Posted: 6:20 AM Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once — not just people considered at high risk for the virus, an independent panel that sets screening guidelines proposed Monday.
Posted: 6:16 AM Unemployment hurts more than your wallet — it may damage your heart. That's according to a study linking joblessness with heart attacks in older workers.
Posted: 6:14 AM Canada's federal government allowed the approval process to proceed Monday for the generic form of the highly-addictive painkiller OxyContin.
Posted: 12:24 PM The government says Medicare premiums are going up $5 a month for 2013. That's less than expected, but it'll still eat up nearly one-fourth of the typical cost-of-living raise for retirees.
Posted: 7:18 AM The International Organization for Migration says Haitian officials have confirmed 3,593 cholera cases and another 837 suspected cases since Hurricane Sandy's passage.
Posted: 7:16 AM The nation's diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report issued Thursday.
Posted: 7:14 AM For some American workers, picking the right health insurance is becoming more like hunting for the perfect business suit: It takes some shopping around to find a good fit and avoid sticker shock.
Posted: 6:39 AM A key to avoiding weight gain during the holidays is to stay out of the kitchen. Dr. Betty Greer of the University of Tennessee Extension says don't hang out where food is being prepared.
Posted: 10:31 AM The 37th Great American Smokeout encourages smokers to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking.
Posted: 6:34 AM Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found.
Posted: 6:32 AM FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg called for new laws to clarify her agency's authority to crack down on companies like the New England Compounding Center
Posted: 6:30 AM Scientists have identified a new gene variant that seems to strongly raise the risk for Alzheimer's disease, giving a fresh target for research into treatments for the mind-robbing disorder.
Posted: 7:13 AM A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu.
Posted: 6:57 AM Food labels claim to certify a wide array of sustainable practices. Hundreds of so-called eco-labels have cropped up in recent years, with more introduced every month .
Posted: 7:40 AM An experimental malaria vaccine once thought promising is turning out to be a disappointment, with a new study showing it is only about 30 percent effective at protecting infants from the killer disease.
Posted: 7:38 AM The long slog has turned into a sprint. President Barack Obama's health care law survived the Supreme Court and the election; now the uninsured can sign up for coverage in about 11 months.
Posted: 7:16 AM San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender residents.
Posted: 6:21 AM Nesquik chocolate powders sold in the United States are being recalled due to possible presence of salmonella, Nestle USA announced Thursday.
Posted: 6:29 AM Academics from Britain's leading institutions say attention needs to be focused on the consequences of technology which may one day allow — or compel — humans to work better, longer and harder.
Posted: 12:54 AM Pfizer says the Food and Drug Administration approved its rheumatoid arthritis pill Xeljanz, seen as potential big seller for the world's largest pharmaceutical company.
Posted: 1:10 PM The work involved just 30 patients in Miami and Baltimore, but it proves the concept that anyone's cells can be used to treat such cases.
Posted: 1:02 PM Researchers found that those with receding hairlines, bald heads, wrinkles near their ear lobes or bumpy deposits on their eyelids were more likely to have had a heart attack or clogged arteries.
Posted: 12:56 PM Multivitamins might help lower the risk for cancer in healthy older men but do not affect their chances of developing heart disease, new research suggests.
Posted: 12:55 PM Here's a reality check for health-conscious baby boomers: Even among those in good shape, at least 1 in 3 will eventually develop heart problems or have a stroke.
Posted: 6:52 AM A heart disease treatment that many doctors consider to be fringe medicine unexpectedly showed some promise in a federal study clouded by ethical and scientific controversy, causing debate about the results.
