How concerned are people about the privacy of their medical information? The NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll found worries were low. NPR hide caption
Fresh data show that Vytorin, a combination pill for cholesterol, cuts the risk of heart attack and stroke. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Advocates of computed tomography screening say it can catch cases of cancer in high-risk smokers before it spreads, as in this 79-year-old man. Cavallini James/BSIP/Corbis hide caption
Molecular biologist Randy Sheckman, who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, acknowledges applause after receiving his prize during the ceremony in Stockholm last December. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images hide caption
When does a diet drug tip the balance for health? iStockphoto hide caption
Soon there will be disposal choices beyond the take-back drives for old medicines. DEA hide caption
Ebola virus particles cling to a cell from an African green monkey. NIAID hide caption
An unnamed CVS employee removes tobacco products from the store shelves in East Greenwich, R.I. AP hide caption
Scanning electron micrograph shows Ebola virus (red) on the surface of a kidney cell from an African green monkey. NIAID hide caption
Dr. Bruce Ribner, medical director of Emory University Hospital's infectious disease unit, embraces Dr. Kent Brantly (left) who was treated with an experimental Ebola medicine and released from the Atlanta hospital Thursday. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Walt Whitman High School's Caroline Schweitzer runs through a host of Severna Park High School defenders during a semifinal game in Maryland's Class 4A/3A lacrosse tournament in May. Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption