Hotmail
Flu can cause heart attacks, study says
Up to half of all unexpected flu deaths were tied to heart disease, researchers found. Full story
Heart health
AP
Swine flu
Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine — with a mere drop of blood — who will get influenza before the sniffling and fever set in. Full story
Kids and parenting
msnbc.com
Chic parents now seek ethnic nannies
Strollers that cost $800 used to be a big status symbol. Now there's another kind of capital: nannies. Story | Poll
Health care
msnbc.com
Fact or fiction: Government will be an 'honest broker'
Msnbc.com fact-checks health reform claims to sort the rhetoric from the real.
Top headlines
Obama outlines ‘core’ health reform principles
President Barack Obama's launched a TV broadcast blitz on Sunday to push his top domestic priority, a remake of the U.S. health care system that now rests in the hands of a Senate committee.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Swine flu virus hasn't mutated, official says
The swine flu virus hasn't mutated into a more deadly strain but there are early signs it is developing resistance to vaccine, the World Heath Organization's chief said Monday.
Multimedia
Top headlines
The truth about so-called ‘scary’ foods
The good news, the bad, and — finally — the bottom line on your favorite foods .
Multimedia
TODAY
Top headlines
Expert advice: Use condoms to help climate
Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Tibetan nannies: Parents’ new status symbol?
In some families, the ethnic background of a nanny carries a certain cache — and entrenched stereotypes.
Multimedia
Top headlines
World’s tallest man: ‘I’ve had difficult life’
Turk Sultan Kosen, 27, says he is ''proud and happy'' at being named the new Guinness record holder for tallest man, and human, in the world. “Up until now, I’ve really had a difficult life,” said the 8-foot-1-inch man, whose height was caused by a pituitary condition. “From now, I’m really going to have it a lot easier.”
Multimedia
Top headlines
New tool to fight syphilis? Wal-Mart gift cards
North Carolina health officials have chosen an unlikely weapon to battle the climbing rates of syphilis in the United States: Wal-Mart gift cards. During a recent weekend, they canvassed neighborhoods offering the cards to anyone willing to be tested.
Top headlines
Eating disorder risk higher in educated families
Girls whose mothers, fathers, and grandparents are highly educated may have an increased risk of developing an eating disorder, a new study suggests.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Lucky the injured turtle gets coasters for feet
His name is Lucky, and it held true after the box turtle got his front legs chewed off by a raccoon: Thanks to the ingenuity of a veterinary surgeon, Lucky now skids along on plastic sliders where his legs used to be.
Multimedia
TODAY
Top headlines
Exercise can extend survival even in ‘oldest old’
Even in the "oldest old," a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers found.
MultimediaTODAY
Top headlines
CDC: 1 in 3 teen girls got cervical cancer vaccine
One in three teenage girls have rolled up their sleeves for a vaccine against cervical cancer, but vaccination rates vary dramatically between states, according to a new federal report.
Multimedia
Top headlines
FDA warns about eyelash thickener claims
The Food and Drug Administration has warned Allergan Inc. that the Web site for its eyelash thickener Latisse is misleading because it avoids or downplays risks associated with the product.
