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1 in 10 Fibromyalgia Patients Uses Marijuana to Ease Pain
1 in 5 Hospital Docs Reports 'Unsafe' Workloads: Study
1 in 8 Adults May Have Sensitive Teeth
1/3 of Docs Often Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs Over Generics: Study
2 Tests May Improve Heart Patients' Care, Studies Suggest
2-Year Period After Parent's Suicide Try Most Risky for Children: Study
9 in 10 Blacks With High Blood Pressure Have Early Heart Disease
A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients
A Parent's Grief Highlights Flu Shot's Importance
A Third of U.S. Seniors Die With Dementia, Study Finds
Abandoning PSA Screening Could Cost Lives: Study
Acute Kidney Injuries Up Sharply in U.S.
Adding More Neurosurgeons Could Cut Traffic Deaths: Study
Adding Patient Photos to X-Rays May Cut Identification Errors
After Hospital Discharge, Other Ills May Land Seniors Back in Again
Aging Boomers' Mental Health Woes Will Swamp Health System: Report
Alcohol Blamed for 1 in Every 30 Cancer Deaths: Study
Alcoholism Shortens Life More Than Smoking: Study
Alzheimer's Patients May Face Looming Shortage of Neurologists
America Awaits Supreme Court's Ruling on Health Care Reform
Americans Suffer Worse Health Than Peers in Other Countries
Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services
Antibiotic Azithromycin Won't Harm Healthy Hearts: Study
Antibiotic Linked to Heart Problems in COPD Patients
Antibiotics Don't Ease Coughs in Kids With Common Cold: Study
Antidepressant Cymbalta Might Ease Chemo-Linked Pain
Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds
Antihistamine Meds May Raise Risk for Diarrheal Illness
Antiseptic Products Can Be Contaminated: Study
Anxiety, Depression May Triple Risk of Death for Heart Patients: Study
As Doctors Go High-Tech, Staff Injuries May Rise
Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer, Death From Liver Disease
Athletes Really Do Play Through the Pain
At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows
Autism Often Not Diagnosed Until Age 5 or Older: U.S. Report
Avastin Won't Extend Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Back Pain May Ease for Smokers Who Quit: Study
Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest
Belly Fat May Raise Odds of Early Death for Thin Heart Patients
Better Vision Tied to Health Plans That Cover Eye Exams
Better Work Environment May Cut Hospital Readmission Rates
Big, Rapid Gains Made in Human Lifespan: Study
Black Breast Cancer Patients May Have Higher Death Risk in First 3 Years
Black Children Less Likely to Get Antibiotics: Study
Black Men Often Face Delays in Prostate Cancer Care: Study
Black Patients With Kidney Cancer Fare Worse Than Whites: Study
Black Women With Both HIV, Hep C Less Likely to Die From Liver Disease
Blacks With Kidney Disease Should Watch for Blood Pressure Shifts: Study
Blood Infections in ICU Cut With Simple Measures: Study
Blood Test May Catch Deadly Fungal Infection Quickly
Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts
Boomers Zero In on Health at Age 50 and 65, Study Says
Botox Shows Promise Against Persistent Neck, Shoulder Pain
Brain Changes Could Contribute to Gulf War Illness: Study
Brain Differences Seen in People With Migraines
Brain Scan Study Suggests Docs 'Feel' Your Pain
Breast Cancer Death Rates Higher for Black Women: Study
Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study
Bridging the Doctor-Patient Gap
Burnt-Out Nurses Linked to More Hospital Infections
Buying Testosterone Supplements Online Can Be Risky
Calcium Supplements May Raise Men's Death Risk From Heart Disease
Calcium Supplements May Raise Odds of Heart Death in Women
Cancer Docs Often Deal With Own Grief, Doubts When Patients Die
Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease as Top Cause of Death Among U.S. Hispanics
Cancer Patients May Be Unintended Victims of Budget Cuts
Cancer Patients Share Web Info With Docs for Insight, Advice
Cancer Portrayed Too Grimly in Movies, Study Suggests
Cancer Survivors Prefer to Stay With Cancer Doctors: Study
Cancer-Related Fatigue Often Overlooked, Study Finds
Car Crashes Common for Sleepy Doctors in Training: Study
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazards Rise in Colder Weather
Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers
Cases of Rare But Deadly Encephalitis Rising Among Kids, Report Finds
CDC Guidelines Could Cut Bloodstream Infections From Dialysis
CDC Launches New Graphic Antismoking Ads
Cell Transplant Tested as Treatment for Nerve Pain in Mice
Certain Lifestyle Factors Linked to Arthritis in Study Patients
Certain Parents Less Likely to Follow Doctors' Advice: Poll
Changes to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Could Widen Definition of ADHD
Child Abuse Injuries Have Risen, Study Finds
Childless People Die Sooner, Study Says
Child's Cancer Often Causes Parents Severe Distress: Study
Chocolate a Death Risk for Rover
Chronic Cough Responds to Epilepsy Drug, Study Finds
Chronic Pain Is Often a Family Affair, Study Finds
Chronic Pain May Cost U.S. $635 Billion a Year
Chronic Pain May Depend on Emotional Reaction to Injury
Chronic Pain Often Follows Stroke
Circumcision Benefits Are Significant, Pediatricians Say
Cleaner Air in U.S. Boosting Life Expectancy, Study Finds
Close Relative's Early Death May Raise Your Heart Risk: Study
Closed Windows in Hospital Rooms May Raise Infection Risk
Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study
Clot Buster Seems to Help Up to 6 Hours After Stroke
Codeine Risky for Kids After Certain Surgeries, FDA Says
Coffee May Lower Risk of Death From Mouth Cancer: Study
Combo Therapy Helps Knock Out Fungal Meningitis
Combo Treatment Might Beat Epidural to Ease Labor: Study
Common Heart Medicine May Not Be Effective for Some: Study
Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Common Painkillers Might Boost Odds for 2nd Heart Attack
Common Sense Approaches May Stem ICU Delirium
Congress Nears Deal on 'Fiscal Cliff,' Obama Says
Costs of ER Visits Vary in U.S., Study Finds
Could Being a Little Overweight Help You Live Longer?
