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1 in 10 Ex-NFL Players Used Steroids, Poll Reports

1 in 7 Low-Income Preschoolers Is Obese

1 Million Americans Likely Stricken by Swine Flu: CDC

1 Million More Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine on Hand

1 Swine Flu Shot Enough for Older Kids

10% of U.S. High School Seniors Use Vicodin

11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC

11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC

13% of Seniors Report Being Mistreated

15 Percent of U.S. Teens Think They'll Die Young

17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance

1918 Flu Closings May Provide Lessons for Today

1976 Italian Dioxin Release Damaged Babies' Thyroids

1976 Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Echoes, Lessons Today

1st Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Set for Early October

2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective

2 Checklists Aid Those Over 50 With Medical Decisions

2 Diabetes Drugs Double Fracture Risk in Women

2 Hours Glued to TV Doubles Kids' Asthma Risk

2 Million Cancer Cases Tied to Tobacco Use

2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks

22 Million Sickened by Swine Flu in 6 Months

228 People in 22 States Sickened in Ongoing Salmonella-Tomato Outbreak

24 Million Americans Had Diabetes in 2007

25% of Teen Girls Vaccinated for HPV

28 Pregnant Women Have Died From Swine Flu: CDC

2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective

2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes

3 NFL Stars to Donate Brain Tissue for Trauma Research

3 Steps Might Help Stop MRSA's Spread

3 Women Suffer Kidney Failure After Derriere Injections

3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'

38% of U.S. Adults Use Alternative Treatments

3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke

40 Swine Flu Cases Now Reported in U.S.

5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs

60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation

76 Children Dead From Swine Flu: CDC

79 Million Americans Struggle to Pay Medical Bills

8.3 Million U.S. Adults Considered Suicide Last Year

9/11 Attacks Changed Way Americans Dream

9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma

9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk

9/11 Workers Face Chronic Mental Impairment

9/11's Health Effects Lingered for Years

A Blood Marker Could Spot Diabetes Risk

A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery

A Child's Sweet Tooth May Be All in the Bones

A Little Cash Buys a Lot of Calories at the Corner Store

A Third of Medicare Clients Unfamiliar With Benefits

A Winning Strategy to Beat Spring Sporting Injuries

Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble

Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics

Abuse of ADHD Drugs on the Rise

Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk

Access Is Key to Kids' Decision to Smoke

Access to U.S. Burn Centers Varies by Region

Acetaminophen Linked to Childhood Asthma

Acid Reflux Linked to Chronic Croup

ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients

Acne Cream Not Linked to Raised Death Risk

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk

Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alzheimer's Risk

Active Video Games Help Kids Exercise

Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention

Actress Helps Promote New Campaign for Meningitis Vaccine

Acute Coronary Events Drop After Italy's Public Smoking Ban

Adapting Gait May Help Elderly Avoid Falls

Adequate Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine Uncertain

ADHD Affects Movement More in Boys Than in Girls

ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk

ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk

Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise

Adopted Children at Slightly Higher Mental Health Risk

After Concussion, Follow-Up Visit a Must

After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off

After Neuroblastoma, Chronic Problems Often Await

Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants

Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer

AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer

Air Bags-Seat Belts Cut Injuries, Deaths, Costs

Air Pollution Exposure May Slow Fetal Growth

Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too

Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack

'Airport Malaria' Risk Rising With Global Warming

Alcohol Ads on Cable TV Reach Young Audiences

Alcohol and Trauma: Blood Test Gets to the Truth

Alcohol May Help Protect Trauma Patients

Alcohol Might Lower Death Rates in Brain Injury Patients

Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too

Alcoholism Gender Gap Is Closing

Alcohol's Impact on Heart, Stroke Risk Differs by Gender

Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners

All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says

All Products at Georgia Peanut Plant Recalled

Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun

Almost 6 Million U.S. Cases of Swine Flu in First Few Months

Almost Half of Kids Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

Almost Two-Thirds of Americans Meet Exercise Guidelines

Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims

Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems

Alzheimer's Treatment Trials May Have Special Challenges

Amateur Singers, Teachers Seldom Hear Sounds of Trouble

Americans Losing Sight of Eye Health

America's Top Allergy Capitals

America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%

Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure

An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment

An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings

Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients

Anemia Rates Down for U.S. Women and Children

Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities

Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death

Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary

Another Report Finds Swine Flu Targeting the Young

Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug

Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat

Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S.

Antibiotics Bought Easily on the Internet

Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection

Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year Period

Antidepressant Use Tied to Poorer Driving

Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study

Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease

Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes

Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly

Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids

Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients

Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says

Anxious Kids at Risk for Obesity in Adulthood

Are Hospital Mobile Phones Dialing Up Superbugs?

Are Internet-Addicted Kids More Violent?

Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?

As More Cyclists Hit the Road, Serious Injuries Rise

As Sleep Improves, Grades Seem to Go Up

As Swine Flu Cases Mount, CDC Says U.S. Hasn't 'Dodged a Bullet'

As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret

Asian Kids Have Later Bedtimes, Less Total Sleep

Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same

Asthma Associated With Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts

Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects

Asthma's Course Differs by Gender

At Least 114 U.S. Kids Dead From Swine Flu

At Least 20 Dead, Hundreds Ill in Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico

At U.S. Colleges, Binge Drinking Is on the Rise

Attention Problems in Kindergarten Could Spell Long-Term Academic Trouble

Australian Study Seeks Genetic Roots of Cerebral Palsy

Autism May Be More Common Than Thought

Autism May Hinder Ability to Read Body Language

Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact

Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis

Autumn Chores Often Hazardous

Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery

Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos

Avandia's Heart Risk Higher Than Others in Its Class

Avoid Holiday Injuries

Avoiding a Holiday Season of Discontent

Babies Born in High Pollen Months at Wheezing Risk

Babies Injured in Car Seats Used Outside of Cars

Babies Who Eat Fish Lower Eczema Risk

Background TV Distracts Kids From Play

Backyard Raccoon 'Latrines' Harbor Hidden Dangers

Bacterial Infections May Be Overlooked in SIDS Cases

Bad-Behaving Teens May Be Living Up to Expectations

Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use

Banning Soft Drinks in Schools Has Small Impact

Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk

Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers

Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed

Baseline Exam Is Key to Eye Health

Bathtub Accidents Injure 43,000 U.S. Kids Each Year

Batted Balls Threaten High School Baseball Players

Bayer Marketing Two Unapproved Aspirin Products: FDA

Bed Bugs, Nearly Eradicated, Make a Comeback

Bedroom Fan Cuts SIDS Risk by 72%

Behavioral Management Plans Help Kids Lose Weight

Being Heart Smart Just Makes Sense

Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories

Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery

Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery

Better Day Care, Smarter Kids?

Better-Educated Smokers More Likely to Quit After Seeing Ads

Beware of Dog Bites

Beware of Toxic Toys This Holiday Season

Big Tobacco Lures Young Smokers With Menthol Cigarettes: Study

Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque

Binge Drinking May Encourage Infection

Binge-Drinking Collegians at High Risk for Injuries

Biologists Discover How Dengue Virus Matures

Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression

Bipolar Disorder in Children Lingers

Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse

Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill

Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Birth Size, Early Weight Gain Tied to Boost in Heart Risks

Black Henna Tattoo Chemical Can Cause Skin Reaction

Black Male Children Face Highest Risk for Food Allergies

Black Youths With High BP May Face Elevated Heart Risks

Blacks at Greater Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps

Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke

Blacks Have Highest Obesity Rates in U.S.

Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds

Bladder Problems May Often Be Related to Mental Health

Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes

Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Blood Pressure on the Rise in America

Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics

Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial

Blood Sugar Control Helps Diabetics Preserve Sight

Blood Test for 'Mad Cow' Disease May Be Near

Blood Test Narrows Down Need for Antibiotics

Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players

Blue and Broke for the Holidays

Blue Dye Halts Worsening Paralysis in Animal Study

Body Fat, Muscle Distribution Linked to RA Disability

Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Bone Loss Stable on Restricted Calorie Diet

Book Offers Novel Approach to Weight Loss

Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It's Too Late

Booze Taxes Lower Alcohol-Linked Deaths

Booze Taxes Lower Drinking Rates

Boston Trial to Test New HIV/AIDS Vaccine

Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men

Boys as Socially Aggressive as Girls: Study

Boys May Feel a Genetic Pull Toward Gangs

Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior

Brain Blood Vessels Grow With Their Own Agenda

Brain Hemorrhage Might Explain Natasha Richardson's Death

Brain May Ignore Bladder Signals, Causing Bedwetting

Brain Scans Show Bullies Enjoy Others' Pain

Brain Slow to Judge Fast-Moving Objects Head-On

Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

Breast-Fed Babies Have Fewer GI Infections

Breast-Feeding Boosts Child's School Performance

Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers

Breathe Easier Knowing Spring's Pollen Triggers

'Bug Bombs' Causing Injury

Bullying Seems to Affect Kids Years Later

Bullying Top Concern of Parents With Overweight Child

Bunk Beds Pose Dangers to Both Kids and Young Adults

Burn Rate in Kids Has Dropped, But Still Causes Concern

Businesses Need Swine Flu Action Plan, U.S. Says

Cadmium Exposure Tied to Lung Disease

Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk

Caffeine in Pregnancy Associated With Low Birth Weight Risk

Calcium Might Have Taste Humans Can Detect

Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation

Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients

Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes

Cancer Patients Should Steer Clear of Antioxidants

Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets

Car Cell Phone Use More Hazardous Than Chat With Passengers

Car Crashes, Falls Top List of Accidental Injuries for Kids

Car Key Device Jams Teens' Cell Phones

Car Seats Can Limit Kids' Oxygen Supplies

Car Seats Save Young Lives

Car Surfing Kills Teens

Car-Crash Death Rates Depend on Where You Live in U.S.

Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely

Cardiac Screening Recommended for Kids Taking Stimulants for ADHD

Cars Are No Place for Kids to Be Alone

Casual Smokers at Greater Risk for Alcohol-Use Disorders

Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss

Cats Can Trigger Eczema in Some Infants

CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections

CDC Has Candidate Viruses for Swine Flu Vaccine

CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine

CDC Panel to Recommend Who Should Get Swine Flu Shot

CDC Shifts Swine Flu Focus to Likely Impact in the Fall

CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive

CDC Warns of Rise in Childhood Infections Tied to Meningitis Germ

Celexa May Not Help Kids With Autism

Cell Phone Study Suggests People Are Losing Their Wanderlust

Cell Phones, Traffic a Deadly Combo for Kids

Certain Facial Injuries Point to Domestic Violence

Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

Changes in Seniors' Sleep Patterns Need Attention

Cheerleading Causes Majority of Female Athlete Injuries

Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors

Chickenpox Protection: Get That Booster

Child-Care Relationships Tied to Kids' Stress Levels

Childhood ADHD Linked to Criminal Behavior in Adults

Childhood Asthma, Allergies Traced to Womb

Childhood Beach Vacations May Boost Melanoma Risk

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble

Childhood Dairy Intake Boosts Bone Health Later On

Childhood Food Allergies on the Rise

Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment

Childhood Obesity May Be Leveling Off

Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems

Childhood Stress Compromises Immune System

Childhood Stroke More Common Than Thought

Childhood Trauma Tied to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD

Children Can Develop Tolerance to Egg Allergy

Children in Blended Families Still Close to Biological Mothers

Children Move Less as They Get Older

Children Need Seasonal Flu Vaccine, Experts Say

Children of U.S. Farmworkers Often Uninsured

Children With Migraines at Higher Risk for Sleep Disorders

Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders

China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread

Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk

Cholesterol Screening Shouldn't Rely on Kids' Weight

Chromosome Tests Help Study of Kids' Mental Anomalies

Chronic Exposure to Solvents Disturbs Brain's Wiring

Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally

Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk

Circadian Rhythm Plays Role in Memory

City Kids Find the Breathin' Is Easier Elsewhere

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

Cleaner Air May Threaten Amazon Rainforest

Cleaning Concoctions Best Left to Experts

Cleaning House May Be Risky for Women With Asthma

Cleaning Up the World's Sanitation

Climate Change Linked to Longer Pollen Seasons

Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants

Clinical Guideline Backs Food, Drink During Labor

Clinical Trial Volunteers Uneasy About Some Financial Ties

Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths

Cold Meds Not Safe for Kids Under 2, FDA Warns

Cold Weather May Raise Blood Pressure in Elderly

College Freshmen See Rx Drug Misuse More Risky Than Alcohol, Pot

College Night Owls Have Lower Grades

Colleges Move to Limit Swine Flu's Spread

Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely

Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders

Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks

Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early

Combo Treatment Best for Anxiety Disorder in Kids

Common Asthma Treatments Don't Work for Virus-Induced Wheeze

Common Chemicals May Delay Pregnancy

Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy

Common Mechanisms May Contribute to Autism's Mutations

Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength

Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing

Computers Causing Injuries in the Home

Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain

Concussion's Effects May Linger for Decades

Confirmed Swine Flu Cases in U.S. Near 2,300 Mark

Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia

Consumers Still Buying Risky Imported Drugs Online: FDA

Consumers Urged to Avoid Raw Milk and Raw Milk Products

Contact Lens Cases Often Contaminated

Contact Lenses Boost Kids' Self-Image

Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings

Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions

Controversial Chemical Lingers Longer in the Body: Study

Cooling May Not Help Injured Brains in Children

Could Plastics Chemicals 'Feminize' Boys' Play?

Could Swine Flu Panic Be Worse Than Outbreak Itself?

Counseling Can Combat Youth Violence

Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis

Course of West Nile Infection Charted

Court Says Vaccine Not the Cause of Autism

Coxsackievirus Infections Spiked in 2007: CDC

CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

CPR Can Save Young Lives, Too

Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab

Crop Workers Have Highest Heat-Related Death Rate

Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research

CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

Curbing Obesity Epidemic Key to Health Care Reform: Experts

Dads' Early-Onset Obesity Linked to Liver Disease in Kids

Dads' Substance Use Hurts Expectant Moms' Efforts to Quit

Daily Candy in Childhood Linked to Violence in Adulthood

Daily Dose of Vitamin D Helps Prevent Falls in Seniors

Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards

Daily Glass of Wine Cut Risk of Fatty Liver Disease

Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

Dangerous Toys Still on Store Shelves, Report Finds

Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds

Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure

Daycare Infants Less Likely to Develop Asthma

Daytime Nap Has Benefits Beyond Rest for Kids

Dealing Cervical Cancer a Knockout Blow

Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care

Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children

Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals

Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant

Deaths, Injuries Increase With Higher Speed Limits

Deciphering the Language of Intoxication

Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products

Declines in Foodborne Illness Have Plateaued, Report Says

Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look

Decorative Halloween Eye Lenses May Pose Serious Risks

DEET in Bug Spray Tied to Neural Damage in Mice

DEET Works Because Mosquitoes Hate the Smell

Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk

Delusions Common in Pediatric ICU

Dementia Risk Higher for NFL Players

Dementia Underestimated in Developing Countries

Dental Erosion on Rise in U.S.

Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals

Deployment Takes Toll on Military Moms and Teens

Depressed Moms in Violent Homes Twice as Likely to Hit Kids

Depression During Pregnancy May Cause Premature Birth

Depression Treatment Wanes Following FDA Warnings

Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines

Device Approved for Child Heart Operations

Diabetes Epidemic Now Poses Challenges for Nursing Homes

Diabetes Keeps Rising Among U.S. Adults

Diabetic Food Shopping That Won't Break a Budget

Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk

Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids' Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Dietary Aid Helps Kidney Patients Stay Safe

Dietary Supplement May Prevent Breast Cancer

Dietary Supplements May Pose Risk to Older Cancer Survivors

Dieting History Tied to Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids' Eczema

Diluted Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes

Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs

Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility

Discovery May Boost Bird Flu Vaccine Potency

Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment

Disinfectants Can Boost Bacteria's Resistance to Treatment

Disordered Eating Is Widespread Among U.S. Women

Diving Accidents Common Among U.S. Kids

DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer

DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears

Do Antidepressants Make Bones Brittle?

Doc-Patient Relationship May Be Key to Quality

Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings

Doctors Could Play a Part in Preventing Suicides

Doctors' Efforts to Fight Childhood Obesity Not Working

Doctors Issue New Neuropathy Test Guidelines

Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy

Doctors Urged to Look for Link Between Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea

Dog Bite Risk for Kids Greatest in Summer

Dog Flu May Have Been Active as Early as 1999

Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants

Don't Get Lazy About Lawn-Mower Safety

Don't Let Injury Spoil Outdoor Summer Fun

Don't Lose Sight of Halloween Safety

Don't Take a Vacation From Healthy Eating

Dopamine Lets Bad Experiences Linger

Drinking Before 15 Boosts Risk of Later Alcohol Abuse

Drinking in Adolescence May Lead to Risky Choices Later

Drinking May Trigger Genetic Marker for Depression

Drinking Problems Greater Among Returning Combat Veterans

Drivers Distracted When Near Schools

Driving After Binge Drinking More Common Than Believed

Drowsy Drivers Make Holiday Weekend Among the Most Dangerous

Drug Combinations Putting Seniors at Risk

Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

Drug Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4

Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions

Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue

Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus

Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's

Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis

Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension

Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas

Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy

Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes

Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged

Drugs to Treat Lung Damage in Preemies May Harm Brain

Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events

Drunk Drivers May Respond to Brief Motivational Interview

Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

Dust Mites Trump Asthma Prevention Guidelines

Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths

Early Bedtime May Help Stave Off Teen Depression

Early Life Peanut Consumption Might Prevent Allergy

Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients

Early Onset Approved for ADHD Drug

Early Psychiatric Issues May Predict Suicide in Boys

Early Screening Improves Outcomes for Kids With Amblyopia

Early Weight Gain Might Mean Higher Blood Pressure Later

Eating Fast Until Full Triples Overweight Risk

Eating Less May Hinder Immune System

Eating Strategies for Healthier Holiday Parties

E-Cigarettes Pose a Health Hazard, FDA Warns

Economic Bad Times Put Minorities at Higher Crime Risk

Economy Driving Women to Skimp on Health Care: Poll

Education Helps Women Make Safer Tanning Choices

Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis

Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes

Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies

Electronic Pillbox Helps Seniors Stick to Drug Regimens

Emergency Medical Transport By Air Carries Risks

Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health

Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs

Environmental Chemicals May Affect Male Reproduction

EPA Alerts Seniors to Carbon Monoxide Dangers

Epilepsy Raises Drowning Risk

Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention

ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies

ER Visit Leaves Many Confused

ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006

Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

Errors in Surgical Procedures Persist

Established EU Countries Healthier Than Newcomers

Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA

Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever

Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report

Even 9-Year-Olds Can Learn CPR

Even Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated

Even Light Smoking Affects Young Adults' Arteries

Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids

Even Small Amounts of Lead Harmful to Kids

Excess Weight Gain During Pregnancy a Risk to Mother and Child

Exercise During Pregnancy Has Baby Benefits, Too

Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome

Exercise in Adolescence May Cut Risk of Deadly Brain Tumor

Exercise May Help Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss

Exercise Plays Role in Recovery From Sports Injuries

Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines

Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy 2009

Exhaust From Railroad Diesel Linked to Lung Ailments

Experimental Blood Substitutes Unsafe, Study Finds

Experts Call for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products

Experts Keep Wary Eye on Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu

Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective

Experts Say Panic Over Swine Flu Is Premature

Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link

Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts

Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress

Exposure to Common Pollutant in Womb Might Lower IQ

Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks

Exposure to Peanuts May Build Tolerance to Allergy

Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens

Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death

Extreme Heat a Deadly Risk for Older Adults

Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk

Fall Cleanup Is a Prime Time for Accidents

Fall Risk Higher in Older Women Who Sleep Less

Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage

Falls Are Leading Cause of Injury to Seniors

Falls Are Top Cause of Injury, Death Among Elderly

Families That Eat Together Serve Up Good Dietary Habits

Families Urged to Have Wells Tested Yearly

Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely

Family Financial Status Affects Child-Care Injury Rates

Family Flu Shots Protect Babies Before Leaving Hospital

Family Halloween Safety Can Be Fiendishly Simple

Family History Key Player in Brain Cancer Risk

Family History May Add to Alzheimer's Puzzle

Family History of Alcoholism Puts Student Drinkers at Risk

Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates

Family Income Impacts Children's Health

Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drugs, Alcohol

Family Study Associates Pesticide Use With Parkinson's Risk

Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs

Fatness Boosts Inflammation in Body

Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men

FDA Adds New Label Warnings to Over-the-Counter Painkillers

FDA Approves 4 Swine Flu Vaccines

FDA Approves Seasonal Flu Vaccine for 2009-2010

FDA Calls for Stricter Controls on Mercury Fillings

FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs

FDA Expands Pepper Warning in Salmonella Outbreak

FDA Expands Tomato Warning Nationwide

FDA Expands Weight-Loss Products Safety Alert

FDA Faulted for Lack of Produce Oversight

FDA Faults Drug Information for Consumers

FDA Finds No Link So Far Between Asthma Drugs and Suicide Risk

FDA Halts New Applications From Indian Drug Maker's Plant

FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug

FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses

FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair

FDA Investigating Weight-Loss Drug Over Reports of Liver Damage

FDA Issues Health Alert on Kids' Tamiflu Dosages

FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug

FDA Mandates Black Box Warning for Some Antibiotics

FDA Mulls Changes to Allergy Labeling on Foods

FDA Narrowing Tainted Tomato Probe to One Cluster

FDA Orders Label Warning for Testosterone Gels

FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads

FDA Panel OKs Newer Antipsychotics for Children

FDA Panel Supports Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients

FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals

FDA Puts Black-Box Warning on Bowel-Cleansing Drugs

FDA Questions Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks

FDA Recalls Dietary Supplements Tied to 1 Death, Liver Damage

FDA Report Urges Tougher Acetaminophen Warning

FDA Rules How Much Melamine Is Too Much

FDA Says It's Safe to Eat Tomatoes

FDA Seizes All Drugs From Generics Maker

FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer

FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues

FDA to Require Faster Reporting of Food-Safety Problems

FDA Touts Efforts to Enhance Food Safety

FDA Wants More Time to Study Cold Meds for Kids

FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks

FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Peanut Butter Products

FDA Warns of Dangers of Mexican Vanilla

FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers

FDA Warns Users on Psoriasis Drug

FDA: Company Knowingly Shipped Tainted Peanut Products

FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries

'Fearless' 3-Year-Olds Might Be Tomorrow's Criminals

Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet

Female Supervisors More Likely to Be Sexually Harassed

Fertilizer Ban Makes a Difference

Fetal Alcohol Disorders Often Misdiagnosed as ADHD

Fetal Exposure to Substance Abuse Changes Brain Structure

Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect

Few Countries on Track to Curb Maternal, Child Mortality Rates

Few Student-Athletes Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Few Young Adults Seek Treatment for Psych Disorders

Fewer College Kids Smoking, But Industry Tactics a Threat

Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects

Fewer Shots Could Still Protect Kids From Pneumonia

Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products

Fewer than 1 in 10 Nurses Now Smoke

Fighting a Fungus That Thrives on Tomatoes

Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients

Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds

Firefighters May Face Higher Risk of Bladder Cancer

Firm Parents Keep Teen Drivers Safe

First Batch of Swine Flu Vaccine Already Here: Company

First Family Will Have Tough Time Finding Hypoallergenic Dog

First Swine Flu Death Reported in U.S.

