New Test Assesses Colon Cancer Risk

A new gene test may help predict which colon cancer ...

Mexican Genomes Show Surprising Diversity

The most detailed look yet at the genetics of Mexicans ...

U.S. Women Focus More on Weight Than Health

Scan the breathless headlines at any magazine rack — Fight ...

Autistic Kids May Recover through Therapy

Leo Lytel was diagnosed with autism as a toddler. But ...

Arteries Improve After Smokers Quit

Quitting smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking ...

Federal Panel Wants to Lower Sodium Guideline

An advisory panel is encouraging the government to recommend that ...

HK Man's Widow Sues NYU for Donor's Fatal Uterine Cancer

The scenario was unique, as far as doctors could tell: ...

Korean Kids Get Fatter on Ramen, Fast Food

More Korean kids are getting fatter and less healthy from ...

General Mills to Cut Sugar Content of Kids' Cereals

General Mills — the maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and ...

Gene Testing Helps Set Correct Blood-Thinner Dosage

Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and ...

Early Detection Test for Alzheimer's Highly Reliable

HIV Virus Delivers Healthy Genes to Stop Brain Disease

French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in ...

LSD, Magic Mushrooms Help Ease Anxiety

The big white pill was brought to her in an ...

First Transplant of Entire Face Claimed by Spanish Hospital

A hospital in Spain said it has carried out the ...

Diabetes Drug Linked to 500 Deaths in France

French health officials say the now-banned diabetes and weight loss ...

Female Viagra Fails to Increase Sexual Desire

A pink pill designed to boost sex drive in women ...

Teens Benefit Big from Half-Hour Later School Start

Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day ...

Psychiatrists Make Changes to Diagnostics Bible

Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual ...

Bone Density Screening Urged for Younger Women

Routine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women ...

Boredom Linked Indirectly to Early Death

Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary ...

Male Chromosome Evolves Faster Than Rest of Genome

Women may think of men as primitive, but new research ...

Weekends Can't Make Up for Sleep Deprivation

Sleeping in on Saturday after a few weeks of too ...

Scientists Find Genes Linked to Stuttering

Why people stutter has long been a medical mystery, with ...

50 Mil. Americans Have Had Swine Flu Says CDC

Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed ...

Americans Are Fat but Holding the Line

Raise a glass of diet soda: The nation's obesity rate ...

Dog Food Linked to Salmonella Outbreak in Kids

Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report ...

Kids with ADHD More Likely to Be Missing DNA

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely ...

Cell-Killing Protein Offers Hope for Defeating Cancer, Diabetes

A team of Australian scientists published their findings on the ...

Antibiotics Fed to Animals Afflict Humans with Killer Germs

The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between ...

New Procedure Regrows Cornea of Vision-Impaired

Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting ...

10 Things You Should Know About Swine Flu

Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu ...

Tree Fungus Linked to 15 Deaths in Pacific Northwest

A fungus usually found in the tropics has taken root ...

Breakthrough Vaccine Cuts Risk of HIV Infection

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection ...

Personalized DNA Testing Found to Be Misleading

A government investigator told members of Congress on Thursday that ...

Walking Seems to Reduce Stroke Risk for Women

Women can lower their stroke risk by lacing up their ...

Bad Habits Add 12 Years to Physical Age

Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, ...

Costly Device Reduces Heart Failure but May Not Save Lives

A two-in-one heart device to fix irregular beats and contraction ...

Titans Punter Drops 29 Pounds in 4 Weeks on Juice ...

Craig Hentrich knew he had to do something drastic if ...

Dirty-Bomb Exposure Test May Help Cancer Victims

With a few drops of blood, scientists are creating a ...

Blood Vessels Grown from Kidney Patients' Own Cells

Some experts said the results suggested that doctors might one ...

Obese Moms May Program Obesity in Fetuses

When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, ...

Major Food Companies Join Lower Salt Initiative

Sixteen food companies plan to cut the amount of salt ...

Norway Finds Solution for Dug-Resistant Superbugs

Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The ...

Wost Fears About Swine Flu Laid to Rest

Put swine flu in a room with other strains of ...

Scientist, Dalai Lama Collaborate on Science of Happiness

After hearing about his cutting-edge research on the brain and ...

Psychiatrists Debate Adding Parental Alienation

The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its ...

New Drug, Tamiflu Both Effective in Saving Lives

Researchers delivered a double dose of good news Sunday in ...

Placebo Effect Credited with Alternative Remedies

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know ...

Scientists Catalogue Hundreds of Bacteria in Human Gut

The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a ...

J&J Issues Massive Recall of Tylenol, Motrin

Johnson & Johnson issued a massive recall Friday of over-the-counter ...