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10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week
2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective
2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing
2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective
2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers
3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke
3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes
3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo
4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients
40 Years of Heart Transplants
5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs
9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma
A Better Method of Kidney Storage
A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery
A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy
A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day
A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin
A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients
'Abuse-Resistant' Form of OxyContin May Be Near
Accidental Overdoses in the Home Soaring
Acid-Suppressing Meds May Boost Pneumonia Risks
ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes
Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge
Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse
Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm
ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk
ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk
Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise
Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Advertising to Consumers May Raise Drug Prices
Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
After Fits and Starts, New Hope for Psoriasis Patients
After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study
After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems
Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock
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 Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death
All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says
Almost Half of Those Over 60 Die While Waiting for Kidney Transplant
Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims
Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems
America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%
An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment
An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings
Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors
Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients
Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients Increase Death Risk
Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients
Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities
Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes
Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked
Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease
Angioplasty Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals
Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer
Animal Study Links Social Standing With Drug Use Risk
Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks
Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move
Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug
Antacids Are Best First Choice for Indigestion
Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB
Antibiotics Being Prescribed Less for Respiratory Infections
Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth
Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage
Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection
Antibiotics May Not Cause Diarrheal Bacteria
Antidepressant Eases Anxiety in Older Adults
Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients
Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says
Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery
Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns
Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility
Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing
Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs
Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online
Automated Calls May Help Doctors Monitor Patients
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking
Baking Soda May Be Key Ingredient for Kidney Patients
Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use
Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies
Bariatric Surgery Centers Don't Deliver Better Outcomes
Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed
Best Treatment for Vertigo Is Easiest One
Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories
Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery
Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes
Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy
Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed
Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse
Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation
Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care
Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression
Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery
Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment
Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds
Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses
Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus
Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes
Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics
Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection
Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some
Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment
Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding
Blood Thinner May Cause Skin Lesions
Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots
Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack
Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
Blood-Thinner No Help for Dialysis Treatment
Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers
Bone Disease Test Shows Death Risk for Dialysis Patients
Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking
Botox Works on Muscle Disorders But Not Migraines
Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk
Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men
Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior
Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes
Brain Rewires Itself After Hand Transplant
Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response
Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier
Brain Scans Show Differences in Cocaine Addicts
Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression
Brain Stimulation Therapy Eases Tough-to-Treat Depression
Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell
Breast Cancer Drug May Beat Fungal Infection
Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study
Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too
Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look
Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers
Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment
Breast Cancer Vaccine Works Against Deadlier Form of Disease
Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling
Breast-Conserving Surgery Leaves Many Cancer Patients Disappointed
Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers
Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies
Breathing Muscles Atrophy Quickly During Mechanical Ventilation
Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier
Bunion Surgery Patients Need 6 Weeks Before Driving
Bye, Bye Back Fat?
Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Caffeine May Block High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's
Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes
Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments
Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health
Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS
Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage
Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation
Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients
Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early
Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins
Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets
Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis
Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer
Can't Sleep? Try Online Therapy
Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients
Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely
Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive
Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo
Carpal Tunnel Relief in a Cup
Casting Seems Best for Severe Ankle Sprains
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study
Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss
Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections
CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects
Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker
Celexa May Not Help Kids With Autism
Cell Protein Suppresses Pain Better Than Morphine
Certain Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk
Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs
Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Chamomile Tea May Ward Off Diabetes Damage
Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA
Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors
Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer
Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin
Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits
Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment
Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD
Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders
China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread
Chinese Ants Show Promise in Fighting Arthritis, Other Diseases
Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack
Cholesterol Drug Controversy Continues
Cholesterol Drug Tied to Sleep Disturbances
Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue
Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Chronic Kidney Disease Raises Risk for Some Cancers
Chronic Low Back Pain Is on the Rise
Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks
Circumcision Rates Too Low
Clinical Trial Volunteers Uneasy About Some Financial Ties
Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists
Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes
Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry
Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths
Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain
Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation
Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low
Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease
Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely
Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders
Combination Therapy Best for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma
Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks
Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics
Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work
Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors
Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible
Combo Treatment Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study
Combo Treatment Best for Anxiety Disorder in Kids
Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life
Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke
Combo Treatment Ups Survival When Cancer Spreads to Abdominal Lining
Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?