First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery

Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive

Flavored Cigarette Ban Takes Effect

Flavoring Food May Promote Weight Loss

Fliers Can Keep Blood Clots at Bay

Florida Vision Test Law: Fewer Traffic Deaths Among Elderly

Flu Can Be Deadly for Young Victims

Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia

Flu Shots Worthwhile for College Students

Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic

Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Seniors From Pneumonia

Flu Vaccine Should Be More Effective: CDC

Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

Folate in Early Pregnancy May Boost Wheezing in Baby

Folate Levels in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD in Offspring

Folic Acid Fortification Might Boost Cancer Risk

Food Additives Could Fuel Hyperactivity in Kids

Food Allergens Show Up in Unexpected Places

Food Allergies Up 18% Among U.S. Children

Food Allergy Action Plan Can Keep Kids From Harm

Food Allergy Facts Need More Focus

Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer

Food Stamps Help Stave Off Hunger in Many U.S. Homes

Food-borne Illnesses From Leafy Greens on Rise in U.S.

Foodborne Illnesses Remain Constant in U.S.

Football Can Shrink Players

For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice

For Every Blow to the Head, Quick Action Is Urged

For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip

For Kids, Two Languages Can Be as Easy as One

For Preschoolers, Even 'Play' Tends to Be Sedentary

For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists

For Short Kids, No Lack of Self-Esteem

For Some Animals, There's No Place at Home

For the Obese, Holiday Tables Serve Platefuls of Doubt

For Young Ballplayers, Support and Caution Are Key

Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page

Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts

Free Asthma Screenings Offered in May

Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids

Free Web Site Lists Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Frequent Feedings May Be Making Babies Fat

Fresh Blood Boosts Survival in Trauma Patients

'Freshman 15' Theory Takes a Pounding

Freshman Weight Gain Has Many Culprits

Fruit Juice May Be Healthy for Kids: Study

Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk

Game, Not Gore, Keeps Video Players Playing

Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure

Gas Stove Emissions Boost Asthma in Inner-City Kids

Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest

Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux

Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens

Gator Blood May Be New Source of Antibiotics

Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow

Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Gender Plays Role in Post-Concussion Healing

Gene Explains How High-Fructose Diets Lead to Insulin Resistance

Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy

Gene May Make Kids Crave Junk Food

Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease

Gene Mutation Linked to Fever-Induced Seizures

Gene Mutation Puts Some Kids at Risk for Tobacco Addiction

Gene Mutation Tied to Majority of Cases of Mental Retardation

Gene Mutations for Rare Heart Disease Also Found in Kids

Gene Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis

Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma

Gene Therapy for Fatal Brain Disorder 'Just the Beginning'

Gene Tied to Infants' Lung Maturation

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

Gene Variation Found in Boys With Delinquent Peers

Gene Variation Linked to Neuroblastoma, a Childhood Cancer

Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response

Gene Variations, Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Asthma

Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts

Genes' Influence on Fears Changes Over Time

Genes May Help Drive Rotator Cuff Injury

Genes May Raise Risk of Neuroblastoma in Kids

Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment

Genetic Disorder May Hold Key to Heat Stroke Cure

Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller

Genetically Engineered Mice Regenerate Beta Cells

Genetics Linked to Early Sexual Activity in Kids

Genetics, Social Factors Tied to Male Delinquency

Geographical Pattern Eyed in 1991 Gulf War Cases of ALS

Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection

Germs Hold Court in Sand Castles

Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples

Get in Step With Summer Foot Care

Get Smart About Swine Flu for Back-to-School

Get Your Vaccine for Seasonal Flu, Experts Urge

Getting Tough on Bullying

Girl in Iconic Vietnam War Photo Brings Message of Hope

Girls and Math: Blame the Culture, Not Ability

Girls' Anti-Social Behavior Predictive of Later Depression

Girls From Poorer Areas More Likely to Have Sex Earlier

Girls Participating in Sports in Record Numbers

Give Yourself the Gift of Sleep for the Holidays

Global Attention to Snakebites Is Unmet

Global Testing Shows No Variation in Swine Flu Virus

Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics

Going Back to School With Asthma Takes Extra Work

Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for Regulation

Golf Course Insecticides Pose Little Danger to Players

Good Golf Form Can Improve Game and Prevent Pain

Good Oral Hygiene May Protect Against Heart Infections

Good Planning Paves Way for Kid's Operation

Good Trauma Program Boosts Patient Survival

Government Launches Nursing Home Rating System

Grandparent Caregivers Cut Kids' Injury Risk in Half

Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor

Greener Neighborhoods Mean Slimmer Children

Group B Strep Down Among Newborns, Up Among Adults

Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients

Group Urges Public to Take Free Asthma Tests in May

Guard Against Swine Flu at Summer Camp

Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids

Gum Care Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes and Its Complications

Gummy Bears Join Cavity Fight

Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gym Class Injuries Up 150 Percent

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids

Hairspray Exposure Ups Risk for Birth Defect in Sons

Half of Black Teens May Be Vitamin D Deficient

Half of U.S. Kids Assaulted Each Year: Study

Half-Dose Flu Shot Works Well in Young Adults

Halloween Candy: It's Not How Much Kids Eat, It's When

Hallucinations Are Rare Side Effects of ADHD Medications

Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost

Hand Washing 10 Times a Day May Help Keep Flu Away

Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite

Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified

'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought

Hazardous Falls Don't Have to Happen

Head Injuries All Too Common in Summer Play

Head Injury in Young Kids May Predict ADHD Diagnosis

Head Injury While Young Ups Epilepsy Risk

Health Experts Plot Strategy for Swine Flu Vaccine

Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed

Health Issues in Childhood Often Show Up in Adulthood

Health Needs of Autistic Children Often Unmet

Health Tip: Eating Fish and Shellfish

Health Tip: After Your Medical Appointment

Health Tip: Avoid Germs From a Petting Zoo

Health Tip: Avoid Swimming Injury

Health Tip: Avoid Your Child's Asthma Attacks

Health Tip: Baby Diapering 101

Health Tip: Back Pain in Children

Health Tip: Back to School, Back to Sleep

Health Tip: Be an Involved Grandparent

Health Tip: Be Cautious at Christmas

Health Tip: Beating Backpack Pain

Health Tip: Bike Safely

Health Tip: Biking Safely

Health Tip: Bonding With Your New Baby

Health Tip: Booster Seat Safety

Health Tip: Braces Basics

Health Tip: Bringing Baby Home

Health Tip: Burping Baby

Health Tip: Buy a Safe Bathtub for Baby

Health Tip: Buying Baby's First Bathtub

Health Tip: Buying Back-to-School Shoes

Health Tip: Calming Chickenpox

Health Tip: Caring for a Ruptured Eardrum

Health Tip: Caring for Baby's Umbilical Cord

Health Tip: Caring for Your Newborn

Health Tip: Check Baby's Toys for Safety

Health Tip: Check Your Baby's Feet

Health Tip: Check Your Child's Car Seat

Health Tip: Children Need Exercise, Too

Health Tip: Choose a Safe Halloween Costume

Health Tip: Choosing a Backpack

Health Tip: Choosing a Child Safety Seat

Health Tip: Choosing a Crib

Health Tip: Choosing a Knee Brace

Health Tip: Choosing a Pediatrician

Health Tip: Choosing a Safe Halloween Costume

Health Tip: Choosing Baby's Changing Table

Health Tip: Choosing Baby's Playpen

Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist

Health Tip: Colicky Baby?

Health Tip: Common Food Allergies in Children

Health Tip: Coping With Epilepsy

Health Tip: Coping With Juvenile Arthritis

Health Tip: Could It Be a Torn Rotator Cuff?

Health Tip: Create Baby's Bedtime Routine

Health Tip: Creating a Fire Escape Plan

Health Tip: Crib Mattress Safety

Health Tip: Dealing With Depression After Pregnancy

Health Tip: Delayed Speech in Children

Health Tip: Determining Migraines in Children

Health Tip: Diarrhea in Children

Health Tip: Discussing Death With Children

Health Tip: Does Your Child Have an Ear Infection?

Health Tip: Does Your Child Need a Nap?

Health Tip: Doing Your Baby's Laundry

Health Tip: Driving During Winter

Health Tip: Easing a Croupy Cough

Health Tip: Easing Earache Pain

Health Tip: Eating Out With a Diabetic Child

Health Tip: Enjoy Sledding Safely

Health Tip: Evaluating Your Child's Vision

Health Tip: Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

Health Tip: Facts About Fleas

Health Tip: Farm Safety for Children

Health Tip: Feeding Your Baby

Health Tip: Fire Safety for Seniors

Health Tip: Fluoride Use by Children

Health Tip: Get Your Child Back to Bed

Health Tip: Getting Up After a Fall

Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine

Health Tip: Good Shoes Can Prevent Falls

Health Tip: Hair Treatments During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Harmful Chemicals in Your Home

Health Tip: Have a Safe Fourth of July

Health Tip: Have Your Child's Hearing Checked

Health Tip: Heart-Healthy Diet Should Start in Infancy

Health Tip: Help Prevent Childhood Migraines

Health Tip: Help Prevent Lawn Mowing Accidents

Health Tip: Help Prevent Nosebleeds

Health Tip: Help Prevent Pinkeye

Health Tip: Help Prevent Toy Injuries

Health Tip: Help Prevent Your Child's Constipation

Health Tip: Help Protect Young Athletes

Health Tip: Help Stop Thumbsucking

Health Tip: Help Your Child Cope With Diabetes

Health Tip: Help Your Child Develop Healthy Habits

Health Tip: Help Your Child's Cognitive Development

Health Tip: Home Safe Home

Health Tip: If Your Child is a Vegetarian

Health Tip: If Your Child is Having Surgery

Health Tip: If Your Child Stutters

Health Tip: If Your Child Takes Medicine

Health Tip: If Your Child Wears Glasses

Health Tip: If Your Diabetic Child Gets Sick

Health Tip: Improve Indoor Air After a Flood

Health Tip: Install Smoke Alarms at Home

Health Tip: Is Your Baby in Pain?

Health Tip: Is Your Child Getting Too Much Sugar?

Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections?

Health Tip: Is Your Child's Backpack Too Heavy?

Health Tip: Keep Baby From Heat Rash

Health Tip: Keep Baby Safe in the Crib

Health Tip: Keep Baby's Nails Trimmed

Health Tip: Keep Bathroom Chemicals Locked Up

Health Tip: Keep Gestational Diabetes Under Control

Health Tip: Keep Kids Safe Around Pets

Health Tip: Keep Medications Away From Children

Health Tip: Keep Stitches Clean and Dry

Health Tip: Keeping Your Children Warm in Winter

Health Tip: Know the Signs of Concussion

Health Tip: Lawn Mowing Safety

Health Tip: Leaving Your Children Alone

Health Tip: Lifting Safety for Caregivers

Health Tip: Listen to Your Child's Breathing

Health Tip: Make Time for Breakfast

Health Tip: Make Your Home Fall-Proof

Health Tip: Managing Your Child's Asthma

Health Tip: Managing Your Child's Migraines

Health Tip: Minor Reaction to Childhood Immunizations

Health Tip: Monitor the Mercury in Your Food

Health Tip: Monitoring Beach Safety

Health Tip: Pack Your Child's Lunch

Health Tip: Painting During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Parenting a Child With ADHD

Health Tip: Parenting Twins

Health Tip: Prepare a Fire Safety Plan

Health Tip: Prepare Your Child for a New Baby

Health Tip: Preparing Your Child for a Medical Test

Health Tip: Preparing Your Child For Therapy

Health Tip: Prevent Back Injury

Health Tip: Prevent Bath Time Injuries

Health Tip: Prevent Ear Pain in Flight

Health Tip: Prevent Falls From Windows

Health Tip: Prevent Infection After Circumcision

Health Tip: Prevent Mold in the Home

Health Tip: Prevent Night-Driving Dangers

Health Tip: Prevent Skateboarding Injuries

Health Tip: Prevent Your Children From Choking

Health Tip: Preventing a Kitchen Fire

Health Tip: Preventing Pinworms

Health Tip: Problems With a Picky Eater?

Health Tip: Protect Your Child From Backpack Injuries

Health Tip: Protect Your Child From Burns

Health Tip: Protect Your Eyes

Health Tip: Protect Your Muscles

Health Tip: Protect Yourself From Pesticides

Health Tip: Protecting Your Child at Day Care

Health Tip: Putting Baby to Bed

Health Tip: Read to Your Toddler

Health Tip: Reasons for Adenoid Removal

Health Tip: Recognize the Signs of Drowsy Driving

Health Tip: Recording Your Child's Medical History

Health Tip: Recovering From an Injury

Health Tip: Reduce Pesticide Exposure

Health Tip: Relief From Carpal Tunnel

Health Tip: Safe Use of Air Bags

Health Tip: Safe Use of Candles

Health Tip: Safety on Wheels

Health Tip: Saying Yes to Yoga?

Health Tip: Scuba Diving Safety

Health Tip: Selecting a Baby Stroller

Health Tip: Selecting a Pediatrician

Health Tip: Signs of an Asthma Attack in Your Child

Health Tip: Signs of Celiac Disease in Children

Health Tip: Signs of Problems at Daycare

Health Tip: Signs That Baby Is in Pain

Health Tip: Something in Your Eye?

Health Tip: Soothing a Child's Sunburn

Health Tip: Soothing a Colicky Baby

Health Tip: Soothing Separation Anxiety

Health Tip: Sources of Childhood Stress

Health Tip: Sports Safety for Kids

Health Tip: Stay Safe at the Amusement Park

Health Tip: Stay Safe on the School Bus

Health Tip: Staying Safe on the Playground

Health Tip: Stifle Back-to-School Allergy and Asthma Problems

Health Tip: Straining the Hamstring

Health Tip: Stressed Teens

Health Tip: Swaddling Your New Baby

Health Tip: Swing Set Safety

Health Tip: Symptoms of Computer Strain

Health Tip: Taking Kids on the Road

Health Tip: Talking With Your Daughter About Menstruation

Health Tip: Taming a Temper Tantrum

Health Tip: Teens and Sleep

Health Tip: The ABCs of School Bus Safety

Health Tip: Thwarting Head Lice

Health Tip: Toddler-Proof Your Home

Health Tip: Tornado Safety

Health Tip: Treating a Superficial Cut

Health Tip: Trick-or-Treating Safely

Health Tip: Triggers for PTSD

Health Tip: Understanding ADHD

Health Tip: Understanding Gestational Diabetes

Health Tip: Use a Ladder Properly

Health Tip: Use Household Chemicals Safely

Health Tip: Use Tools Safely

Health Tip: Using a Carbon Monoxide Detector

Health Tip: Using Hair Dyes

Health Tip: Warning Signs of Scoliosis

Health Tip: Watch Your Diet While Breast-Feeding

Health Tip: Water Safety

Health Tip: Wean Your Child From Breast-Feeding

Health Tip: Wear a Helmet

Health Tip: Wear Eye Protection

Health Tip: Wear Your Seat Belt During Pregnancy

Health Tip: When Baby Is Teething

Health Tip: When Bedwetting Signals Another Problem

Health Tip: When Children Stutter

Health Tip: When Infants Get Diarrhea

Health Tip: When to Call the Pediatrician

Health Tip: When Your Baby Needs Shots

Health Tip: When Your Child is Teething

Health Tip: When Your Child Needs Glasses

Health Tip: When Your Child Worries

Health Tip: When Your Diabetic Child Takes a Trip

Health Tip: Where to Keep a Fire Extinguisher

Health Tip: Why Breast-Feed?

Health Tip: Your Child Must Wear a Bike Helmet

Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms

Healthy Foods Harder to Find in Poor Neighborhoods

Healthy Heart Tips for a Bad Economy

Healthy Lunches Help Kids' Concentration in School

Hearing Loss May Be More Widespread Than Thought

Hearing Loss Tops Parents' Concern for Kids

Heart Disease Risks Hit Boys in Teens

Heart Disease Starts Early in Life

Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty

Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant

Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids

Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood

Heat Exposure a Dangerous Summer Threat

Heavy Metals Can Taint Wine

Heavy Smoking as Teenager Might Add Pounds Later

Height of Pitcher's Mound Can Strain Shoulders

Helmets Can Save Lives in Winter Sports

Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer

Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some

High Blood Pressure in Kids Tracks Into Adulthood

High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors

High Fructose Diet Inhibits Appetite Hormone

High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer

High School Sports Put Players at Risk for Severe Injuries

High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids

High-Risk Kids, Diabetics Need Regular Blood Pressure Checks

Hispanic Children More Likely to Have Hearing Loss

Hispanic Workers Dying at Higher Rates Than Others

Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy

HIV 'Atlas' Shows Virus Targeting Minorities

HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin

HIV Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

Hodgkin Lymphoma Kids Face Greater Risk of Future Problems

Holiday Meals With a Calorie-Conscious Twist

Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients

Home Renovations by Affluent Families Can Unleash Lead Threat

Home Smoking Ban Keeps Teens From Lighting Up

Home-Based Program Extends Seniors' Lives

Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors

Homelessness Tied to Kids' Mental Health

Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober

Hospital Fixes Cut Opiate Errors in Kids

Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Hospitalization Rates Higher in Kids Who Get Flu Shots

'Hot' Toys May Not Be the Best Present

Hot-Tub Injuries on the Rise

How Much Fish to Eat While Pregnant?

How to Avoid a Holiday Trip to the ER

How to Have Your Tomatoes, and Eat Them, Too

How to Stay Out of the ER This Summer

HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness

HRT Shrinks the Brain

HS Sports Shoulder Injuries More Likely in Boys

Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus

Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches

Hybrid Cars Pose Risk to Blind, Visually Impaired

Hydrogen Sulfide Key Player in Blood Pressure Regulation

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest

Ibuprofen Rated Best for Pain of Broken Arms

ICU Docs Less Likely to Discuss End-of-Life Issues With Blacks

ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes

ICU Patients Not Getting Enough Sleep

Illness Presents Diabetics With Special Challenges

Immigrant Children Less Likely to Exercise

Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection

Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer

Immune System Protein Predicts Toxic Shock Survival

Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma

Immunity to Swine Flu May Be Broader Than Thought

Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids' High-Risk Sarcomas

Improper Microwaving Led to Pot Pie-Salmonella Outbreak

Improved Fungicides May Be Easier on Environment

Impulsive Kindergartners May Turn to Gambling

In Elderly Women, Hip Fractures Often Follow Arm Breaks

In Some Cities, Spring Swine Flu May Be Easing Fall Outbreak

In Summertime, the Livin' Can Be Buggy

In the World of Germs, Man Bites Dog

In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission

In Tough Times, Kids May Find Solace With Grandparents

In Toys and More, Are Chemicals Safe or Harmful?

Inactive Teens at Risk for More Behavioral Problems

Incidence of High Cholesterol Drops in U.S.

Incidence of Mantle Cell Lymphoma on Rise

Independent Audit of Global Child Immunizations Urged

Individual Genome Changes Over a Lifetime

Indoor Lightning Injuries On the Rise

Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea

Infanticide of 19th Century: Was It SIDS?

Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients

Inhaled Corticosteroids Boost Pneumonia Risk in COPD

Injectable Vaccines More Effective for Adult Flu Than Nasal Sprays

Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem

Injury Patterns Similar for 'Circus' Artists, Elite Athletes

Inner Ear Dysfunction Puts Older Adults at Risk of Falls

Innovative Care Is Helping Iraq War's Injured Survive

Insomnia Costs Billions in Lost Productivity

Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Insurance Matters When It Comes to Kids' Health Care

Insured Kids With Uninsured Parents Miss Needed Health Care

Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids

International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer

Internet Can Help Curb Drinking Among College Students

Internet May Be Newest Venue for Teen Tobacco Exposure

Interrupted Night Sleep Worse for Cognitive Function

Interventions to Promote Breast-Feeding Succeed

Irradiation Almost Erases Risk of Food Poisoning

It's Back to Basics to Save a Life

IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries

Job Losses Carry High 'Stress Tag'

Just Like Skin, Eyes Can 'Burn' in Strong Sun

Keep Safety in Mind While Cooling Off in the Water

Keep Your Flu Shots Straight This Fall

Keeping Appointments Key to Keeping Vaccines on Track

Kellogg Halts Sales of Peanut Butter Crackers

Key to Wound-Healing May Be Explained in Fish Tail

Kickoff, Punting Take a Toll

Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival

Kidney Dysfunction Puts Women at Risk of Sudden Death

Kidney Function Test May Not Be Cost-Effective

Kidney Trouble Short-Lived in Most Liver Transplant Patients

Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities

Kids' Eye Injuries From Golf Clubs Rare But Severe

Kids' Fever Time Cut Using Ibuprofen First

Kids' Flu Shot Largely Ineffective Over Past Few Years

Kids Given Photos of Sunburn Damage Covered Up Better

Kids Gulping Down More Sugary Beverages

Kids Living With Relatives Have Fewer Problems Than Those in Foster Homes

Kids May 'Learn' to Tolerate Food Allergens

Kids More Apt to Smoke If Mom Did While Pregnant

Kids' Obesity Linked to Ear Infections

Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes

Kids of Stressed, Low-Income Moms Prone to Weight Problems

Kids' Risks Increase When Parents Are Bipolar

Kids Think Glasses Make Others Look Smart, Honest

Kids Who Lack Self-Control May Be Prone to Weight Gain

Kids Who Live Near Green Spaces Seem to Walk More

Kids Who Skimp on Sleep Tend to Be Fatter

Kids Who Sleep Poorly at Risk for Being Overweight

Kids Who Spend More Time Outdoors Have Better Vision

Kids Who Wheeze With Rhinovirus at Higher Asthma Risk

Kids With Cell Phones Not as Safe Crossing Streets

Kids With Parent in War Zone Face Behavior Risks

Knee Injuries Main Cause of HS Sports Surgeries

Labels on OTC Painkillers Need Improvement

Lack of Insurance Raises Abused Babies' Death Risk

Ladders, Swings and More Can Cause Peril

Later School Start Time Cuts Teens' Car Crash Risk

Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views

Laws Governing Indoor Tanning by Teens Don't Work

LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics

Lead Exposure in Childhood Linked to Criminal Behavior Later

Lead Levels in Many Lipsticks Higher Than Reported

Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack

Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List

Leave That Ear Wax Alone

Less Education May Mean Poorer Health

Less Exposure to Violent Media Makes Youths Less Aggressive

Less TV Brings More Parent-Child Interaction

Letter Warns About Tricky Dosing With Liquid Tamiflu for Kids

Life Expectancy in U.S. Hits a New High

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

Lifestyle Changes Can Keep Diabetes at Bay for 14 Years

Lifestyle Factors Tied to Older Adults' Diabetes Risk

Light Stretching Improves Range of Joint Motion

Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin

Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps

Limiting School Snacks Boosts Fruit, Veggie Consumption

Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly

Link Between Vaccine and MS Unproven

Lip Balms and Glosses May Boost Skin Cancer Risks

Live Chickens on Trucks Could Transmit Dangerous Germs

Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk

Living Near Major Road May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Local Health Officials Recognize Threat of Global Warming

Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications

Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria

Long-Term Exposure to Incense Raises Cancer Risk

Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence

Lots of Schoolkids Squint to See Chalkboard

Low Birth Weight Tied to Rise in Infant Hemangiomas

Low Childhood IQ Tied to Risk of Later Mental Disorders

Low Doses of Melamine Won't Harm Kids' Kidneys

Low Vitamin D Levels May Boost Men's Heart Attack Risk

Low Vitamin D Levels May Initiate Cancer Development

Low-Birth-Weight Babies at Risk for Salt Sensitivity

Low-Cost Strategies to Maintain Health in Hard Times

Lower IQ Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Deaths

Low-Income Moms Rarely Speak to Infants During TV/Video Time

Lung Association Urges Back-to-School Asthma Checklist

Lung Cancer Rates Among Nonsmokers Not on the Rise

Lung Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Cardiac Events

Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006

Lung Problems Persist for 9/11 Responders

Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals

Lung Trouble Associated With Sickle Cell in Kids

Magnets in Kids' Toys Pose Broad Dangers

Main Ingredients in Household Dust Come From Outdoors

Majority of College Students Report Backpack-Related Pain

Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials

Male Partner Violence Hurts Women's Health Worldwide

Mammograms Remain Best Way to Spot Breast Cancer

Mammograms Still a Good Idea for Elderly Women

Many Alzheimer's Caregivers Admit to Abusive Behavior

Many Americans Fall Short on Their Vitamin D

Many Americans Share Prescription Meds

Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments

Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Checking for Second Malignancies

Many Health-Care Workers May Shun Swine Flu Shot

Many Hospital Patients Can't ID Their Doctors

Many Hospitalized With Swine Flu Had Been Healthy

Many Ignore Symptoms of Bladder Trouble

Many in U.S. Prisons Lack Good Health Care

Many Kids Don't Need the Vitamins They're Taking

Many Kids Feel Threatened in the Classroom

Many Kids Outgrow Chronic Headaches

Many Kids Suffer Medication Side Effects: Study

Many Overweight Kids Not Getting a Good Night's Sleep

Many Parents, Caregivers Lack Basic Child-Safety Information

Many Teen Drivers Don't Think They're Inexperienced

Many Teens Circumvent Tanning Bed Laws

Many Teens Don't Keep Virginity Pledges

Many Teens Getting Free Alcohol From Adults

Many Unlicensed Teen Drivers Put Safety Last

Many Veterans Need Mental Health Care

Many Young Adults Uninformed About Vaccines

Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health

Marinades Help Keep Grilled Meat Safe

Maternal Depression Has Negative Effect on Infants' Sleep

Measles Cases Highest Since 1996

Measles Outbreak Rises to 64 Cases, Most Since 2001

Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children

Med School Diversity May Help Whites Care Better for Minorities

Med Students Posting Unprofessional Messages: Survey

Media Affects Public Perception of Infectious Diseases

Media Images of Alcohol Can Drive You to Drink

Medical Adhesive Helps Burn Patients

Medical Blogs May Threaten Patient Privacy

Medical Needs of 6.2 Million U.S. Kids Go Unmet

Medical Scans a Significant Source of Radiation

Medical Tests Hit Heart Patients With High Doses of Radiation

Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion's Share of Insurers' Ad Dollars

Medicare Drug Plan 'Doughnut Hole' Could Impact Seniors' Health

Medicare Faces Challenges Caring for Chronically Ill

Medication Errors Could Be Cut: Experts

Medication May Improve Scar Healing

Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings

Mediterranean Diet Enriched With Nuts Cuts Heart Risks

Memory Formation Different in Those With Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders

Men Who Get Active in Midlife Live Longer

Meningitis Vaccine Seems to Work Like a Charm

Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance

Mental Illness Costs U.S. Billions in Lost Earnings

Menthol Cigarettes the Most Addictive

Metabolic Syndrome Foretells Diabetes in Elderly

Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion

Mexican Peppers ID'd as Salmonella Culprits

Microwaves a Menace for Young Kids

Middle Class Uninsured Kids' Health Risk Almost as High as Poor Children's

Migraines More Frequent, Intense in Overweight Kids

Millions of Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep

Millions of Kids Live With Substance-Abusing Parents

Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease

Minn. Confirms Tainted Peanut Butter Link to Salmonella Outbreak

Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu

Minority Clinics Tougher on Doctors

Mistaken Beliefs About Cancer Abound

Mixed Marks for Swine Flu Updates

Moderate Aerobic Exercise Lowers Diabetics' Liver Fat

Molecule in Skin May Link Eczema and Asthma

Molecule Keeps Bacteria Like Salmonella in Check

Mom Was Right: Eat Your Broccoli

Mom's Depression May Worsen Child's Asthma

Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk

Mom's Smoking During Pregnancy Ups Preemie's SIDS Risk

Mom's Smoking May Lead to SIDS

Mom's Vitamin D Levels Affect Baby's Dental Health

Moms-to-Be Who Drink May Damage Fetus' White Matter

Moms-to-Be Who Quit Smoking Boost Chances for 'Easygoing' Child

More Americans Urged to Get Cancer Screenings

More Foot Power, Less Car Pollution Best for Health

More Kids Becoming Severely Obese

More Kids Being Hurt by Falling Furniture

More Kids Getting Kidney Stones

More Peanut Butter Products Join Recall List

More Peanut Butter Recalled in Salmonella Outbreak

More 'Screen Time' Linked to Poor Fitness in Girls

More Seniors Falling Victim to Escalator Injuries

More Swine Flu Vaccine Coming Soon

More Teen Boys Are Using Smokeless Tobacco, Survey Finds

More Teens Getting Needed Vaccines

More Than 100,000 Americans May Have Swine Flu: CDC

More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections

More Than 90,000 U.S. Infants Are Victims of Abuse or Neglect

More Than Half of Americans Living with Dirty Air

More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat

More U.S. Kids Taking Diabetes, Blood Pressure Drugs

More Young People Going Without Health Insurance

Most Youths Tried as Adults Had Psychiatric Disorders

Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies

Most Fatalities in Teen Crashes Are Not the Drivers

Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer's

Most HIV-Infected Prisoners Go Untreated After Release

Most Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Lack Vitamin D

Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Most Sports-Related Eye Injuries Are Preventable

Most Teens Aren't Getting Preventive Health Care

Most U.S. Kids Getting Recommended Vaccinations

Most Who Want Swine Flu Shot Can't Get It

Most Young, Black Females Are Not Getting HPV Vaccine

Motivation May Be at Root of ADHD

Mouse Study Suggests ADHD Drug Might Be Addictive

MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices

MRI Can Spot Presymptomatic MS

MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids' Hearing

MRSA Cases Dropping in Hospital ICUs

MRSA Creeping Into Hospitals From the Outside

MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs

MRSA Infections Spreading to Kids in Community

MRSA May Succumb to Honey

MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing

Mud Harnessed to Fight Infections

Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications

Multiple Sclerosis Affects Children's Cognitive Skills

Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection

Mumps Outbreak in Midwest Could Have Been Worse

Muscle Weakness Found in Some Autistic Children

Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound

Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer

My 10-Day Ordeal With the Swine Flu

Nasal Insulin Won't Shield At-Risk Kids From Diabetes

Nasal Irrigation Can Help Fight Spring Allergies

Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms

Natasha Richardson Died From Head Trauma: Autopsy

Nation's Teachers Battle Sleep Problems

Nationwide Cell Phone Ban for Drivers Urged

Nature's Fury Makes South Most Dangerous Area in U.S.

Needed: Blood Donations

Neighborhood Alcohol Outlets Tied to Kids' Injury Risk

Neighborhood Influences Exercise Levels

Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability

Nestlé Recalls Cookie Dough Products

'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management

New 5-in-1 Vaccine May Reduce Number of Pediatric Shots

New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell

New Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Proposed

New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise

New Class of Drugs Might Cause Congenital Heart Defects

New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers

New Drug Fights Anthrax Toxin

New Drug for Brain Cancer Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients

New Factors Join Kids' Sleep Disorders, Cognition

New Guidelines Make It Easy to Get Fit

New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75

New Guidelines Urged for Young Athletes' Neck Injuries

New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

New Insights Could Help Shield Babies From Diarrhea Bug

New Migraine Drug Shows Promise

New MRI Technique Detects Subtle Brain Injuries

New Network Connects the Dots Between Diseases

New Program May Help Teens at High Risk for Depression

New Rule Seeks to Protect Kids From Lead Paint

New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics

New Scheduler Helps Track Kids' Shots

New 'Skin' From Stem Cells

New Spanish Consumer Guide Compares Diabetes Meds

New Spray Could Benefit Cystic Fibrosis Patients

New Standards Set for Heparin and Glycerin

New Statistical Model Could Cut Needless Breast Biopsies

New Swine Flu Strain Found in Brazil: Report

New Targets Found That Stop Tumor Growth

New Technique Offers Hope for Kids With Immune Deficiency

New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions

New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly

New Test Diagnoses Anemia in Chronic Disease

New Test Identifies Heavy Drinkers

New Test Predicts Risk of Post-Surgery Kidney Injury

New Test Scans Beef for Mad Cow Disease

New Tests Assess Kids' Sense of Smell, Taste

New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment

New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking

New Treatments Improve Control for Severe Asthma

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

New Vaccine May Account for Less Severe Rotavirus Season

New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax

Newborn Hospital Deaths Highest for Those Without Insurance

Newborns in Intensive Care Often Exposed to Pain

Newer Drugs No Better Than Older Ones for Childhood Schizophrenia

Nitric Oxide Monitoring of Little Benefit for Kids' Asthma

No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths

'No Flu Shots for My Kids'

No Place Safe From Allergies

Non-Hospital Baby Abductions a New Concern

Not All Kids With Head Injuries Need Brain Scans

Not Many U.S. Kids Need Statins

Number of U.S. General Surgeons in Decline

Number of Underweight Kids in U.S. Continues to Fall

Number of Uninsured Americans Drops

Nurses Often Left Out of Medical Error Talks

Nursing Homes Unprepared for Pandemic Flu Fallout

Nurturing Parents Can Cut Risk of Aggression in Girls

Nut Bans in Schools May Be Spurring Hysteria

Nutrient-Rich Diet Lowers Risk of Age-Related Eye Disease

Obama Administration Might Recommend Three Flu Shots for Americans This Fall

Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency

Obama Orders Review of FDA in Salmonella Outbreak

Obama Taps Alabama Doctor to Be Surgeon General

Obese Children More Likely to Suffer Lower Body Injuries

Obese Kids Have Old Arteries

Obese Kids More Prone to Limb Injuries in Car Crashes

Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking

Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.

Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report

Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life

Obesity, Insulin Level Impact Prostate Cancer Survival

Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans

Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks

Occasional Smoking Still Does Damage

Occupational Therapy Plus Exercise Benefits Osteoarthritis

Off-Hours Heart Patients Less Likely to Get Angioplasty

Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak

Officials Stress Safety as Swine Flu Vaccine Arrives

Oh-So-Cold Temperatures Plague Older People

Old Tech Helps Soldiers With New Wound Infection

Older Adults Get Drunk Faster Than Younger Drinkers

Older Adults May Have Some Immunity to Swine Flu

Older Americans May Lack Adequate Nutrition

Older Caregivers Prone to Worse Sleep Patterns

Older Diabetics With Depression Face Higher Death Rate

Older Drug Effective in Treating Pediatric Nerve Cancer

Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's Patients

Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men

On Independence Day, Think Fireworks Safety First

Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Boosts Blood Sugar Control

One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Offers Protection: Studies

One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works for Pregnant Women

One-Fifth of British Childhood Cancer Survivors Smoke

One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues

One-Third of Schools Built in Air Pollution Danger Zones

Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival

Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement

Ordinary Chores Cause Half of All Eye Injuries

Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law May Overlook Depressed Patients

Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals

Orthopedic Surgeons Weigh in on Pool Safety

Outbreak Investigation Highlights Drug Safety Issues

Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

Outside Workers Least Likely to Get Skin Exams

Overall Health of U.S. Children a Mixed Bag

Overtime Work Tied to Anxiety, Depression

Overuse of Opioids, Barbiturates Boosts Chronic Migraine Risk

Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids

Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk

Ozone-Depleting Inhalers Being Phased Out

Pack Safety Should Be on Back-to-School Lists

Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer

Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks

Parental Insomnia Can Harm Adolescent Children

Parental Involvement in School Has Its Limits

Parental Monitoring Can Curb Teen Marijuana Use

Parental Stress Boosts Kids' Asthma Risk

Parenting Plays Key Role in Infant's Response to Stress

Parents Influence Sex Decisions, Hispanic Teens Say

Parents Not Best Barometer of Kid's Eating, Exercise Habits

Parents Often Puzzled by Medicine Labels

Parents Worry About Their Kids' Safety on the Internet

Parents Worry About Tweens Left Alone

Parents Worry That 'Alcopops' Encourage Teen Drinking

Parkinson's Drugs Can Trigger Unhealthy Behaviors

Patient Harm From Problem 'Handoffs' Is Common: Report

Patient Navigators Boost Colon Screens in Urban Minorities

Patient-Centered 'Medical Home' Models Lag in Key Areas

Patient-Controlled Health Records Could Change Future of Research

Patients' Bill of Rights Too Tough to Read

Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results

Patients' Photos Help Boost Radiologists' Accuracy

Patients With Medicaid Co-Pay Cut Out Certain Drugs

Peanut Butter Product Recalls Mount

Peanut Butter Recalled as Salmonella Search Continues

Pediatric Ear Infection Vaccine Shows Promise

Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults

Pediatric MS Tied to Higher Relapse Rates

Pediatricians Could Help Screen for Alcohol Abuse in Home

Pediatricians Recommend Cholesterol Drugs for Some Kids

Pennsylvania Injuries Rise After Repeal of Helmet Law

Peppers Picked as Salmonella Culprit

Perception May Affect Drinking by College Students

Pesticide Residue Common on Kitchen Floors

Phenols in Quality Olive Oil Suppress Breast Cancer Gene

Photos of Smokers Trigger Brain Reaction in Those Trying to Quit

Plain-Language Guides Detail Insulin Treatments

Plastic Chemical Tied to Heart Disease and Diabetes

Playing It Safe With High School Sports

Pneumonia Vaccine Lowers Chances of Heart Attack

Poison Prevention Requires Diligence

Poison Prevention Tips to Protect the Most Vulnerable

Pollution Particles Impair Blood Vessel Function

Pooches Sometimes Miss the Point

Poor Coordination in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity

Poor Kids Exposed to More Secondhand Smoke

Poor Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk

Poor Sleep Linked to High Blood Pressure in Teens

Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis

Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney Risks

Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate

Possible Return of Swine Flu in Fall Has U.S. Health Officials on Alert

Postpartum Anxiety May Delay Puberty in Kids

Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers

Post-Traumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks

Post-Traumatic Stress Tied to Increased Suicide Risk

Pot Might Blunt Damage of Binge Drinking

Pot Plus Alcohol Kills Young Rats' Brain Cells

Pot-Smoking Drivers Tied to Range of Road Accidents

Poverty May Aggravate Asthma

Powdered Milk Helps Kids Overcome Milk Allergy

Preemies Exposed to Toxins in Liquid Meds

Pregnant Rural Women More at Risk

Pregnant Women Should Take Flu Drugs Promptly

Pregnant Women, Health-Care Workers Top Swine Flu Vaccine Candidates

Premature Birth Linked to Some Unexpected Later Problems

Premixed Insulin May Offer Better Blood Sugar Control

Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma

Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster

Preschool Intervention Curbed Trend Toward Obesity

Preschool Lunch Doesn't Always Pack Nutritious Punch

Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients

Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

Preventive Antibiotics Help Some Kids Fend Off Urinary Infections

Prioritize Pregnant Women to Get Swine Flu Shot, Experts Say

Private Health Care Info Needs Better Safeguards

Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring

Probable Case of Human-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Reported

Production Problems Plague Delivery of Swine Flu Vaccine

Program Aids Hospital Compliance With Stroke Guidelines

Program Curbs Teen Substance Abuse, Delinquency

Program Helps 1st Graders Stay Safe Long-Term

Program Helps Homeless Cut Use of Emergency Services

Program Helps Kids Switch Over to Healthy Behaviors

Program Seeks to Reduce ICU Infections

Prolonged Fasting Boosts Risk of Rare Stroke

Prostate Meds Not Tied to Increased Hip Fracture Risk

Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety

Protein Gives Doctors New Tool to Detect Melanoma

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Pulled From U.S. Market

PTSD High Among Witnesses to 9/11

PTSD Risk Rooted in Stress and Genetics

Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac Emergencies

Public Smoking Bans Work Across the Board

Purple Tomato Extended Lives of Cancer-Prone Mice

Put Defibrillators in High-Traffic Spots, Studies Urge

Quarter of Disabled Seniors Use Risky Medications

Questions to Pharmacists Rise After Michael Jackson's Death

Quick Orthopedic Repair Can Save Young Shoulders

Quick Stroke Treatment Improves Outcomes

Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER

Radiation for Prostate Cancer Raises Risk of Other Cancers

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

Radiation From Medical Scans Soaring

Radio-Frequency Tags Cut Specimen Bottle Errors

Radio-Wave Devices May Play Havoc With Medical Equipment

Radon: The Silent Home Invader That Can Kill

Rainy Areas in U.S. Show Higher Autism Rates

Rap Music Glorifying Drug Use

Rare Cells Linked to Pediatric Cancers

Recent Cancer Screening Changes Leave Many Confused

Recess Makes for Better Students

Red Wine Compound Helps Heart, May Slow Aging

Red Wine Compound May Slow Drinking-Linked Liver Condition

Refusing Shots Puts Kids at Higher Risk for Whooping Cough

Regular Church Attendance May Lower Suicide Risk

Regular Hand-Washing Can Prevent Against Colds, Flu

Relationship Violence Common Among College Students

Repair ACL Injuries in Young Athletes Quickly

Repeat Colonoscopies Underused in High-Risk Patients

Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin

Report Finds Big Disparities in Well-Being of U.S. Kids

Report Finds Fault With U.S. Health Services for Teens

Report Gives U.S. Good Grades for Swine Flu Response

Report Slams U.S. Food Safety System

Report Urges Broader Effort to Stem Emotional Disorders in Youth

Researchers Detect Blood-Clotting Mechanism

Researchers Discover the Tale Behind Short Dogs

Researchers Find Genes That Influence West Nile Virus

Researchers ID Ovarian Cancer Biomarker

Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin

Researchers Map America's Deadliest Roads

Researchers Pursuing Nasal Anthrax Vaccine

Researchers Push Aggressive Cholesterol Control in Kids

Researchers Suppress 'Hunger Hormone'

Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts

Resistance to Malaria Drug Reported in Cambodia

Resistance to Tamiflu Growing

Rest Easy. When It Comes to Swine Flu, Your Pet Is Safe

Restrictive Diet for Kids May Backfire

Restrictive Prescription Drug Policies Hurt Schizophrenics

Retail Clinics Attracting Those Without Regular Doctors

Retinal Gene Is Linked to Childhood Blindness

Returning to the Road Tricky After Injury

Reuse of Antibacterial Wipes Can Spread Bacteria

Review Urges Aggressive MRSA Screening for Health Workers

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated

Rising Heat, Humidity Raise Risk of Asthma Flares

Risk Factors for Eating Disorders Vary by Gender

Risks Remain for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Robot Playmates Help Autistic Kids With Social Skills

