Flu can cause heart attacks, study says
Up to half of all unexpected flu deaths were tied to heart disease, researchers found. Full story
Up to half of all unexpected flu deaths were tied to heart disease, researchers found. Full story
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
Strollers that cost $800 used to be a big status symbol. Now there's another kind of capital: nannies. Story | Poll
Msnbc.com fact-checks health reform claims to sort the rhetoric from the real.
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.
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.
The good news, the bad, and — finally — the bottom line on your favorite foods .
Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday.
In some families, the ethnic background of a nanny carries a certain cache — and entrenched stereotypes.
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.”
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.
Girls whose mothers, fathers, and grandparents are highly educated may have an increased risk of developing an eating disorder, a new study suggests.
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.
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.
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.
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.