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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA has warned that its antidepressant Norpramin should be given with extreme caution to patients with a history of certain heart problems, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.

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

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- State lawmakers considered the legalization of medical marijuana at the state Capitol Wednesday, as people for and against it voiced their opinions.

FUYANG, China, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The second storey of this nondescript building in Fuyang city in China's central province of Anhui houses HIV-positive orphans, but unlike many other similar establishments, there are no signboards ...

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 ...