate floor debate on its health insurance reform. Yesterday's Washington Post explores one aspect of this debate– and that's what the impact of health reform will be on our deficits and ...

Just in case you weren't panicking enough over the swine flu, it turns out that the virus that causes it, H1N1, can make dogs, cats and ferrets sick, too.

Did singer Billy Joel have it right in his 1973 hit "Piano Man," when he said that sharing the drink we call loneliness is better than drinking alone?

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows.

Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new study show that the majority of broiler chickens that are sold in the United States contain dangerous bacteria that can lead to salmonella poisoning.

Saudi Arabia has ordered an inquiry into flash floods last week that killed more than 100 people, according to the state news agency.

(11-29) 04:00 PST Washington - -- As Congress struggles to reform US health care, critics point to Canada and Britain as the poster children of what could happen here with a "government takeover" of health coverage.

PROVIDENCE - In his first press conference since Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Catholic Diocese of Providence criticized him for disclosing a confidential request to stop receiving Holy Communion because of his stand on moral issues, ...

For young women who have a high risk of breast cancer because of genetic mutations or family history, the radiation from yearly mammograms may make the risk even higher, researchers reported at a radiology conference on Monday.

Nov. 30, 2009 (Chicago) -- Weekend warriors, take note: Too much exercise may place you at risk for arthritis. A new study shows that middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity -- at home and at work as ...

CHICAGO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of cancer, ...

NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp., the operator of more than 7000 US drugstores, was accused by Connecticut of selling expired products, less than a month after the company settled a similar suit with New York.

More California students cast aside their couch potato ways in 2009 and scored better in annual physical fitness tests than in recent years.

Executives of the Dallas-based company planning a medical trade center in Nashville hope their agreement with Metro officials gives them a leg up in a three-city race to open the first such facility in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Where you're born could influence your risk of dying from a stroke decades later, new research shows.

Obesity increases a person's risk of heart disease, type II diabetes, stroke, some cancers and other ailments. (CNN) -- Most college students expect to receive their diplomas on the basis of grades, but at a Pennsylvania school ...