Robots May Come to Aging Boomers' Rescue

Rotarix Approved to Treat Rotavirus in Children

Rotavirus Vaccine Cutting Infection Rates Among Kids

Rotigotine Skin Patch May Ease Restless Legs Symptoms

RSV to Blame for 1 in 13 Pediatrician Visits

Rural Areas Able to Increase Colon Cancer Screenings

Safety Gear a Must to Prevent Kids' Sports Injuries

Safety Gear Helping to Strike Out Baseball Injuries

Safety of Labor-Delaying Drugs Questioned

Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine to Face Tough Scrutiny

Safety Should Be the Goal for Football Players

Safety Tips That Will Earn Barbecuers a 'Well Done'

Safety Triggers, Training Cut Nail Gun Injuries

Saliva Test Could Indicate Autism

Salmonella Common in U.S. Poultry

Salmonella Illnesses Now Top 1,000

Salmonella Infection Numbers Still Rising; Recalls Rise Also

Salmonella Outbreak Over, U.S. Says

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food

Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Dry Dog Food Continues

Salmonella Sickness Toll Climbs to 1,148

Salt Boosts Blood Pressure in High-Risk Patients

Scans Shed New Light on Concussions

Scars of Bullying Linger

School Closures May Not Be Necessary When Swine Flu Strikes

School Days Give Some Kids a Headache

School Environment Can Curb Kids' Weight Gain

School Kids, Parents Should Get Flu Vaccines First

School Lunches Too Fatty and Sugary, Critics Say

School Meals Need to Get Healthier: Report

School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks

School Soda Ban Has Limited Effect

School Violence Drops With Federal Program

School, Church Activities May Help Curb Youth Smoking

School-Based Efforts Boost Kids' Fruit, Vegetable Intake

School-Based Program Can Change Kids' Lives

Scientists Capture HIV Transfer Among T-Cells on Video

Scientists Hot on Trail of New Antibiotics

Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids

Scientists ID Gene Pathway Triggering Melanoma Spread

Scoliosis: An Unnatural Curve

Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children's Recovery

Scratched Surfaces May Trap Bacteria During Food Processing

Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Seasons Arriving 2 Days Earlier, Study Says

Sebelius Urges Americans to Get Swine Flu Vaccine

Sebelius: There Will Be Swine Flu Vaccine for All Who Want It

Secondary Schools Serve Unhealthy Foods

Secondhand Smoke Worse for Children

Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthmatic Boys' Behavior Woes

Secondhand Smoke Hikes Tots' Risk of Heart Disease

Secondhand Smoke Leaves Kids Prone to Severe Infections

Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels

Sedentary Kids May Take Longer to Fall Asleep

Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn From Kids With Epilepsy

Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke

Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study

Senior Falls Can Lead to Brain Injury

Sensitivity to Alcohol May Predict Alcoholism

Serotonin Transporter Levels May Explain Winter Blues

Seventh Salmonella Death Linked to Peanut Products

Severe Swine Flu Can Kill Young, Old Alike

Severe Swine Flu Could Lead to Blood Clots in Lungs: Study

Sexual Trauma Haunts Many Female Vets

Sexually Charged TV Might Raise Risk of Teen Pregnancy

Sharing Cancer Info May Be Empowering

Sharing Prescription Meds Common Among U.S. Teens

Sharing Prescriptions Can Bring Harm, Not Healing

Sharp Rise in U.S. Hepatitis C-Related Deaths

Shootings Linked to Alcohol-to-Go Outlets, Study Finds

Shoulder Surgery Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game

Shovel Snow Safely

Sicker People More Vulnerable to Swine Flu: CDC

'Sideline' Rage Triggers Mirror Those of Angry Drivers

Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo

Signs of Depression Noted in Second Graders

Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma

Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes Cut Down on Infections

Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia

Simple Case Management Cuts Pulmonary Disease Admissions

Simple Exercise Keeps Brain at Top of Its Game

Simple Steps Get Walkers Moving

Single Kidney Transplant From Young, Deceased Donors Works Well

Single Men Less Likely to Get Prostate Screens

Single Rooms Becoming the Norm in New Hospitals

Sinus Infections Can Cause Toxic Shock in Kids

Skin Patches Can Cause Burns During MRIs

Sleep Apnea Linked to Heart Risks in Children

Sleep Apnea Linked to Memory Loss

Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications

Sleep: A Necessity, Not a Luxury

Sleep-Deprived Brains Show Lapse in Visual Processing

Sleepless Kids Are Troubled Kids

Sleepy Driving Prevalent Among Collegians

Small Businesses Urged to Prepare for Swine Flu

Small Doses of Carbon Monoxide Might Help Stroke Victims

Small Firms Shoulder Burden of Increasing Health Costs

Small Intestine Senses Bitter Toxins in Food

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective

Smokeless Tobacco May Not Help Smokers Quit

Smokers' Cars Loaded With Nicotine

Smokers' Homes More Likely to House Hungry Kids

Smokers Quit in Droves, Not Isolation

Smokers Will Stop for Their Pet's Sake

Smoking Coupled With Obesity Raises Death Risk

Smoking Makes You Old Before Your Time

Smoking May Harm the Egg, Embryo

Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk

Smoking, Drinking Should Matter in Movie Ratings, Parent Survey Finds

Smoking-Low Birth Weight Link Explained in Part

'Snowbirds' Beware the Climate Changes

Snowblower Hand Injuries Often Extensive, Study Finds

Social Problems in Youth Contribute to Anxiety, Depression

Social Status as a Teen Predicts Health as an Adult

Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities

Sodium, Potassium Intake Tied to Heart Disease

Some Cancer Trials Overstate Findings, Analysis Claims

Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk

Some Prescription Meds May Raise Seniors' Risks of Falling

Some Weight-Loss Drugs Might Disrupt Brain Growth in Kids

Soothe Back-to-School Anxiety, Teach Kids to Relax

Soothing Imagery May Help Rid Some Kids of Stomach Pain

Soy May Help Shield Asian-American Girls From Breast Cancer

Spanking May Lower Kids' IQs

Special Ed Services Lacking for Kids Who Repeat a Grade

Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes

Speedy Care After Heart Attack Key to Survival

Spine Injuries a Common Result of Car Crashes

Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients

Splints as Good as Plaster Casts for Minor Fractures

Spoonful of Sugar Really Might Help Medicine Go Down

Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls

Sports Eye Injuries Leading Cause of Blindness in Youths

Spray Cuts Kids' Pain When Getting IVs

Spring and Pollen Are in the Air

Spring Forward? Plan Ahead

SSRI Antidepressants May Lower Adult Suicide Risk

St. John's Wort Doesn't Work for ADHD

St. Louis Ranked America's 'Asthma Capital'

Staff Training Reduces Postpartum Bleeding, Episiotomies

Standard Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective for Prisoners

Staph Infection May Follow People Home From Hospital

Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout

States Asleep at the Wheel in Fighting Drowsy Driving

States' Scorecard Finds Big Differences in Kids' Health Care

Statins Show Little Benefit for Kids With Learning Disorder

Stay Upbeat, Healthy to Thrive in Senior Years

Stem Cells Repair Acute Lung Injury in Mice

Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance

Steroid After Tonsillectomy Raises Bleeding Risk

Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients

Stigma Keeps Teens From Depression Treatment

Stimulant Chewing Gum Can Be Dangerous for Kids

Stomach Germ May Protect Against Asthma

Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy

Stored Ovarian Tissue Needs Testing Before Re-Implantation

Stress Disorder Affects 20% of Intensive Care Patients

Stressed Out College Students Losing Sleep

Stretch That Grocery List in Lean Times

Stroke in Children Rare But Costly

Stroke Patients at High Risk for Falls

Stroke Prevalence Higher, Deadlier Among American Indians

Strokes Can Strike the Youngest

Studies Evaluate Thyroid Treatment During Pregnancy

Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA

Study Calls for Greater Scrutiny of 'Off-Label' Drug Use

Study Casts Doubt on Influential Hospital Safety Survey

Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment

Study Details Swine Flu Transmission Rates

Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal

Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury

Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins

Study Forecasts More Young Doctors in Future

Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne Therapies

Study Links Agent Orange to Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Vets

Study Links Spanking to Physical Abuse

Study Probes Internet Health-Related Search Patterns

Study Probes Why Smokers Find It Hard to Quit

Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection for Elderly

Study Questions Guidelines on Immunizations

Study Questions Value of Anti-Meth Campaign

Study Shows 1% of Americans Have Been Infected With West Nile

Study Shows Hispanics Prefer Beer

Study Singles Out Beachgoers' Skin Cancer Risk

Study Supports Swine Flu's Pandemic Potential

Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

Study Urges Low-Tech Solutions for Medical Errors

'Stun Gun' Deaths Rarely Caused by Ventricular Fibrillation

Stunts Raise Injury Risks for Cheerleaders

Substance Abuse Hinders TB Treatment

Substitutions Make Holiday Fare Healthier

Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke

Summer Fun Need Not Be Hazardous

Summer Is Peak Time for Lightning Strikes

Sun Savvy Sadly Lacking Among Americans

Sunken, Unexploded Bombs Pose Cancer Risk

Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids' Diabetes Risk

Supplement Hampers Thyroid Cancer Treatment

Supply of Key Children's Vaccine Almost Back to Normal

Supportive Weigh-In Program Keeps Pounds Off

Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Drug-Injury Lawsuits

Surfing to a Higher Weight

Surgeon's Checklist Saves Lives

Surgery Only Works for Some Kids with Sleep Apnea

Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe

Survival Rate Little Changed With Aortic Valve Disorder

Survival Rates Improve for Kids With Blood Cancers

Surviving Daylight Saving Switch

Swimming Lessons Don't Increase Drowning Risk, Study Says

Swine Flu Can Move Quickly to Severe Illness

Swine Flu Cases Now Total 7: CDC

Swine Flu Cases Still Up, But U.S. Officials Are Guardedly Optimistic

Swine Flu Continues to Flare Up, CDC Says

Swine Flu Continues to Spread Across U.S.

Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of U.S.

Swine Flu Fatality Rate a 'Little Bit' Higher Than That of Seasonal Flu

Swine Flu Infections Now Top 140 in U.S.

Swine Flu Infections Surpass 100 in U.S.

