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'21 for 21': A Deadly Binge Drinking Ritual on College Campuses
'69 New York Jets Continue Their Winning Ways
'America's Best Hospitals' Tops for Heart Attack Survival
'Choking Game' Turned Deadly for 82 Youths
'Crime Boss' Gene May Spur Breast Cancer
'Diabulimia' Triples Risk of Death Among Women With Diabetes
'Drug-Free' Stent Coating Shows Promise
'Easy Does It' Eases Holiday Stress
'Empty-Calorie' Diet Tied to Preclinical Heart Disease
'Fluorescent' Retinal Cells Warn of Eye Disease
'Food Clock' May Override Master Sleep Clock in Times of Duress
'Freshman 15' Theory Takes a Pounding
'Good' Cholesterol Won't Help Heavy-Drinking Older Men
'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought
'High-Trauma' Fractures Tied to Weak Bones
'Hospitalist' Physicians Help Shorten Patient Stays
'Hospitalist' Physicians Help Shorten Patient Stays
'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology
'Nanomachine' Releases Anticancer Drugs Inside Cells
'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management
'Real World' Examples Don't Make Math Any Easier
'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People
'Standard' Glucose Test May Be Wrong One for Obese Children
'Tis the Season For Allergy, Asthma
'Troubling' Rise in HIV Among Young Gay Men: CDC
'Virtual' Colonoscopy an Effective Option: Study
'Virtual' Health Teams Boost Patient Care
'Whispering Stroke' Can Cause Lasting Damage
'Worry' Spot in Brain Found
'<i>Cosby</i>' Star Tackles a Silent Heart Threat
1 in 12 Outpatient Visits Is for Prevention: Study
1 in 3 Hit Songs Mentions Substance Abuse, Smoking
1 in 3 Varsity Athletes Has Exercise-Induced Asthma
1 in 4 Men Over 30 Has Low Testosterone
1 in 4 Uninsured Are Eligible for Aid But Aren't Enrolled
1 in 4 U.S. Toddlers Improperly Vaccinated
1 in 5 U.S. Seniors Struggles With Memory Lapses
1 Joint as Damaging as 5 Cigarettes to Your Lungs
10 Million Baby Boomers Face Alzheimer's, Report Predicts
10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week
15 million Americans suffer from social anxiety disorder
15% of Women Struggle With Pregnancy-Related Depression
2-in-1 Test Signals Risk After Heart Attack
2 Human Ancestors Probably Co-Existed
2 Mutations Were Critical to Spread of 1918 Flu
228 People in 22 States Sickened in Ongoing Salmonella-Tomato Outbreak
24 Million Americans Had Diabetes in 2007
25 Million Americans Are 'Underinsured'
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
3-D Breast Imaging May Improve Cancer Detection
3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes
3 Common Drugs Trigger Most ER Visits by Seniors
3 New Lung Cancer Genes Identified
3 Women Suffer Kidney Failure After Derriere Injections
46 Million Americans Suffer From Arthritis
5 Factors Help Predict Psychosis in Children
5 problems with feet that men shouldn't walk away from
6 Years Later, 9/11 Health Questions Linger
7 or 8 Hours of Sleep Best for Health
9% of U.S. Kids Have ADHD
9% of U.S. Kids Have ADHD
9/11 Attacks Changed Way Americans Dream
9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma
9/11 Exposure Linked to Behavior Trouble in Kids
9/11 Workers Face Chronic Mental Impairment
A Bone Marrow Disease With a Brighter Prognosis
A Daytime Nap Can Boost Memory
A Full and Long Life, Despite Diabetes
A Happy Halloween Means Safety First
A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day
A Healthy Mind Can Help Fight HIV
A Little Help Can Boost Holiday Joy for Elderly
A Little Regular Exercise Extends Men's Lives
A Little Wine, Sunlight Help Boost Women's Health
A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure
Abdominal Fat Boosts Dementia Risk
Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble
Abnormal Sleep Patterns in Older Men Spell Trouble
Abortion Numbers Fall Worldwide
Absorbable Stitches, Hydrogen Peroxide a Bad Mix
Accordions Breathe Easier Since Smoking Ban
Accordions Breathe Easier Since Smoking Ban
ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug
ACL Tears Worth Fixing in Seniors
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk
Acrylamide Won't Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Active Social Life Helps Keep Aging Mind Sharp
Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention
Acupuncture Cuts Need for Post-Op Painkillers
Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture May Aid In Vitro Fertilization
Acute Coronary Events Drop After Italy's Public Smoking Ban
Add Earlier Bedtime to Back-to-School List
Adding Light Eases Behavioral Problems of Dementia
ADHD Delays Growth of Certain Brain Areas
ADHD Drugs Help Boost Children's Grades
ADHD Drugs Won't Raise Risk of Substance Abuse
ADHD Gene Doesn't Predict Response to Drugs
Adjusting Cabin Pressure Eases Air Passenger Discomfort
Adopted Children at Slightly Higher Mental Health Risk
Adult Drug Effective in Treating Psoriasis in Children
Adult Stem Cells Help Those With Immune Disorders, Heart Disease
Adult Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Predicted in Childhood
Adults With ADHD Lose 3 Weeks Worth of Work Annually
Adults With ADHD Lose 3 Weeks Worth of Work Annually
Adults With Diabetes Doing Better Prevention Job
Advance Reported in Heart Valves for Children
Advance Reported in Heart Valves for Children
Advanced Age No Bar to Liver Transplant
Advanced Therapy Aids Stroke Patients
Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Aerobic Exercise Keeps You Young
Aerobic, Weight Training Combo Best Against Diabetes