Couples' Sexual Relationships Can Suffer During IVF, Study Finds
Creative Arts May Help Cancer Patients Cope
Crohn's Disease in Children May Start From Bacteria
C-Section Rates Vary Widely at U.S. Hospitals
CT Scans of Kids in ER With Stomach Pain Skyrockets
Daily Aspirin May Cut Cancer Deaths, Another Study Finds
Deadly Meningitis Cases Worry Gay Community
Defibrillator Patients Who Lose Weight May Fare Worse
Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths
Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Higher Early Death Risk
Depression, DNA Linked to Higher Death Risk in Bladder Cancer Patients
Diabetes Screening May Not Lower Overall Death Rates
Discontinued Meds May Still Get Dispensed
DNA 'Telomere' Length Tied to Aging, Death Risk
Do More Gun Laws Mean Fewer Gun Deaths?
Docs Aren't Coaching Overweight Kids on How to Slim Down: Study
Docs' 'Cultural Competence' May Boost HIV Care
Docs Make Push to Lower Kids' Pain, Stress in ER
Docs Often Use Social Media on the Job: Survey
Docs' Sensitivity to Patients' Feelings Tied to Good Outcomes
Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life
Docs' Theories on Obesity May Affect Their Weight-Loss Advice
Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients' Odds After Some Strokes: Study
'Doctor Shopping' Tied to Fatal Prescription Drug Overdoses
Doctor-Patient Communication Key to Sticking With Meds
Doctors Biased Against Drug Company Research, Study Finds
Doctors Don't Ask About End-of-Life Plans, Study Finds
Doctors Feel Less Connected to Obese Patients, Study Suggests
Doctors' Insight Into Patients' Lives May Boost Care, Study Finds
Doctors' Intuition May Be Key to Spotting Infections in Kids
Doctors Need Better Ways to Spot, Treat Concussion in Kids
Doctors Often Misinterpret Patients' Wishes, Study Says
Doctors Often Miss Signs of Problem Drinking in Patients, Study Finds
Doctors Order Fewer Lab Tests When They Know the Cost
Doctors' Pay Increases Lag Other Health Professionals
Doctors Reluctant to Expand Nurse Practitioners' Role: Survey
Doctors Should Screen Adults for Alcohol Misuse, U.S. Panel Says
Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids
Doctors Speak Out on Health Care Waste in U.S.
Doctors' Spouses, Partners Say They're Satisfied
Doctors Tend to Share Patients With Similar Colleagues
Doctors to Parents: No Trampolines
Doctors Too Pap-Happy, Survey Suggests
Doctors Urged to Refrain from Social Media Contacts With Patients
Doctors Warn About High Levels of Caffeine in Some Energy Drinks
Doctors Who 'Self-Refer' to Radiation Clinics Add to Patients' Burden: Study
Doctors With More Experience May Have Lower Care Costs
Dogs May Mourn as Deeply as Humans Do
Don't Give ADHD Meds to Undiagnosed Kids, Experts Urge
Don't Overlook Eating Issues Tied to Autism, Study Warns
Dramatic Rise in Kids Hospitalized With High Blood Pressure: Study
Drug Company Reps Don't Tell Docs Enough About Side Effects: Survey
Drug May Ease Angina in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Drug May Make Walking Easier for People With Artery Disease
Drug Users Are 'Super-Spreaders' of Hepatitis C, Study Finds
Drug-Resistant 'Superbug' May Spread Among Patients, Study Finds
Drugs Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk for Some, Task Force Finds
Drunk Driving Not the Only Way Alcohol Leads to Teen Deaths: Study
Dutch Euthanasia Rates Unchanged After Legalization
Early Parkinson's Patients May Suffer Some Symptoms in Silence
Eat Fish, Live Longer?
Efforts to Prevent Hospital-Based Infection Falling Short, Survey Finds
Egg Freezing as Viable as 'Fresh' Eggs, Fertility Experts Say
Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study
Electronic Health Records Aid Diabetes Control
Electronic Records Do Aid Patient Care, Study Finds
'E-Medicine' May Not Be Cost Saver After All, Study Says
ER Admissions Over Holidays Linked to Higher Death Rates
ER Study Shows Drop in Deaths After Trauma Injury
ER Visits Linked to ADHD Meds Up Sharply
ER Visits Linked to Energy Drinks Double: Report
ER Visits Tied to Ambien on the Rise
ER Workers Often Fail to Ask Suicidal Patients About Access to Guns
E-Records Linked to Fewer Malpractice Claims
Erectile Dysfunction May Signal Hidden Heart Disease
Erectile Dysfunction Tied to Long-Term Narcotic Use in Men
ERs Not Doing Enough to Educate Parents on Car-Seat Safety: Study
Even Brief Ozone Exposure May Raise Fatal Heart Risk: Study
Even Light Smoking Boosts Women's Risk of Sudden Heart Death: Study
Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study
Excess Salt a Factor in 2.3 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide
Exercise Appears to Ease Nerve-Damage Pain in Rat Study
Exercise May Ease Pain of Fibromyalgia, Study Suggests
Expert Panel Suggests PSA Test May Benefit Some Men
Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure
Extra Sleep May Help You Withstand Pain
Extreme Heat Biggest Weather Killer, Expert Warns
Eye Docs Must Do More to Spot Unsafe Older Drivers: Study
Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke
Fainting in Healthy People May Be First Sign of Heart Trouble
Fatal Car Crashes Less Likely in Major Cities, CDC Study Finds
Fatal Crashes Involving Cellphone Use May Be Under-Reported
Fatigue in COPD Patients Often Precedes Hospitalization: Study
FDA Approves 'Abuse-Deterrent' Label for New Oxycontin
FDA Approves Drug for Older Women Experiencing Painful Sex
FDA Panel Votes for Tougher Curbs on Vicodin, Other Painkillers
FDA Panel Weighs Tougher Restrictions on Some Prescription Painkillers
FDA Urges Studies on Safer Formulations of Narcotic Painkillers
FDA Warns Against Use of Diarrhea Drug From El Salvador
FDA, States Weigh Pharmacy Regulation in Wake of Meningitis Outbreak
Female Doctors Earn Less Than Male Counterparts: Study
Fetal Deaths Up Among Unvaccinated Moms in H1N1 Pandemic: Study
Few Doctors Discuss Exercise With Cancer Patients: Study
Few Migraine Sufferers Referred for Behavioral Treatments
Few U.S. Seniors Take Advantage of Shingles Vaccine
Fewer Medicare Patients Being 'Admitted' to Hospitals: Study
Fewer U.S. Kids Dying of Diabetes: CDC
Fewer U.S. Patients Getting Weight Counseling From Doctors
Fewer U.S. Teens Dying in Teen-Driver Crashes
Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Often Missed in Men: Study
Fiscal Standoff Could Cause Financial Pain for Health Care
Fitness in Middle Age May Help Shield Men From Cancer Later
Flesh-Eating Fungal Infection Can Follow Natural Disasters, Study Finds
Flu Cases Rise Across U.S., Severe Season Feared
Flu Tightens Its Grip on U.S.
Flu Vaccine Fell Short for Seniors This Season: CDC
Flu Widespread in 47 States, Vaccine 'Moderately' Effective: CDC
Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial
For First Time, Pain 'Signature' Spotted on Brain MRIs
For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions
For Older Women, Missed Mammograms Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes
For Psychiatric Patients, Cancer Is Often Spotted Too Late
Fraudulent Data May Have Led to Use of Risky Treatment in ICUs
Frequent MRI Scanner Exposure Might Affect Memory: Study
Fresh Blood as Good as Older Blood for Preemie Transfusions: Study
Gaps in Care Found for Sickle Cell Disease Patients
Gasoline Poisonings in Kids Spike During Summer: Study
Gay Men Who Marry Now Living Longer, Study Says
Gene Disorder Screen Benefits Baby Boys, Girls Equally: Study
Gene Mutation Linked to Migraines, Researchers Say
Gene Mutation's Benefit for Ovarian Cancer Patients May Not Last: Study
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Rare Children's Brain Disorder
Genes May Influence Reactions to Painkillers
GI Bleeding Deaths Drop in U.S., Study Finds
Give Teens Access to Emergency Contraception, Pediatricians Say
Gout Management Is Focus of New Guidelines
Guidelines Issued for When Docs Should Order Vascular Testing
'Gut Reaction' May Predict Cardiovascular Risk
Half of Heart Patients Make Mistakes With Their Meds: Study
'Half-Match' Marrow Transplants Help Some With Sickle Cell
Hands-On Therapy May Spell Relief for Low Back Pain
Hanging Suicides Up in United States
Headaches Worse With Mild Head Trauma Than More Severe Trauma
Health Benefits of Marriage Mostly Apply to Those Already Healthy
Health Tip: Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Pain
Health Tip: Before You Lift Something Heavy
Health Tip: Before You See a Podiatrist
Health Tip: Comforting Baby's Pain
Health Tip: Coping With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Health Tip: Coping With Shoulder Arthritis
Health Tip: Dealing With Low Back Pain
Health Tip: Do You Have Plantar Fasciitis?
Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pain During Exercise
Health Tip: Have Your Headaches Evaluated
Health Tip: Help Avoid a Lupus Flare
Health Tip: Help Ease Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Health Tip: Help Prevent Repetitive Stress Injury
Health Tip: Ice a Sprained Ankle
Health Tip: If You Wake With Neck Pain
Health Tip: If Your Child Gets Headaches
Health Tip: If You've Got Knee Arthritis
Health Tip: In Chronic Pain?
Health Tip: Is Arthritis Affecting Your Hands?
Health Tip: Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Health Tip: Manage Bunion Pain
Health Tip: Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Health Tip: Preventing Headaches
Health Tip: Should You Take NSAIDs?
Health Tip: Signs of a Herniated Disk
Health Tip: Signs That Baby is in Pain
Health Tip: Straining a Hamstring
Health Tip: Support Your Back While Sitting
Health Tip: Treating Osteoarthritis
Health Tip: Understanding Heel Pain
Health Tip: What Triggers Your Migraines?
Health Tip: When Lugging Luggage
Health Tip: When Varicose Veins Are a Problem
Health Tip: Work Out in Water
Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Survival Odds for Older Women With Cancer
Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds
Heart Attack Patients Do Better if They Had Chest Pain First
Heart Deaths Rise With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds
Heart Disease Deaths in Europe Dropping: Report
Heart Disease Risk Factors Also Tied to Death From Prostate Cancer
Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Cancer: Study
Heavy Smoking May Raise Odds for Lethal Bladder Cancer
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Later Heart Trouble
High Blood Pressure Often Missed in Young Adults: Study
High Blood Sugar May Make Pneumonia Deadlier
High Rates of Untreated Kidney Failure Seen in Elderly
High-Carb Diet Linked to Colon Cancer Recurrence in Study
Higher Indoor Humidity Levels Might Slow Flu's Spread
High-Fat Dairy Foods Linked to Worse Survival After Breast Cancer
High-Risk Heterosexuals Should Take HIV Prevention Pill, Too
High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster
HIV Deaths Declining for Most, But Not All, Americans
Hospital Bills Can Vary Widely, Even in Same Cities
Hospital Observation Units Could Save Billions in Health Costs, Study Says
Hospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find
Hospital Type Linked to Racial Disparities in Kids With Appendicitis Complication
Hospitalization May Be 'Tipping Point' for Alzheimer's Decline
Hospitalization OK for Psych Patients Can Take Hours
Hospitals Enact Policies to Curb Early Childbirth
Hospitals for Poor May Struggle Further Under Health Care Reform
Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients
Hospitals Should Test More Teen Girls for Pregnancy, Study Suggests
Hospitals Work to Reduce Unnecessary Early Births
House Joins Senate to OK Bill That Avoids Fiscal Cliff
House Joins Senate to OK Bill to Avoid Fiscal Cliff
How Healthy Is Your County?
How Well Do You Rise From Sitting on the Floor?
Immune System Glitch Linked to Greater Risk of Death
Implanted Defibrillator Patients Prefer Device Off if Very Ill: Survey
Implanted Heart Devices Have Real-World Benefits: Study
Improved Developmental Screening Urged for Hispanic Kids
In Hospitals, Daily Antiseptic Bath May Prevent Dangerous Infections
In Seriously Ill Kids, Obesity May Be Tied to Higher Death Risk: Study
Inactivity May Kill as Many Worldwide as Smoking: Report
Income May Influence Outcome of Knee Replacement Surgery: Study
Injury-Linked Deaths Vary Widely Among States
Insomnia Hints at Future Hospitalization
Interns' Schedules Shortchange Patients, Study Suggests
Iron-Rich Diet Might Ease PMS Misery
Is Childhood Intelligence Linked to Pain Problems in Adulthood?
Is Court's Health-Care Ruling a Wise Decision? It Depends...
Is Too Much E-Communication Swamping Doctors?
Isolation, Loneliness May Raise Death Risk for Elderly
It's Possible to Be Obese and Heart-Healthy: Studies
Japan Nuke Disaster Will Kill Up to 1,300 People Worldwide, Study Estimates
Jaw Pain Disorder Tied to Anxiety, Depression
Juggling a Hospital Job and Family Can Be Painful
'Junk Food' May Significantly Hike Risk of Stroke, Researchers Say
Just How Severe Is This Flu Season?
Keep Moving to Ease Pain of Knee Arthritis: Review
Keep Tots' Milk to 2 Cups a Day: Study
Keeping Fit May Boost Survival With Endometrial Cancer
Kids on Medicaid May Face Barriers to Eczema Treatment
Kids With Autism Common Users of ERs, Study Says
Kids With Autism Face Health Care Disparities, Study Finds
Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says
Kids With Neurological Conditions at Higher Risk of Flu Death: CDC
Language Barrier Blocks Epidural Use in Childbirth: Study
Large Breasts Can Take Mental, Physical Toll on Teens
Late-Preterm Babies Needing ICU Catch Up With Other Preemies: Study
Lifespan Gap Shrinks Between Whites, Blacks
Lifestyle Affects Outcome of Peripheral Artery Procedure: Study
Little Short-Term Risk of Repeat Bout of Shingles, Study Finds
Loneliness, Living Alone Might Shorten Life
Long Waits in the ER May Raise PTSD Risk for Heart Patients
Longer Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest May Be Warranted, Study Suggests
Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life
Looking Away As You Get Needle Does Lower Pain, Study Shows
'Love Hormone' May Aid Women's Recovery After Childbirth
Low Vitamin D Levels May Raise Death Risk in Older Adults: Study
Low-Dose 'Pill' Linked to Pain During Orgasm, Study Finds
Low-Income Patients Often Have Trouble Reaching Doctor Via Email
Lullabies Soothe Preemies, Parents Alike
Lung Transplant Hazard May Rise With Obese Recipients, Smoking Donors
Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study
Mammo Rates Unchanged Despite Controversial Guidelines
Mammograms Have 'Limited or No Effect' on Breast Cancer Deaths: Study
Man Dies After Parasitic Worms Invade Lungs
Many Americans Drive While Drowsy: Report
Many Americans Taking Too Much Acetaminophen
Many Cocaine Deaths Determined by Genes, Study Says
Many Hospitalized Children Experience Severe Pain: Report
Many Hospitalized Kids Struggle With Pain
Many Kids Who Undergo Stem Cell Transplants Must Return to Hospital
Many Lacked Preventive Care Before Health Reform Law: U.S. Report
Many Lesbians Not Screened for Cervical Cancer, Study Finds
Many Mistakenly Think Radiation Might Cure Terminal Lung Cancer
Many More Doctors Using Electronic Health Records
Many Ovarian Cancer Patients Denied By-the-Book Care, Study Says
Many People Underestimate How Long a Cough Should Last
Many Primary Care Docs Don't Know Long-Term Effects of Chemo: Survey
Many Primary-Care Doctors Want Help Treating Obesity
Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds
Many Suffer Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery, Study Finds
Many Suffer Leg, Lung Clots While Hospitalized: CDC
Many Surgical Complications Occur After Patients Go Home
Many Terminal Cancer Patients Put False Hope in Chemo, Study Finds
Many Test Results Left Unread as Patients Leave Hospital: Study
Many U.S. Doctors Have Symptoms of Burnout: Survey
Many Women Victims of 'Contraceptive Sabotage,' Experts Say
Marijuana Extract May Help Ease Muscle Stiffness in MS: Study
Marijuana, Real or Fake, Can Lead to Unusual Gastro Problem
Marriage May Cut Heart Attack Risk for Both Spouses
Marriage Might Lengthen Life
Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing
Mechanical Device Helps Kids Waiting for Heart Transplant
Med School Enrollment on Rise in 2012
Med School Students Still Get Gifts From Drug Companies: Survey
Medical Group Notes Key Elements of Well-Woman Exams
Medical Marijuana: Voodoo or Legitimate Therapeutic Choice?
Medical School Ethics Policies May Affect How Doctors Prescribe
Medicare Gaps Leave Many With Big Bill at End of Life, Study Finds
Medicare/Medicaid Policy Shift Didn't Budge Hospital Infection Rates: Study
Melanoma Odds Doubled for Transplant, Lymphoma Patients: Study
Men Can Still Ask for PSA Test, and Some Should, Doctors Say
Men Who Are Obese While Young Can Pay a Price Later
Meningitis Outbreak Throws Spotlight on 'Compounding' Pharmacies
Mental Illness May Raise Risk of Being Murdered
Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC
Microbiology and Genome Experts Quell Deadly Bacteria Outbreak
Migraine Sufferers Stigmatized Because of Their Condition: Study
Migraines May Hurt Kids' Grades Too
Migraines Not Linked to Decline in Thinking Skills
Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk
Millions May Be Taking Vitamin D Unnecessarily, Analysis Suggests
Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC
Millions of Healthy Years of Life Lost to Cancer Worldwide
Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study
Misdiagnosis Common for Rare Brain Disease: Study
'Misdiagnosis' Leading Cause of U.S. Malpractice Payouts: Study
Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review
'Mobility Shoes' May Help Those With Arthritic Knees: Study
More Antibiotic Use Tied to Rise in Diarrheal Infections in Hospitals: Study
More Child Gun Injuries in States With Self-Defense Laws
More Evidence Acupuncture Can Ease Chronic Pain
More Evidence That Exercise Helps Fight Diabetes
More Health Care Professionals Abusing Anesthesia Drug: Study
More Kids Taking Antipsychotics for ADHD: Study
More Than Half of Resident Docs Have Worked While Sick: Study
More U.S. Children Diagnosed With ADHD
Most Docs Don't Follow ADHD Treatment Guidelines for Preschoolers: Study
Most Doctors Don't Help Lung Cancer Patients Quit Smoking: Survey
Most Men Don't Need PSA Tests, Doctors' Group Says
Most U.S. Soldiers May Suffer From Sleep Problems
Mother's Drinking Increases Risk of Infant's Death: Study
Motorcycle Deaths Continue to Climb: Report
Motorcycle Helmet Laws Save Lives and Dollars: CDC
MRSA 'Super Bug' Prevalent in Nursing Homes, Study Finds
Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures
Nearly Half of Children With Autism Wander From Safety: Survey
Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded
New Bird Flu No Immediate Threat: U.S. Experts
New Drug Might Help Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
New Guidelines for Doctors Treating Low Back Pain
New Guidelines Say Doctors Should Screen All Adults for 'Risky' Drinking
New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks
New Guidelines Urge Limiting Endoscopy for GERD
New Stroke Guidelines Stress Treatment Within One Hour of Arrival in ER
New Study Debunks Virus Theory for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
New Symptoms Tied to Death Risk in Severe Kidney Disease
Newborn Screening May Miss Adrenal-Gland Disorder
Newly Aggressive Dogs May Be Reacting to Pain
NFL Docs Urge More Caution With Key Pain Med
Night Staffing With Critical Care Docs May Lower ICU Death Rates
'Nightmare' Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes: CDC
No Health Risk When Jehovah's Witnesses Refuse Blood: Study
No Progress in Reducing U.S. Motorcycle Deaths: Report
Noisy Operating Rooms May Jeopardize Patient Safety
Noisy Wards Could Threaten Hospital Patients' Health
North American Shark Attacks Hit Decade High
Nurses' Long Shifts May Have Downside: Study
Nursing Shortage May Harm Infants in Intensive Care, Study Says
Nutrient Therapy Won't Help ICU Patients: Study
Obese Children Struggle With Joint Pain: Study
Obese Drivers May Be More Likely to Die in Car Crashes
Obesity, Diabetes May Raise Complications After Joint Replacement
Ob-Gyn Group Lists Procedures That May Not Be Needed
Official: Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak May Have Broken State Law
'Off-Label' Use of Meds Routine in Pediatric ICU
One in 10 U.S. Kids Diagnosed With ADHD: Report
One Man's Harrowing Battle With Hepatitis C
Only 1 in 4 Americans With HIV Has Virus Under Control: CDC
Only a Third of U.S. Moms Who Plan to Breast-Feed Meet Goals
Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years
Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy
Oxygen Treatment May Improve the Odds for Extreme Preemies
Pain From Sexual Assault Often Untreated, Study Says
Pain Intensity May Help Differentiate 2 Skin Cancers
Pain Level After Car Crash Could Depend on Your Genes, Studies Say
Pain Reported by Nearly Half With Type 2 Diabetes
Palliative Care Eases Suffering for Seniors at End of Life: Study
Pandemic H1N1 Flu Killed Far More Than Reported: Study
Parents Not Too Worried About Kids' Use of Pain Meds: Poll
Parents' Religious Beliefs Can Complicate Kids' End-of-Life Care
Parents Will Push for Medication, Even If Doc Says Not Needed
Partisanship Guides Americans' Attitudes on Health-Care Reform Law: Poll
Patient Wishes Should Guide End-of-Life Care, Researchers Say
Patients Balk at Asking Health Care Workers to Wash Hands
Patients Gain When Hospitals Work Together on Infection Control
Patients' Health Care Costs Unaffected by Doctors' Sex: Study
Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital
Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study
Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device
Patients Often Kept in Dark About 'Off-Label' Drug Use: Study
Pediatrician Group Issues Home Birth Policy Statement
Pediatrics Group Issues New Ear Infection Guidelines
People Can Emit Flu Germs in Air Up to 6 Feet Away, Study Finds
People May Skip Generic Pills if Color Differs From Brand-Name Drug
People With Darker Skin Still at Risk for Melanoma
Personalized Blood Pressure Therapy May Help Diabetics
Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds
Physician-Assisted Suicide Program Rarely Used, Study Finds
Pinball Analogy May Help Grief-Stricken Move Forward
Plans to Penalize Non-Emergency Use of ERs Flawed: Study
Plastics Chemical BPA Common in 'Preemie' ICU: Study
Pneumonia May Lead to Serious Aftereffects for Seniors
Poor 'Health Literacy' Keeps Patients From Taking Meds
Popular Cinnamon Stunt Can Have Serious Lung Effects
Popularity of 'Walk-In' Retail Health Clinics Growing: Poll
Possible Affordable Care Act Glitch: Too Few Doctors
Postoperative Program Prevents Respiratory Complications: Study
Pregnant Women Under Stress May Be at Higher Risk for Stillbirth
Prenatal Antidepressants Don't Raise Fetal, Infant Death Risk: Study
Prepared for Trauma, Overwhelmed by Carnage
Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows
Preventable Surgical Errors Continue to Occur: Study
Preventing Kidney Disease May Cut Diabetes Deaths, Study Says
Primary Care Docs Shouldn't Screen All Patients for Oral Cancer: Experts
Primary Care Doctors Can Make the Wrong Call
Primary Care Doctors Meet Needs of Diabetics, Study Says
Procedure for Incontinence in Women May Lose Effectiveness With Time
Procedure Might Ease Pain of Female Genital Mutilation
Processed Meat May Play a Part in Early Death: Study
Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study
Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study
Programming Implanted Defibrillators to React More Slowly Might Be Safer: Study
Prolonged CPR May Boost Chances for Cardiac Arrest Victims
Prostate Cancer May Be Deadlier for the Uninsured
'Protected Power Naps' Could Help Keep Medical Interns Alert: Study
Psychiatric Drugs More Often Prescribed in the South
Psychiatry Gets Revised Diagnostic Manual
Quick Survey May Pick Up Ovarian Cancer Warnings: Study
Race May Affect Quality of Prostate Cancer Surgical Care
Race, Income Tied to Breast Cancer Treatment Delays, Reduced Survival
Racial Disparities Still Seen in Use of Breast Cancer Treatments
Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery
Rare Drug-Resistant Bacteria Spotted in U.S. Hospital
Rats May Also Feel 'Placebo Effect,' Study Suggests
Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats
Recession Drove Down Doctor Visits, Study Says
Reducing Ozone Limits Would Save Lives, Report States
Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates
Regional Systems to Treat Severe Heart Attack Increasing
Relatives Who Witness Loved One's CPR Fare Better: Study
Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak
Report Details Steps to Boost Patient Safety
Researchers Propose Plan for Managing Drug Shortages
Residents as Good as Fully Trained Docs if Properly Supervised: Study
Reused Vials, Unsafe Injections Threatening Patients: CDC
Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study
Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study
Runners May Live Longer
Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease
School Debt, Income Gap Push Med Students Away From Primary Care
Science Reveals Secrets of Hypnosis
Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel
Secondhand Smoke Takes Big Illness, Expense Toll
Self-Harm Associated With Premature Death in Study
Senate Votes to Avoid Fiscal Cliff, House Decision Expected Tuesday
Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery
Serious Mental Illness Tied to Higher Cancer, Injury Risk: Studies
Service That Speeds Up Breast Cancer Diagnosis Pays Off: Study
Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery
Severely Injured Vets May Need Ongoing Emotional Care
Severely Obese Donors Raise Risks for Kids With Liver Transplant
Sharing Notes With Patients Empowers Them: Study
'Sharps' Injuries Pose Serious Hazard for Surgeons, O.R. Staff
Shift to Hospice Care Often Comes Too Late, Study Finds
Shootings at Hospitals a Rarity, Study Finds
Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds
Shorter Shifts for Medical Interns May Not Boost Patient Safety
Should Short Boys Take Growth Hormone?
Sibling's Death May Boost Your Own Risk of Dying From Heart Attack: Study
Signs of Brain Damage Show Up in Scans of Living, Retired NFL Players
Simple Breath Test Might Diagnose Heart Failure
Simple Test Might Predict Whether Some Pregnancies Succeed
Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates
Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Cancer Death Risk
Sleep Apnea Treated Successfully in Non-Specialty Centers
Sleep Positioners Linked to Infant Suffocation: CDC
Sleeping Pill Linked to Hospital Falls, Researchers Say
Smog May Boost Death Risk for Heart Attack Survivors
Smoggy Air Tied to Heart Attacks: Study
Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study
Smokers, Nonsmokers Alike Urged to Learn About Lung Cancer
Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study
Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study
Soaring U.S. Spinal Care Spending Due to Specialists: Study
Socializing May Ease Pain of Breast Cancer
Solo Rock Stars Die Sooner Than Those in Bands
Some Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Risk With Surgery
Some Antidepressants May Raise Risk for Gastro Infection
Some Docs Would Order Cancer Screening for Very Sick Elderly
Some Kids Abusing Common Baking Ingredients
Some Patients May Be Shortchanged During Hospital Shift Changes
Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say
Some Smokers Light Up Even When in the Hospital
Some Whooping Cough Strains Now Outsmarting Vaccine
Space Heater Safety Tips Can Help Prevent Burns, Fires
Spouses of Heart Attack Victims May Face Heightened Depression Risk
Startling Differences in New-Hip Estimates: Study
State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure
Statewide Program Improved Heart-Attack Survival: Study
Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds
Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.
Stem Cells to Relieve Low Back Pain?
