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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's h...
LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer a...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has sought help again for bipolar disorder, in what her publicist called...
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has laughed off recent reports suggesting she forces her children to follow an unnecessarily strict d...
(Reuters) - Film critic Roger Ebert has died, the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper said in a Twitter posting on Thursday.Ebert, 70...
By Andrew M. SeamanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smokers are less likely to be alive and cancer-free three years after having s...
MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (Reuters) - Federal authorities shut down a New Jersey bakery after finding sugar in its "sugar fr...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League and General Electric Co are teaming up to improve the diagnosis and treatme...
(Reuters) - Autumn is the time of year most associated with bumper crops of new babies, and according to an Israeli study the...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Valerie Harper best known as wise-cracking neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern on television's "...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leade...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Can crunches create six-pack abdominal muscles? Do weight-lifting women risk bulging biceps? Is stretchi...
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, whose anti-smoking campaign and outspoken, controversial positions o...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie responded angrily on Wednesday to a former White House physician'...
Kim Kardashian has baffled top skin doctors by endorsing breast milk as a treatment for psoriasis.The pregnant reality TV sta...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The union that represents U.S. professional football players has given Harvard University a $100 milli...
By Gene EmeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting the flu vaccine while pregnant does not increase the odds that the fetus wil...
By Corrie MacLagganAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The cancer foundation that Lance Armstrong founded said on Wednesday that it ant...
By Susan HeaveyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The current U.S. guideline for immunizing children against polio, whooping cough, measl...
By Lisa Baertlein(Reuters) - A Cheesecake Factory pasta dish with 3,120 calories - or more than a day and a half of the recom...
(Reuters) - Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who killed himself last year, suffered from the same debilitating br...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from a New York hospital on Wednesday after being tr...
VISIT OFFICIAL SITE1. Anne Hathaway2. Overall casting3. Live singing1. Length - too long2. Russell Crowe's vocal range...
LONDON (Reuters) - A paralyzed woman has been able to feed herself chocolate and move everyday items using a robotic arm dire...
LONDON (Reuters) - "The Hobbit" actor Ian McKellen said in an interview published on Tuesday that he had had prosta...
VISIT OFFICIAL SITE1. James D'Arcy's Perkins2. Overall casting3. Subtle homages1. Weird Michael Wincott cutaways2. Lo...
A food-borne cat parasite can commandeer cells in the immune system and use them as a Trojan horse to enter the central nervo...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police are looking for an 11-year-old leukemia patient spirited out of a Phoenix hospital by her mother a...
LONDON (Reuters) - Growing into a fully formed human being is a long process, and scientists have found that unborn babies no...
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to mark the Veterans ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British celebrity Sharon Osbourne has had a double mastectomy after discovering she was carrying a gene th...
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids jumped to 19 on Wedne...
(Reuters) - The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis expanded to 12 states with the first case confirmed in Texas, the Center...
By Kerry GrensNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Younger people with advanced lung cancer who quit smoking more than a year before t...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - More cases of fungal meningitis tied to contaminated steroid shots are expected to be confir...
A woman battling a life-threatening bacterial infection in her colon was cured by a transplant of her mother's fecal matt...
Stephen King has thrilled horror fans by announcing the release date for his upcoming sequel to "The Shining."The l...
Wrestling legend Jerry "The King" Lawler has been released from hospital after suffering a heart attack ringside at...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The longevity diet's premise is seductively simple: cutting your calorie intake well below your usua...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park is warning 1,700 people that they may have been exposed to a potentially dea...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have an increased risk of asthma - even if the...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The family of "Top Gun" director Tony Scott told medical examiners the British-born filmmak...
DENVER (Reuters) - Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes, charged with killing 12 people in a movie theater rampage last month...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare has become a top healthcare issue in the U.S. presidential election, surpassing the controver...
(Reuters) - Hershey Co made nutritional claims for its chocolate syrups that do not meet regulatory guidelines, the U.S. Food...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy G. Brinker plans to leave her CEO position as part of a l...
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan is still in hospital after suffering a heart attack last month.The "Green Mile" star...
(Reuters) - People with heart disease who are also depressed may get as much relief from their depression symptoms with regul...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans back the idea of extending health coverage to their low-income neighbors through the go...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Older, more educated U.S. women are much more likely to drink while pregnant, a new federal study release...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Cynthia Craig was diagnosed with postpartum depression eight years ago, she told her family doctor ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tissue from the brain of former San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, ha...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry said on Monday Texas will not implement an expansion of the Medicaid program or...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dogs are no longer just man's best friend: The furry family members may also protect infants ...
This Chinese University Games hurdler doesn't care how many hurdles are in his way, or which lane is his!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Thursday in an election-year t...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is set to deliver on Thursday its ruling on President Barack Obama's 2010 health...
LONDON (Reuters) - Meet Roxxi - a feisty and fully-armed virtual nanobot. Billed as "medicine's mightiest warrior&qu...
Check out this instructional video (for your cat) showing how to walk a human.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Doctors treating the casualties of the global obesity epidemic say an unpopular proposal to limit so...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of drugs dispensed to U.S. minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking t...
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than t...
By Anna YukhananovWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a new children's vaccine from GlaxoSmithKli...
We've seen what happens when little kids are recorded after dental surgery, but this teenager takes post-surgical convers...
By Ransdell PiersonNEW YORK (Reuters) - For millions of heart patients, a pair of new blood thinners have been heralded as th...
We're not sure how he survived a jump this big, but at least he gets a free lunch out of it.
By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - Use of diagnostic imaging in the United States has doubled since the mid-1990s, raisi...
Everyone loves a random act of kindness, but what about a random act of holding a stranger's hand?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ex-smokers live longer than those who haven't kicked the habit, no matter what age group you ...
Robin Roberts, an anchor on ABC's "Good Morning America" program who beat breast cancer five years ago, said on...
WhenWorld War II veterans arrived in Washington DC to visit the WWII Memorial the terminal was empty. After a gate attendant ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, pharmacists are using old-fashioned paper spreadsheets to track...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cost of healthcare services is expected to rise 7.5 percent in 2013, more than three times the pro...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cristina Iaboni had the dubious distinction of being not quite obese enough. For all the pounds on her 5...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An obese person isn't inevitably at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new...
Is your cat suffering from "cat boredom?" CB isn't a disease, but comedian Chris Parnell may have a solution.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For at least some moms-to-be, it's extra body fat -- and not blood sugar levels -- that may b...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A task force advising the U.S. government on Monday recommended against routine use of the prostate-canc...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of U.S. teenagers with "pre-diabetes" or full-blown type 2 diabetes has ...
(Reuters) - All baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed...
By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration forged ahead with healthcare reforms on Wednesday, announcing a November 16 d...
"Modern Family" star Sarah Hyland is recovering after secretly undergoing a kidney transplant last month.The beauty...
LONDON (Reuters) - Many psychiatrists believe a new edition of a manual designed to help diagnose mental illness should be sh...
Time Magazine's provacative cover photo this week depicting a mother nursing her 3-year-old son raises a question: Should...
After being injured as a paratrooper in the Gulf War Arthur Boorman was told he would never be able to walk on his own. This ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists who scanned the brains of men convicted of murder, rape and violent assaults have found the str...
Cinco de Mayo isn't known for it's surprises but that didn't stop Ellen DeGeneres from giving her audience member...
(Reuters) - Acupuncture and hypnosis have been promoted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit, and there is some e...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys who captivated fans with t...
This baby doesn't seem to care, but the lion looks like it's eyeing his zebra print sweatshirt like a snack.
OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Football great Junior Seau's family is considering having his brain studied for evidenc...
This Siberian Husky is very attached to her owner, so much that she demands he hold her paw on car rides!
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better suppo...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday it now spends as much effort and resources on surv...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A team of U.S. scientists departed on Friday to conduct research on Mount Everest climbers in an effort...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of healthcare reform in the current election year, a study ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Junk food may soon be hard to buy at American public schools as the U.S. government readies new rules ...
(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chief Executive Warren Buffett said he has stage 1 prostate cancer but his condition "...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Giving an AIDS-fighting drug to men who are at high risk of HIV infection would cost billions, but it mig...
Check out this clever ESPN commercial starring... Michael Jordan.
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona state lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare law could sharply exceed its cost-savings targets and add up t...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it has identified a new batch of counterfeit cancer drugs d...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that social and communication skills in some kids with autism may improve ov...
By James Vicini and Joan BiskupicWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top courtroom lawyer made an impassion...
By Hamish McKenzieBALTIMORE (Reuters) - Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday detailed what they...
LONDON (Reuters) - People in Europe drink more alcohol than in any other part of the world, downing the equivalent of 12.5 li...
By James Vicini and Joan BiskupicWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will be ...
By Joan Biskupic and James ViciniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared closely divided along ideological lin...
(Reuters) - People who ate chocolate a few times a week or more weighed less than those who rarely indulged, according to a U...
By Genevra PittmanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many U.S. pharmacies may give teen girls incorrect information over the phone a...
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $300 million to a foundation aimed at expandin...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army has started a system-wide review to ensure its mental healthcare facilities are not engaging ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. families with autistic children earn nearly $18,000 less than parents of normally develo...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating more blueberries, apples and pears may be linked to lower risk of diabetes, according to a...
YA'AN, China (Reuters) - China's national treasure, the giant panda, will become even more precious if one businessma...
(Reuters) - Advances in genetic profiling are paving the way for more precise, and effective, treatment of the aggressive bon...
(Reuters) - Patients who have robot-assisted surgeries on their kidneys or prostate have shorter hospital stays and a lower r...
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - That heart-shaped box of chocolate you got for Valentine's just might have some ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday rejected a Republican challenge to President Barack Obama's policy on contr...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sided with tobacco companies on Wednesday, ruling that regulations requiring large graphi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bird flu may be far less lethal to people than the World Health Organization's assessment of a death...
(Reuters) - If you knew you would be around to blow out the candles at your 100th birthday party, would that change how you m...
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 210,000 people in England and Wales will be killed prematurely by alcohol over the next 20 years, wi...
By Andrew M. SeamanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pet owners with chronic diseases appear to have healthier tickers than people ...
By Mitch Lipka(Reuters) - If you're going to be on either end of a kiss this Valentine's Day, you might want to consi...
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, a...
LONDON (Reuters) - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibil...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alison Sweeney, host of the NBC network's weight loss TV series "The Biggest Loser," ha...
Lindsay Lohan's estranged dad was taken to hospital on Friday after suffering chest pains.Michael Lohan is currently unde...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many older adults like to take a dip a pool, and now a small study suggests it can be good for th...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the rea...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women may be able to boost their muscle strength by adding fish oil supplements to their ex...
(Reuters) - Celebrity chef Paula Deen, best known for her high-calorie southern cooking featured in cookbooks and on popular ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over the last fe...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A few hits on the bong now and then don't seem to have any detrimental effects on lung health, su...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare spending barely rose in 2010 from record-low recession levels, as high unemployment an...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The number of twins born in the United States has doubled in the last three decades largely as a result o...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new Canadian study suggests increasing the minimum price of beer, liquor and other alcoholic be...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon was hospitalized with "mild kidney failure" in Colorado ...
(Reuters) - Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark will not play in Sunday's AFC wild card playoff game against the Denver Bro...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The weights and lengths of babies born in southwestern Ohio have been growing in recent decades, ...
(Reuters) - Tempted by the playful antics of that adorable kitten in the pet shop? If you've never had a cat before you may w...
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese older adults may be more likely than their thinner peers to suffer a potential...
By Frederik JoelvingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While having a cat as a kid may protect against future allergies, getting one...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens exposed to higher-than-normal levels of lead are more likely to have trouble hearing, sugge...
By Kate Kelland and Daniel FlynnLONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defu...
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving parents of newborn preemies some help right from the start may make a diffe...
By Genevra PittmanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A survey from the United States and Canada found 40 percent of police officers ...
By Alina SelyukhWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The health secretary overruled government scientists and refused to bring the controve...
By Shamik PaulKOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A fire ripped through a seven-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Judging by their "before" and "after" photographs, U.S. presidents appear to age befo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatm...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatm...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in ja...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The digital age has left men's nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on se...
(Reuters) - The House of Representatives dealt a blow to childhood obesity warriors on Thursday by passing a bill that abando...
One might imagine that the world's most expensive tea has some unique ingredients but perhaps none as unique as panda feces.A...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The jury in the trial of the doctor accused of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of pop star...
(Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iow...
(Reuters) - Americans' opinion of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform in October reached its lowest point since the la...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Patients of Michael Jackson's doctor described the physician on Wednesday as generous and kind as the...
(Reuters) - More than one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 takes an antidepressant, a class of drugs that has become wildly...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors were close to wrapping up their case in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's docto...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dr Conrad Murray's defense in the death of Michael Jackson suffered major blows on Wednesday when his...
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - With their favored candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination lagging or out o...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pregnant women who are obese put their children at higher risk of developing asthma compared to mothers...
(Reuters) - Zsa Zsa Gabor had surgery on Sunday to reattach a feeding tube to her stomach after being hospitalized in Los Ang...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor sought to prove Monday that his phy...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one in ten parents uses an "alternative" vaccination schedule for their young...
(Reuters) Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the presidential race has led to a feverish debate a...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cases of illness in the U.S. listeria outbreak linked to tainted cantaloupes -- already the deadliest in ...
(Reuters) - Republican Representative Paul Ryan, an outspoken opponent of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, propose...
The cost of health insurance continues to climb for companies and workers, with annual family premiums this year growing at a...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trad...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Babies born to snuff-using mothers were more likely to have breathing problems than those whose mothers ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Chocolate may be good for the heart but cardiologists are not giving you a license to indulge.New research ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that runs government health insurance is launching a program that would bundle insuran...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Large employers expect big increases in healthcare costs in 2012, and say they'll pass more and more of ...
BERLIN, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, seen by many as the choice of moderate Republicans in 201...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Body armor worth $2.5 billion that the Department of Defense's Inspector General found had been im...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled Friday that President Barack Obama's healthcare law requiring Americans to buy ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Charla Nash, who months ago underwent a full face transplant after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009, r...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rick Perry has been widely touted as a Republican presidential candidate who could appeal Tea Party vote...
JUNO BEACH, Fla (Reuters) - A plucky sea turtle was released back into the wild off Florida's coast on Wednesday after months...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tea Party conservatives scored their biggest political triumph with a debt-ceiling deal that cuts fede...