Age-Related Eye Disease on the Increase
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Doubles Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
Age 100 No Bar to Hip Replacement
Agent Orange May Boost Vietnam Vets' Hypertension Risk
Aggression on Job More Harmful Than Sexual Harassment
Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit
Aggressive Diabetes Therapy Lowers Death Risk, Study Finds
Aggressive Therapy for Crohn's Disease Produces Better Outcomes
Aging Brains Get Out of Sync
Aging Isn't About Slowing Down, Experts Say
AIDS Drugs May Protect Brain
AIDS Stopped in Haiti Before U.S.
Air Bags-Seat Belts Cut Injuries, Deaths, Costs
Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs
Air Travel Taxes Hearts of People With Sleep Apnea
Airplane Noise Boosts Blood Pressure Even During Sleep
Airplane Noise Boosts Blood Pressure Even During Sleep
Alcoholics Not to Blame for All Drunk Driving Cases
Alcoholics With Cirrhosis Have More Brain Damage
Alcoholism Gender Gap Is Closing
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun
Allergy-Induced Asthma More Common in Affluent Countries
Allergy Disorders Linked With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Allergy Shots Are Effective Treatment for Symptoms
Almost 1 in 5 Americans Going Without Health Care
Almost 2 Million U.S. Vets Lack Health Insurance
Almost a Third of U.S. Kids Use Supplements
Almost Half of 10-Year-Olds Have Tasted Alcohol
Almost Half of Doctors Have Prescribed Placebos
Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors May Be Gender-Specific
Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise
Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise
Alzheimer's Drug Won't Ease Patients' Agitation
Alzheimer's Patients May Suffer 'Silent' Seizures
Alzheimer's Plaques Can Form in One Day
Alzheimer's Protein Implicated in Glaucoma
Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression
Alzheimer's Research Target May Be a Dead End
Alzheimers Research Target May Be a Dead End
Amateur Singers, Teachers Seldom Hear Sounds of Trouble
America's Top Hospitals Are Real Lifesavers
Americans Abandoning National Parks
Americans Abandoning National Parks
Americans Confused About FDA and Drug Safety
Americans Sleepier Than Ever
Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure
An Alternative to Medicinal Marijuana
An Alternative to Medicinal Marijuana
Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors
Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients Increase Death Risk
Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients
Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients
Anemia Triples Risk of Local Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients
Angina More Common in Women Than Men
Angina Strikes 1 in 5 Heart Attack Survivors
Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Angioplasty Equals Bypass Surgery for Heart Patients: Study
Animal Study Links Social Standing With Drug Use Risk
Anniversary of Parent's Passing Can Trigger Death
Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
Anorexia May Be More Common Than Thought
Another Reason Not to Smoke While Pregnant: Birth Defects
Another Study Finds No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
Another Study Finds No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
Another Study Links Western Diet to Heart, Health Risks
Another Study Sees Heart Risks in Hormone Replacement Therapy
Anti-Cholesterol Drugs Help Prevent Lung Decline
Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke
Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants With Heart Ills
Anti-Clotting Drug Trial Shortened by Bleeding Problems
Anti-Clotting Drug Trial Shortened by Bleeding Problems
Anti-Convulsant Aids Knee-Replacement Patients
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Anti-Obesity Drug Might Also Lower Cholesterol
Anti-Reflux Drugs May Be Overprescribed in Infants
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Antibacterial Soap Claims Just Don't Wash
Antibiotic Shows Promise as Stroke Treatment
Antibiotic Use in Dementia Patients Questioned
Antibiotics Do Little for Inner Ear Infections
Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth
Antibiotics Won't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections in Kids: Study
Antibody Helps Repair MS Nerve Damage
Antibody Test Could Spot Rheumatoid Arthritis Early
Anticoagulant Drugs Had Similar Outcomes After Angioplasty
Antidepressant as Good as Antipsychotics for Dementia
Antidepressant Effectiveness May Depend on Genes
Antidepressant Effectiveness Probably Overstated: Report
Antidepressants Boost GI Bleeding Risk
Antidepressants Help HIV-Infected Patients Stick to Treatment
Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke
Antihypertension Drugs Help People Over 80
Antioxidant Supplements May Raise Women's Skin Cancer Risk
Antioxidants No Magic Bullet for Heart Disease in Women
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients
Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia
Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia
Antiretroviral Drugs May Prevent Vaginal Transmission of HIV
Antiviral Won't Improve Bell's Palsy Outcome
Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer
Anxiety Raises Heart Attack Risk
Anxiety, Shyness May Be Long-Lasting Traits
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Aquatic Exercises May Ease Fibromyalgia
Are Medical Meetings Environmentally Unfriendly?
Area Around Breast Tumor May Predict Cancer's Spread
Aricept Eases Symptoms of Severe Alzheimer's
Arimidex Beats Tamoxifen in Keeping Breast Cancer at Bay
Aromatherapy Falls Short, Study Finds
Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk
Artery-Opening Method Works Well in Women
Artery Plaque Boosts Hispanics' Odds for Stroke
Arthritis Disability More Likely in Older Blacks, Hispanics
Arthritis Hits More Than Half of Diabetics
Arthritis Takes Major Toll on Workplace
Arthroscopic Surgery Eases Tough-to-Treat Tennis Elbow
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
As Sunlight Fades, Look Out for SAD
Asian Kids Have Later Bedtimes, Less Total Sleep
Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure
Aspirin Reduces Asthma Risk Among Older Women
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Aspirin, Hormone Therapy Combo Can Shorten Lives of Prostate Cancer Patients
Assisted Suicide Won't Up Deaths for Vulnerable Groups: Study
Asthma Associated With Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts
Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures
Atkins Diet Can Raise Heart Risks
ATV Injuries on the Rise
Autistic Children Have More Gray Matter in Brains
Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness
Autoimmune Disease Treatment May Not Dampen Immune System
Avandia Label to Get Heart-Attack Warning
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avandia to Carry Stronger Heart Failure Warning
Avandia to Carry Stronger Heart Failure Warning
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Avastin Plus Chemo May Raise Clot Risk
Awareness of Heart Attack Signs Lags in U.S.
Babies Born Few Weeks Early Face Higher Death Risk
Babies Can Tell Friend From Foe
Babies Really Can Light Up Your Life
Babies With Heart Defects Do Best at Hospitals With Most Experience
Back Pain Prevention Should Start With a Plan
Back Pain Prevention Should Start With a Plan
Back Pain Spending Up, Relief Down
Back to School Means Backpack Safety
Baclofen Aids Abstinence in Alcoholics With Cirrhosis
Bacteria 'See' the Light
Bacteria Mix in Guts of Babies Predicts Obesity
Bacterial Colitis on the Rise in U.S. Hospitals
Bacterial Infection May Boost SIDS Risk
Bacterial Infection May Boost SIDS Risk
Balance in Old Age Tied to Brain Changes
Balloon Valve May Be Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery
Bar Drinks Pack More Punch Than Thought
Barbershop Talks Cut Black Men's Prostate Cancer Risk
Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers
Baseball Teams Strike Out When Jet-Lagged
Baseline Exam Is Key to Eye Health
Basketball Star Details His Struggle With Gout
Batted Balls Threaten High School Baseball Players
Battle Continues Over Vietnam PTSD Numbers
Baxter Recalls Rest of Heparin Products
Baxter Recalls Rest of Heparin Products
Beer Drinking May Speed Pancreatic Cancer Onset
Beer the Booze of Choice for Binge Drinkers
Being Born Small, Early Raises Autism Risk
Being Overweight is Hard on the Heart
Best Breast-Cancer Care Eludes Older Women
Best Treatment for Vertigo Is Easiest One
Beta Blocker Doesn't Help Children With Heart Failure
Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas
Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery
Better-Educated Smokers More Likely to Quit After Seeing Ads
Better Grasp of Health Info May Boost Life Span
Better Hospital Care Means More Lives Saved
Better Lupus Treatments on the Horizon

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