Steroid Shots Disappoint in Back Pain Study
Steroid Shots for Sciatica: Benefits Only Brief, Analysis Finds
Stored Donor Blood May Have Shorter Shelf Life Than Thought
Stress Disorder May Be Common Among ICU Patients on Ventilators
Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors
Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death
Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well
Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC
Strong Social Support Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Survival
Study Explores Distraction's Role in Pain Relief
Study Foresees Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors
Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm
Study Links Timing of ER Visit to Prostate Cancer Survival Odds
Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots
Study Questions Advice Given to Obese Pregnant Women
Study Questions Importance of 'Triggers' in Setting Off Migraines
Study Shows Bicycle Helmets Save Lives
Study Spots Early Warning Signal for Sudden Cardiac Death
Study Ties Common Back Ailment to Faulty Gene
Study: Electronic Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors
Study: Rheumatoid Arthritis Plus Depression May Be Deadly
Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year
Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes: Study
Supreme Court Backs Much of Controversial Health Reform Law
Supreme Court to Rule Thursday on Health Care Reform
Supreme Court's Ruling on Health Care Reform Could Come Monday
Surgery Checklists Help OR Teams in a Crisis, Study Finds
Surgery May Spur Rise in Heart Deaths After Cancer Diagnosis: Study
Surgery Not Best Option for Early Stage Prostate Cancers: Study
Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke
Surgical Residents Often Fatigued, Study Confirms
Survival After General Anesthesia Vastly Improved: Study
Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study
Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study
Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest
Swallowing Nasal Sprays, Eye Drops Can Harm Kids, FDA Warns
'Synthetic Pot' Sending Thousands of Young People to ER: Report
Tainted Steroid Injections May Affect Those Treated for Joint Pain
Targeted Radiation for Lung Cancer May Carry Risks
Teach Prescribers About Dangers of Long-Acting Pain Meds: FDA
Technique IDs Deadliest Whooping Cough Cases
Teens Want Voice in End-of-Life Decisions
Teens Who Self-Harm Need Adult Influences, Professional Help: Expert
Teething Baby? Avoid Benzocaine, FDA Says
Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study
Test Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, Says CDC
The 'Nocebo' Effect: If You Think You'll Get Sick, You Will
Therapy as Good as Surgery for Some With Torn Knee Cartilage
Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life
Third of Hospital Staff Say Hand-Washing Reminders Unwelcome
Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery
Time Spent on Malpractice Suits May Take Toll on Doctors
Tips to Avoid Return Trip to the Hospital
Tonsillectomy Might Be Worth It for Some Adults
Too Few Americans Pass Last Days in Hospice Care: CDC
Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver
Too Much Sitting May Lower Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer
Topical Products for Muscle, Joint Pain May Cause Burns: FDA
Tornadoes Don't Have to Be Deadly, Experts Say
Trained Beagle Sniffs Out Troublesome Hospital Infection
Treatment for New, Deadly Coronavirus Shows Promise
TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment
Tylenol Overdose Can Be Deadly for a Child
U.S. Antibiotic Prescribing Rates Highest in South: Study
U.S. Blood Supply at Dangerously Low Levels: Red Cross
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall: Report
U.S. Children's Hospitals Treating More Complex, Expensive Conditions
U.S. Doctors Embracing Electronic Health Records: Survey
U.S. Doctors Slow To Adopt Electronic Health Records
U.S. Efforts to Boost Number of Primary Care Doctors Have Failed
U.S. Expands SIDS Prevention Effort
U.S. Heart Failure Costs Could Skyrocket: Report
U.S. Infant Mortality Rates Finally Dropping Again: Report
U.S. Kids Exposed to 4 Hours of Background TV Daily: Study
U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report
U.S. Lung Cancer Deaths Highest for Blacks in Segregated Areas: Study
U.S. Med Students May Be Undereducated on Obesity
U.S. Military Seeks to Reduce Humvee Crash Injuries
U.S. Sees a Run on New Knees Since 1990s
U.S. Task Force Backs HIV Screening for All 15 to 65
U.S. Task Force Urges Docs to Counsel Kids Against Smoking
Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger
Under Similar Stress, Rich Live Longer Than Poor: Study
Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds
Unneeded Antibiotics May Lead to Diarrheal Illness, Study Finds
Untreated Depression May Cut Shingles Vaccine Effectiveness
Use of Medicare Skilled Nursing Benefit Is High at End of Life: Study
Using Marijuana to Treat Pain? A Pill May Outlast a Puff
Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: Studies
Vision Loss, Depression May Be Linked, Study Finds
Vitamin D Doesn't Improve Knee Arthritis, Study Finds
Walk Your Way to a Longer Life, Study Says
Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men
Weekends More Fatal for Older Patients With Head Injury: Study
Weight Gain a Risk After Knee Replacement, Study Finds
What Doctors Don't Know About Treating Kids With Epilepsy
What Makes the End-of-Life Experience Peaceful?
What's That Symptom? Experts Warn of Self-Diagnosis Via the Web
When It Comes to Spine Surgery, There Is No 'July Effect': Study
Which Hospital Patients Need Drugs to Prevent Gastrointestinal Bleeding?
Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds
Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study
Women Far More Likely to Live to 100 Than Men: U.S. Census
Women Who Quit Smoking May Gain Up to 10 Years of Life: Study
Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study
Wondering About Your Hospital's Quality? Ask a Nurse
Workers With Paid Sick Days Healthier, More Productive: Study
'Worried Well' Often Ignore Negative Test Results: Study
Young Adults Are America's Most Stressed Generation: Survey
Young Cancer Survivors Say Costs Hinder Follow-Up Care
Young Surgeons May Be Easily Distracted
Young Women Less Healthy Than Men Before Heart Attack: Study
Youth Smoking, Obesity May Lead to Early Death