A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. ...more

November 16, 2009

The recent skiing accident death of 45-year-old Natasha Richardson from a "mild brain injury" has experts warning the public to take a blow to the head seriously. ...more

March 28, 2009

Medical researchers are discovering a greater relationship between heart disease and vitamin D - a nutrient already linked to reducing certain cancers. ...more

March 12, 2009

A scientist thinks he's discovered how "flying dinosaurs" weighing hundreds of pounds got off the ground. ...more

January 8, 2009

Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if they get organs from donors of the same sex. ...more

November 13, 2008

The next president's choice of a treasury secretary may well be the most important appointment he'll make - someone to grab the reins of a trillion-dollar-plus program to shore up the world's largest economy, probably in the middle of a severe recession, and at the right hand of a chief executive who'll be a rookie himself. ...more

October 20, 2008

One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. ...more

October 10, 2008

Two scientists who have won acclaim for research into the growth of cancer cells could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine when the 2008 winners are presented on Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements. ...more

October 5, 2008

Barnard, on a full scholarship. I never thought I'd feel lucky that my parents have virtually no income. I live with my mom, who is a full-time student; my dad teaches part time. ...more

September 28, 2008

Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result suggests a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe catching them sooner. ...more

September 5, 2008