Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.

Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.

Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.

There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.

An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.

Potentially Lethal Inhalants More Commonly Used by 12-Year-Olds than Marijuana, Cocaine and Hallucinogens Combined

The Acculift anti-aging procedure is the latest trend in the quest to look better and younger. Erica Hill spoke with facial plastic surgeon Dr. Jon Turk to explain the new method.

Dr. Jennifer Ashton discussed Harry Smith's televised colonoscopy, as well as who should get the screening and why. And David Letterman joked about it.

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At the time of his death, Canadian actor Corey Haim was reportedly caring for his mother who had been previously diagnosed with cancer. ...

Colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as colon cancer) can be easily prevented; yet it remains the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and women ...

The research could lead to the development of solutions for tackling obesity by promoting the taste of fat in foods, he said. "But I don't think there is ...

Haim explained that he had just spoken to his 61-year-old mother Judy, who was battling breast cancer. She was not doing well. ...

A big study says most patients without known heart disease who undergo coronary angiography don't have clogged arteries after all. ...

The FDA says that the company continued to manufacture and ship HVP even after its own testing found Salmonella in the product. Salmonella is an organism ...

In June 2008, the FDA requested information from all bisphosphonate drug makers related to these type of fractures. The agency said a review of the data did ...

From the beginning the World Health Organization's actions have ranged from the dubious to the flagrantly incompetent. Last June the WHO boosted the ...

More broadly, Mr Obama's health-care travails are a reminder that the culture wars still rumble on. Religion may have receded as an electoral issue, ...