New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a brain condition that can cause strokes after early results suggested invasive therapies were riskier than previously thought.
There is a pain so intense, so excruciating, that people who suffer from it are known to take their own lives.
Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul
Officials in charge of three key international treaties said delegates agreed by consensus to a gradual phase out of the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, which is used in building insulation, furniture, vehicles and electronics.
Christina Dewey insists what happened to her should never happen to anyone. When she got sick from chemotherapy, she asked her boss for some flexibility in her work schedule. A day later, she was fired.
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.
The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new once-a-day inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline for patients with chronic lung disease.
A Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being.
Local researchers are scanning college students’ social media sites to identify which will become alcoholics later in life.
A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.
Coca-Cola says it will work to make lower-calorie drinks and clear nutrition information more widely available around the world.
Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to additional regulations, under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Administration.
Study questions if bed rest prevents premature birth
Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
Sufferers seek relief from debilitating pain of 'suicide disease' (Video)
Obama to promote benefits of health care law
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
Breast cancer victim asks job for schedule flexibility, gets fired (Video)
Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks
Wrigley pulls new caffeinated gum after FDA investigation
Can Facebook be used to find young alcoholics?
Gene test may help guide prostate cancer treatment
Coke goes global with anti-obesity push
Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study
FDA wants cancer warnings for tanning beds