Current Health News

The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for the cholesterol treatment to be used by millions of people who are not normally prescribed such drugs.

A third trial of an experimental drug found that it worked better than a rival to delay the risk of bone complications in men with advanced prostate cancer.

"Our business model will continue to falter," said Dr. David Abelson, chief executive of Park Nicollet Health Services.

Samuel Wang, an associate professor at Princeton and an author.

Hospitals may decide that higher taxes are in their financial self interest.

Drinking as little as two soft drinks a week appears to nearly double the risk of getting pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.

Drinking beer may be good for building more than just beer bellies. A new study suggests drinking beer may help build better bones thanks to its high silicon content.

The herpes drug acyclovir lowered H.I.V. levels in the blood but did not make a person less likely to spread the AIDS virus, researchers said.

A video hookup between a patient on the scene and a doctor far away can save lives.

Robert Collison, 59, had surgery for 43 hours to remove a huge tumor that started in his abdomen. "I feel great," he said recently. “I feel better every day.”

Andrew Witty, named GlaxoSmithKline's chief executive in 2008.

Nearly one in three overweight adolescents don't think they have a weight problem.

Simple lifestyle habits at home, such as having more family meals, could reduce obesity in preschoolers, new research suggests.

Following a Mediterranean diet may help lower risk of brain damage related to silent strokes, new research shows.

Proxy season! Time, once again, to learn how much the captains of industry are pulling down.

The findings match some earlier studies but seem to cut against others.

Overweight boys may start puberty later than their leaner peers, new research shows.

Children with a limited vocabulary at the age of 5 may be at increased risk of poor literacy as adults, a study published Monday suggests.

Glaucoma drugs appear to reduce the likelihood of death among patients using them compared with those patients receiving no treatment but it is not clear why, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

A number of studies over the past two decades have shown that religious people tend to be healthier. But a new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease and clogged arteries, attending religious services or having spiritual experiences may not protect against heart...

Only a small number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday.

Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related blindness, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.

Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

A study found that products including St. John's wort, ginger and garlic could be dangerous for people taking common medicines.

High blood pressure is often a top priority for doctors, but pain and depression may be more pressing to their patients.

The biotech had trouble lining up lymphoma patients to participate in a study of the drug.

The cards allow the drug maker to track patient behavior.

Men who don't smoke and eat a lot of soy may have a lower risk of lung cancer, according to a new study.