Common Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking
Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner
Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy
Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly
Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones
Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength
Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice
Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used
Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing
Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean
Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain
Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research
Constipation May Lead to Other Problems
Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia
Consumers Still Buying Risky Imported Drugs Online: FDA
Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings
Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions
Cool Air Blown Under Pads May Protect Footballers From Illness
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise
Costs Can Vary By $100 or More for Same Drugs
Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis
Course of West Nile Infection Charted
CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
Cranberries May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab
C-Sections Explain Jump in U.S. Preemie Births
CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis
CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries
CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All
Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye
Dads' Substance Use Hurts Expectant Moms' Efforts to Quit
Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure
Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care
Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals
Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant
Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look
Deep Brain Stimulation Aids Those With Rare Headache Condition
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's
Deep Sedation Becoming More Common for Dying Patients in Holland
Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life
Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk
Delirium Episodes Could Hasten Alzheimer's-Linked Decline
Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals
Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms
Depression Poses Pregnancy Risks
Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke
Depression, PTSD Common Among Lung Transplant Patient Caregivers
Dermatitis Can Have Many Causes
Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines
Despite More Tests, Some Aren't Getting Results
Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers
Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia
Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve
Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls
Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease
Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation
Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass
Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass
Diagnosing Strep Key to Curbing Rheumatic Heart Disease
Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk
Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients
Dialysis Patients Do Better at Higher Altitudes
Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old
Did Medicare Reimbursement Changes Affect Prostate Cancer Treatment?
Diet Soda, Sodium Tied to Kidney Trouble: Studies
Diet, Exercise May Slow Kidney Disease Progression
Dietary Aid Helps Kidney Patients Stay Safe
Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids' Eczema
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Little Effect on Sales: Study
Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs
Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies
Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure
DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears
Doc-Patient Relationship May Be Key to Quality
Docs Issue Guideline on Screening for Osteoporosis in Men
Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings
Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control
Doctors Could Play a Part in Preventing Suicides
Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant
Doctors' Groups Collaborate on Care for Heart Patients
Doctors Issue New Neuropathy Test Guidelines
Doctors Lack Smoking Cessation Training
Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy
Doctors Often Prescribe Placebo Treatments
Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes
Doctors' Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace
Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea
Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research
Donor Dogs Give the Gift of Life
Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants
Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success
Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients
Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack
Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss
Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
Drug Combo Helps Larynx Cancer Patients Preserve Voice Box
Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable
Drug Combo May Offer Best Relief for Nerve Pain
Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Drug Combo May Relieve MS Symptoms
Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer
Drug Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4
Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors
Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo
Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions
Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder
Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass
Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis
Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease
Drug for Deadly Lung Disease Shows Promise
Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue
Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean
Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus
Drug Improves Mobility in Some MS Patients
Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients
Drug Improves Survival in Mice With Brain Tumors
Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice
Drug Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's
Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis
Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads
Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery
Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics
Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension
Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer's for Some
Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas
Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions
Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment
Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes
Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates
Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit
Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged
Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer
Drug Use Increasingly Common in All Countries
Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later
Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
Drug-Coated Stents Better at Keeping Arteries Open
Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures
Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries
Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says
Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors
Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
Drugs to Treat Lung Damage in Preemies May Harm Brain
Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events
Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories
Earlier HIV Treatment Could Save Lives Worldwide
Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths
Early Alzheimer's Hinders Brain's Effort to Sort Information
Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off
Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications
Early Exercise Boosts Outcomes for ICU Patients
Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies
Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients
Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder
'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea?
ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk
ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds
Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis
Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes
Elderly Can Benefit From High Blood Pressure Treatment
Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders
Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies
Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity
Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients
'Electronic Nose' Could Spot Kidney Disease
Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk
Elevated Urate Levels May Slow Parkinson's in Men
ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest
Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation
Enrollment for Medicare Drug Plans Begins Again
Entereg Helps Restore Post-Operative Bowel Function
Epilepsy Drug May Boost Birth Defect Risk
Epilepsy Drug May Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's
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
Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes
Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes
Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients
Errors in Surgical Procedures Persist
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 Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated
Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue
Exercise Extends Life of Kidney Patients
Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery
Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer
Exercise May Help Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss
Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines
Exercise, Counseling Benefits Depressed Heart Failure Patients
Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's
Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity
Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Cystic Fibrosis
Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis
Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV
Experimental Weight-Loss Pill Passes Early Test
Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI
Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective
Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link
Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts
Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens
Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death
Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment
Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally
Face Transplants Show Promising Results
Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk
Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage
Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely
Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates
Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon
Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs
'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese
FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer
FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy
FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin
FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs
FDA Details Access to 'Investigational' Drugs
FDA Faults Drug Information for Consumers
FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug
FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses
FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug
FDA Mandates Black Box Warning for Some Antibiotics
FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills
FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug
FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs
FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads
FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients
FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery
FDA Proposes New Drug Labels for Pregnant Women
FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals
FDA Puts Black-Box Warning on Bowel-Cleansing Drugs
FDA Renews Warnings on Pain-Relief Patch
FDA Seeks Better Regulation of Painkillers
FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs
FDA Struggles to Keep Pace With Requests for Generics
FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues
FDA Wants More Time to Study Cold Meds for Kids
FDA Warns About Weight Loss Products
FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures
FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries
Female Hormones Deter Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
Female Surgeons Like What They Do, Survey Finds
Fertility Can Be Preserved in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations
Fetal Exposure to Substance Abuse Changes Brain Structure
Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects
Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves
Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products
Fighting Cancer With a Pen
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients
Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch
Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug
First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal
First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells
First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery
Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive
Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots
Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic
Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer
Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function
Focusing on CPR Improves Survival
For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice
For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don't Align
For People on Dialysis, Too Thin Can Be Risky
For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists
For Some Kidney Patients, Home Dialysis Is Better
For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good
Foreclosures Plunge People Into Depression
Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy
Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page
Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts
Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis
Free Drug Samples Hike Out-of-Pocket Costs
Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids
Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise
Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report
Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses
'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery
Fresh-Meat Additives May Be Dangerous for Kidney Patients
Frying Tumors Can Boost Lung Cancer Survival
Gains Against Heart Failure Reported
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure
Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux
Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens
Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain
Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate
Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow
Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants
Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment
Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found
Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness
Gene Linked to Inherited Kidney Disease Found
Gene Mutation Improves Response to Lung Cancer Drug
Gene Mutation in Dalmatians Sheds Light on Kidney Stones in Humans
Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return
Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use
Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease
Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix
Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases
Gene Variant Tied to Cocaine-Induced Paranoia
Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response
General Anesthesia Boosts Post-Op Pain
General Anesthesia Tied to Developmental Woes in Kids
Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery
Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery
Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome
Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races
Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment
Genetic Breakthrough Spells Hope for Lung Fibrosis Patients
Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies
Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller
Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence
Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates
Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool
Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples
Get in Step With Summer Foot Care
GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk
Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo
Giving Swine Flu Drug by IV Could Save Lives
Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks
Glaucoma Treatment Can Prevent Blindness
Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission
Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working
Global Warming Linked to Heightened Kidney Stone Risk
Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice
Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics
Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure
Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer
Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
Good Planning Paves Way for Kid's Operation
Good Trauma Program Boosts Patient Survival
Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement
Grapefruit Compound Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus
Green Tea Boosts Antibiotics for Superbugs
Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients
Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals
Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older
Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids
Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants
Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries
Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure
Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery
Hallucinations Are Rare Side Effects of ADHD Medications
Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost
Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels
Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite
Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought
Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag
Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement
Health Tip: Before Getting Plastic Surgery
Health Tip: Before You Take an NSAID
Health Tip: Before You Take Medication
Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist
Health Tip: Drugs That May Lead to Diarrhea
Health Tip: Follow Directions When Taking Medication
Health Tip: Giving Medications to People With Alzheimer's
Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine
Health Tip: Have Unused Medications?
Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section
Health Tip: Help Prevent Medical Errors
Health Tip: If Your Child Takes Medicine
Health Tip: Is LASIK Right for You?
Health Tip: Keep Kidney Infections at Bay
Health Tip: Keep Medications Away From Children
Health Tip: Manage Medications Safely
Health Tip: Managing a Chronic Illness
Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy
Health Tip: Pain Reliever Side Effects
Health Tip: Prepare Yourself for Surgery
Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip
Health Tip: Reasons for Adenoid Removal
Health Tip: Recovering From a Tonsillectomy
Health Tip: Recovering From C-Section
Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section
Health Tip: Remember to Take Your Medicine
Health Tip: Symptoms of a Drug Allergy
Health Tip: Take Medications Safely
Health Tip: Take Medicines As Prescribed
Health Tip: Taking ADHD Medications
Health Tip: The Word on Wisdom Teeth
Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms
Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese
Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab
Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks
Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair
Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty
Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter
Heart Drug Used in Ambulance Boosts Survival
Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending
Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses
Heart Failure Drugs Linked to Hip Bone Loss in Older Men
Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant
Heart Surgeon Shortage Predicted
Heart Test Deemed OK Before Kidney Transplant
Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids
Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood
Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment
Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner
Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure
Heavy Drinking Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer