CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C

Study: US clears drugs faster than Europe, Canada

Researchers say the U.S. approved more new medicines in less time than Europe and Canada in the last decade, challenging long-standing criticisms that the Food and Drug Administration lags behind its peers in clearing important new drugs.

Antibiotic linked with rare but deadly heart risk

An antibiotic widely used for bronchitis and other common infections seems to increase chances for sudden deadly heart problems, a rare but surprising risk found in a 14-year study.

Pour it on: Study ties coffee to longer life

Coffee seems to be good for you. Or at least it's not bad, say researchers who led the largest-ever study of coffee and health.

Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer

One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter.

TB patient charged in Calif for not taking meds

Armando Rodriguez was warned several times to continue taking his tuberculosis medicine.

US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids

For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.

FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.

Utah tech director resigns in wake of data theft

Utah's chief technology officer has resigned following the theft of hundreds of thousands of online medical records from state computers by unknown hackers.

Catholic college drops student health plan; cites birth control, costs

Mailbag: It's always about health with Hamilton

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Waking a sleepwalker is totally safe -- for them

More same-sex couples getting health benefits

Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD

On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.

Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier

Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.

Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy

Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.

Ind. diocese denies discrimination over IVF

An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant.

French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal

Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one before the court can proceed.

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Spitzer now believes his study finding success in reparative therapy's was flawed

A man suing after a major medical mistake left him disfigured gave testimony Thursday that revealed the intimate details of his misery. Late Thursday afternoon, Enrique Milla testified at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse from his new home in Lima, Peru via Skype. He said he w …

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Registered nurses at a Manhattan Veterans Affairs hospital failed to notice a patient had become disconnected from a cardiac monitor until after his heart had stopped and he could not be revived, according to a report Monday from the VA inspector general [1]. The incident from …

Last week in Jackson, Michigan, 14-year-old Ryan Hart got an unexpected ingredient when he bit into an Arby’s junior roast beef sandwich: part of a human finger.

From counting calories to meal replacement shakes or gastric band operations, many women will stop at nothing to lose weight. As the pounds drop off, they feel sensational. But all too often the weight creeps slowly back on. Here, three women who each lost half their bodyweight …

The Main Reason Some People Lose Their Confidence

Confidence is lost through a natural need to belong, but feeling unwanted, excluded and undervalued. A sense of belonging dictates our level of confidence. Try as we might, we cannot function without others as we are social beings. From the moment we are born and bond with our pa …

THE common belief that pregnant women can eat for two has been scotched by research suggesting dieting during pregnancy can be beneficial.  Experts found that weight management was not only safe, but could also reduce complications for pregnant women...

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