Swine Flu Loves a Crowd

Swine Flu May Be Less Dangerous Than Predicted: Study

Swine Flu May Bring Surge in Hospitalizations

Swine Flu May Have Infected More Than 100,000 Americans

Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder

Swine Flu May Not Be Any Deadlier This Fall: Experts

Swine Flu May Not Close College Classrooms: CDC

Swine Flu May Pose Problems for Pregnant Women

Swine Flu Now a Pandemic

Swine Flu Now Reported in All 50 States

Swine Flu Now Reported in All 50 States

Swine Flu on Campuses Boosts Call for Vaccinations

Swine Flu Outbreak May Be Subsiding, CDC Says

Swine Flu Outbreak Not a Pandemic at This Point

Swine Flu Parties? Send Your Regrets, Experts Say

Swine Flu Poses Risk to Kids With Neurological Conditions

Swine Flu Shots May Come Too Late to Stem Fall Outbreak: Study

Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts

Swine Flu Still Strikes Younger People Hardest

Swine Flu Summit Focuses on Preparedness

Swine Flu Tests Could Swamp Diagnostic Labs

Swine Flu Tied to Rise in Pneumonias Among Young

Swine Flu Trials Continue to Point to 1-Dose Vaccine

Swine Flu Vaccine Delay Manageable, Experts Say

Swine Flu Vaccine on Track for Fall: CDC

Swine Flu Vaccine Seems Safe in Early Trials

Swine Flu Vaccine Seems Safe: Experts

Swine Flu Vaccine Still in Short Supply

Swine Flu Vaccine Still Months Away

Swine Flu Vaccine Taking Longer Than Expected

Swine Flu Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until October: CDC

Swine Flu Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until October: CDC

Swine Flu Virus Dominant Strain Worldwide: WHO

Swine Flu Virus Not Mutating, Making Vaccine a Good Match

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

Tainted China Formula Caused High Rate of Kidney Stones in Kids

Tainted Tomato Cases Jump to 383 People in 30 States, D.C.

Tainted Tomato Toll Now 552

Tainted Tomatoes Likely From Florida or Mexico: FDA

Take the Load Off Your Child's Back

Takes a Pro to Make Offices Pain-Free

Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids

Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant

Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Found in Canadian Father

Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Passed Person-to-Person in U.S.

Tanning Beds Get Highest Carcinogen Rating

Taser Stun Guns Can Cause Brain Injury

TB Drug Treatment Can Lead to Severe Pneumonia

TB Patient Has Less Dangerous Strain: CDC

TB Strain Called a Growing Public Threat

Team Sniffs Out Process That Could Make 'Artificial Nose'

Team Sports Can't Compete With Films to Keep Kids From Smoking

Teen Behaviors Stem From Genetics, Environment

Teen Birth Rate Up in 26 States in 2006

Teen Birth Rates, Homicides on Increase, Report Shows

Teen Blood Donors More Prone to Complications

Teen Stress May Have Roots in First Three Years of Life

Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites

Teens Likely to Trade Team Sports for Individual Exercise

Teens' Lung Health Is Linked to Their Diet

Teens May Be Missing Out on Needed Vaccines

Teens of Dads Who Drink Too Much Tend to Follow Suit

Teens Sleep Longer With Delayed School Starts

Teens Spending Too Much Screen Time

Teens With Eating Disorders Benefit From Parents' Help

Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits

Terror Fears Tougher on Minorities, Disabled

Tests Gauge Alzheimer's Patients' Ability to Drive

Texting After Fainting a Good Sign

Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets

Text-Messaging Injuries Blamed on Distraction

The Best Holiday Toys Are Safe Holiday Toys

The Dark Side of Vegetarianism

The Truth About 'Bio-identical' Hormone Therapy

Therapy Yields Promise for Fatal Neurological Condition

Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain

Things to Know If You're Contemplating a Pet

Think You Are Lead-Free? Check Your Soil

Third of EMS Stethoscopes Carry MRSA Virus

Third U.S. Swine Flu Death Reported

Those Who Feel Rejected Direct Hostility Toward Others

Tight Backpack Straps Cut Blood to Shoulders, Arms

Tight Blood Sugar Control Helps Diabetics Long-Term

Tight Blood Sugar Control May Raise Risks in the ICU

Tiny Batteries Can Cause Big Problems for Young Children

Tips to Avoid Spring Cleaning Mishaps

Tips to Ease an Aching Back

To Protect Yourself, Wash Those Germs Away

To Rid Heads of Lice, Wet-Combing May Work Best

Tobacco Companies Targeting Teens, Study Says

Tobacco Control Program Saved Billions in Health Costs

Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Cigarette Use

Today's Smokers More Addicted to Nicotine

Toddlers, Obese Kids Suffer Most From Smoke

Toilet Training Goes High Tech

Tomatoes May Not Be Only Source of Salmonella Outbreak

Too Few Americans Aware of 'Pre-Diabetes'

Too Few Americans Get HIV Test Early Enough

Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings

Too Few People Know Symptoms of Heart Trouble

Too Few Understand Diabetes' Dangers

Too Many Bouncers Make Trampolines More Dangerous

Too Many High-Risk Teens Not Getting Flu Shots

Too Much Cell Phone Time Takes Toll on Teen Sleep

Too Much Cola Can Cause Muscle Problems

Too Much Computer Gaming Can Steal Your Sleep

Too Much Media May Be Tough on Kids' Health

Too Much Sun, Too Few Antioxidants Spell Eye Trouble

Top 10 Heart-Stroke Advances for 2008

Tough Laws, Higher Prices Mean Fewer Kids Smoke

Tough Legislation on Underage Drinking Seems to Save Lives

Tough Underage Drinking Laws Saving Lives

Toxic Poinsettias? Hangover Cures? It May Be All Fiction

Traces of Corn Found in Almost All Fast Food

Tracking Down a Salmonella Outbreak

Traffic Deaths Near Peak in September

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

Traffic Pollution Puts Kids at Higher Allergy Risk

Training Student Leaders Cuts Peers' Smoking Rates

Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

Trauma Center Counseling Reduces Kids' Repeat Injuries

Trauma Deadlier for Kids Without Insurance

Trauma Patients Suffer Even 12 Months After Injury

Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for Iraq Vets

Travel Was as Dangerous 500 Years Ago as Today: Study

Travel Safety Can Be a Passport to Good Health

Travel Tips for Seniors

Traveling for Treatment

Treat Kids to a Safe Halloween

Treating Childhood Leukemia With Fewer Side Effects

Treating PTSD Helps Kids Deal With Loss

Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Updated

Tree-Lined Streets Associated With Lower Childhood Asthma Rates

Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report

Trial Vaccine May Protect Against Serious Viral Infection

Tuba Spells Trouble for Young Musician

TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating

TV Could Be Disrupting Your Kid's Sleep

TV Coverage of Tragedies Often Lacks Prevention Messages

TV in the Bedroom Is Not a Teen's Best Friend

TV Interferes With Infants' Language Development

TV Time May Not Be Benign

TV, Internet Causing Kids Harm: Report

Two Preemie Treatments May Not Help

Two Ways to Tackle Tuberculosis

Two-Drug Treatment Didn't Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

Type 1 Diabetes Rates Rising Among European Children

Type of Knee Surgery Makes Difference in Football Career

Type, Severity of Iraq War Injuries Change Over Time

U.N. Seeks to Curb World's Traffic Deaths

U.S. Air Pollution Standards Don't Protect Asthmatic Kids

U.S. Asked to Do More for Kids' Mental Health

U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High

U.S. Closer to Viable Swine Flu Shot

U.S. Considers Massive Swine Flu Vaccination Program

U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency in Response to Swine Flu

U.S. Diet Needs Heart-Felt Overhaul

U.S. Expects 160 Million Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine by October

U.S. Experts Still Unsure of Allergy Relief by Mouth

U.S. Flu Season Off to Slow Start

U.S. Health Officials Announce New Heparin Formula

U.S. Health Officials Back Off Preference for New MMRV Vaccine

U.S. Health Officials Closer to Origin of Salmonella Outbreak

U.S. Hospitals Lag in Patient Satisfaction

U.S. Issues Swine Flu Guidelines for Day-Care Programs

U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than Europeans

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe Into Salmonella Outbreak

U.S. May Soon Face Shortage of General Surgeons

U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out

U.S. Obesity Epidemic Continues to Grow

U.S. Officials Stymied in Salmonella Search

U.S. Prepares for Possible Return of Swine Flu in Fall

U.S. Progressing on Swine Flu Vaccine

U.S. Public Lacks Confidence in FDA: Poll

U.S. Ranks 29th in Infant Mortality

U.S. Response to Swine Flu Called Good

U.S. Students' Academic Interests Tend to Wane in Middle School

U.S. Swine Flu Cases Surpass 60

U.S. Swine Flu Count Nears 1,900; Person-to-Person Transmission Now Common

U.S. Syphilis Rate Grows for 7th Year in Row

U.S. Teens Brimming With Self-Esteem

U.S. Unlikely to Meet Target for TB Elimination

U.S. Unveils Stricter Food-Safety Standards

U.S. Urged to Start 'Fixing the Problem' of Food Safety

Under-the-Skin Blood Sugar Monitor Boosts Diabetes Control

Undoing the 'Big Baby' Trend

Uninsured Trauma Patients More Likely to Die: Study

Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell

Universal Screening for MRSA in Hospitals Made Little Difference

Unraveling the 'Mad Cow' Mystery

Use of Kids' Meds on the Increase

User Registry May Help Docs Stem Painkiller Abuse

Using Music and Sports to Improve Kids' Asthma

UV Lights, Fans May Curb TB Spread in Hospitals

VA Faces Questions Over Tainted Colonoscopies

Vaccine May Someday Thwart Ear Infections

Varicose, Spider Veins May Be Inevitable for Some

Vending Machines Found in Most Middle Schools

Very Small Head Size Could Signal Problems in Newborns

Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air Pollution

Viable Swine Flu Shot Closer to Reality

Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect

Vicks VapoRub Linked to Infant Breathing Problems

Video Games Can Play Havoc With Kids' Joints

Viewing Adult-Themed TV Tied to Earlier Sex for Teens

Vioxx's Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended

Virtual Reality Therapy May Help PTSD Patients

Vision Test for Young Children Called Unreliable

Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Heart Risk Factors in Kids

Vitamin D Deficit Could Lead to Heart Woes

Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk

Vitamin D Guidelines Too Low for Cystic Fibrosis Kids

Vitamin D Levels Might Predict Risk for MS

Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines for Youngsters Doubled

Walkable Neighborhoods Keep the Pounds Off

Walking Golf Course Affects Swing, Performance

Walking Is Good for Blocked Leg Arteries

Want Leaner Kids? Parents May Need to Toe the Line

Want to Stop Cancer? You Can, Experts Say

War Vets With Headaches Could Have Brain Problems

Warfarin Underused in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Waterpipe Smoking in Colleges Could Become Public Health Problem

Weak Evidence Backs Most Heart Guidelines, Report Finds

Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction

Wear Sunscreen for Lifelong Benefits

Web Giants Urge FDA to Update Ad Guidelines

Web Site Demystifies Lab Tests

Web Site on Medical Research in Kids Launched

Weekend Admission May Be Riskier for GI Bleeding

Weight-Loss Surgery Breaks Families' 'Obesity Cycle'

Well Water Might Raise Bladder Cancer Risk

Western Diet Boosts Global Heart Attack Risk 30%

What May Be Causing Your Child's Headaches

What to Expect From a Colonoscopy

What's in a Name? When It Comes to Drugs, Plenty

When Corks Fly, Watch the Eyes

When It Comes to Flu, the More Who Get Vaccine, the Better

When It Comes to Lifting, the Pros Have Your Back

When It's Cold Outside, Be Careful Inside With Heaters

When Kids Are Hospitalized, Parents Fret About Errors

When Parents Fight, Children Often End Up With Scars

WHO Close to Declaring Swine Flu Pandemic

WHO Declaration of Swine Flu Pandemic Looks Imminent

WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu