Research findings released today have dashed doctors' hopes that intensive blood pressure and blood fat management could drive down diabetics' higher risks of heart problems.

An Abbott Laboratories device to repair damaged heart valves proved much safer than the open-heart surgery normally used, but was somewhat less effective, a pivotal study found.

ATLANTA—New strategies to prevent and treat diabetes and heart disease failed to improve care in two major studies, frustrating researchers' efforts to find more-effective approaches to the world's burgeoning diabetes epidemic.

In a further blow to the antivaccine movement, three judges ruled Friday in three separate cases that thimerosal, a preservative containing mercury, does not cause autism.

CHICAGO - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated.

SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) --Following on recent, similar research, a large five-year study points to fluctuations in blood pressure over time as a key indicator of stroke risk.

The CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission) has identified 14 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers. Three infants died in 2009 and 12 deaths involved babies under 4 months of age.

With the time change that occurred last night fire authorities are wanting to remind people to change their batteries in their smoke alarms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug because they do not break it down well, US regulators said on Friday.

Thousands of Broward residents and friends will join a series of fun all-night fundraisers to defeat cancer. BY EILEEN SOLER Donna Biederman pushed her mother's empty wheelchair around a track in the recent Relay for Life at ArtsPark at Young Circle, ...

As criticism of insurers continues in Washington, DC, states introduce new rules aimed at curbing rate increases. By Emily Berry, amednews staff.

Roche Holding, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, said on Friday that its cancer drug Avastin did not help men with late-stage prostate cancer live longer in a clinical trial, another setback as the company tries to extend use of the blockbuster drug ...

Alzheimer's disease continues to grow and place a heavy burden on families, government agencies and the healthcare system, according to a report published by the Alzheimer's Association.

"It's just tragic because (Andrew Thomas) was so young, because he had his whole future and his whole life ahead of him, and now that's gone," said Debra Henry, Youth Pastor at Oologah Assembly of God.

About 12000 Americans died from swine flu between its emergence last April until mid-February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated on Friday.

MIDDLETOWN - Thousands of people showed up to get free dental care Friday and Saturday as the Connecticut Mission of Mercy offered a two-day clinic in the city.

AP SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco judge has given prosecutors a week to retest drug samples in 35 pending narcotics cases following allegations that a technician at the police department's drug lab stole cocaine evidence.

Getting a new knee because the original has worn out and may have become painfully arthritic is an increasingly common surgery in America.