NEW ORLEANS–People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. The results, reported Sunday at an American Hea
BISMARCK, N.D. North Dakota health officials are recommending that pregnant women and young children avoid eating meat from wild game killed with lead bullets.
A diabetes diagnosis came as a surprise to an American Idol judge, even though he has a family history of it. He felt fine and thought it wouldn’t grab ahold of him. That was until Randy Jackson developed flu-like symptoms, was often dehydrated and
Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their spending on drugs for the disease in just six years, with the bill last year climbing to an eyepopping $12.5 billion.
ATLANTA–For the first time, an influential government panel is recommending a vaccination specifically for smokers. The panel decided Wednesday that adult smokers under 65 should get pneumococcal vaccine.
WASHINGTON-Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the past, doctors reported Monday.
LONDON–Want to lose weight? Try eating. That’s one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full. At the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, England, food expert Peter Wilde a
The wind whistling, leaves rustling and birds chirping never sounded so sweet, until, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Kimberly Connor found out she had the disease eight years ago after performing a breast self-exam. She was 29 years old and in shoc
WASHINGTON-The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression - a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charg
