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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 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Republicans will challenge a Democratic plan to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, raising the specter of rationed care for seniors as lawmakers prepare to vote on ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, ...

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

© 2009 AP 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.

Inspectors found unsanitary conditions at a Tyson Foods plant in Forth Worth, Tex., that makes seafood soups, says a US Food and Drug Administration warning letter sent to the company and posted on the agency's Web site.