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In last week's main feature, "The Forgotten Epidemic" about HIV/AIDS, local activist Duane Quintana said that sensationalized news coverage of HIV/AIDS often swallows accounts of the reality of living with HIV.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Breast ultrasounds found 100 percent of suspicious cancers in women under 40 who found lumps or other suspicious areas of the breast, offering a cheaper, less-invasive alternative to surgery or biopsies, ...

WASHINGTON - In a day of desultory debate on sweeping health care legislation, senators appealed to two potent political constituencies on Tuesday, with Democrats seeking additional medical benefits for women and ...

AP CARSON CITY, Nev.—Nevada health officials are warning residents of potential scams generated by the swine flu outbreak. Officials one such scam involves an e-mail being circulated that directs recipients to register with the US Centers for Disease ...

WASHINGTON -- The FDA has approved ecallantide (Kalbitor), the first subcutaneous treatment for acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks, for patients 16 and older.

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

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.

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.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of Santarus Inc. (SNTS) jumped Wednesday on news the US Food and Drug Administration has approved an over-the-counter version of the specialty pharmaceutical company's heartburn ...

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.

Health-care forum panelists, from left, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Erin Kelly, a medical school student, and Vincent Mor, Department of Community Health chairman, listen to an opening speaker at Brown University on ...

With hundreds of city firefighters out of work every day for medical problems ranging from broken bones to more serious illnesses, the Fire Department is moving to reduce staffing at 49 engine companies in the five boroughs, city officials ...

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.