Early Detection Test for Alzheimer's Highly Reliable

FDA Warns Against Liver Damage from Hydroxycut

Government health officials warned dieters and body builders Friday to ...

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Extends Survival

Florida officials say a mineral overdose is the probable cause ...

Korean Scientists Clone Transgenic Dogs That Glow Red

South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that ...

Gene Testing Helps Set Correct Blood-Thinner Dosage

Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and ...

Scientists Find Genes Linked to Stuttering

Why people stutter has long been a medical mystery, with ...

Glaxo to Remove Zinc from Denture Cream

GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday it will remove zinc from its denture ...

Date-Rape Drugs GHB, GBL Too Easiy to Obtain Says UN

Governments around the world must step up their efforts to ...

Interval Training Boosts Strength with Far Less Exercise Time

People who complain they have no time to exercise may ...

Apolo Ohno's Olympics Training Regimen

Apolo Anton Ohno followed a rigorous daily regimen in the ...

Scientists Catalogue Hundreds of Bacteria in Human Gut

The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a ...

Artery Clip Almost As Good As Heart Surgery

Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able ...

Arteries Improve After Smokers Quit

Quitting smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking ...

Boredom Linked Indirectly to Early Death

Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary ...

Calorie Counts to Become Much More In Your Face

That Caesar salad you're about to eat? It's 800 calories, ...

1 in 10 Among China's Adults Are Diabetic

After working overtime to catch up to life in the ...

Breast Cancers Preventable through Diet, Exercise

Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western ...

Eating Chocolate Cuts Heart Risks Dramatically

The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a ...

Science Gets Serious About Laughter's Benefits

So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch ...

Blood Vessels Grown from Kidney Patients' Own Cells

Some experts said the results suggested that doctors might one ...

Gene Therapy Used to Restore Sight to Blind Kids

Researchers have succeeded in using gene therapy to restore sight ...

LSD, Magic Mushrooms Help Ease Anxiety

The big white pill was brought to her in an ...

Psychiatrists Make Changes to Diagnostics Bible

Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual ...

Use of "We" Found to Strengthen Marriage

Micki Sievwright has a new set of wheels that her ...

Cadmium Found in Adult Necklaces, Bracelets

Concern about the heavy metal cadmium in jewelry grew Tuesday ...

Fish Oil Pills Show Promise Against Schizophrenia

Fish oil pills may be able to save some young ...

Brain Pill Tested Against Genetic Learning Disorder

A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An ...

New National Experiment Tackles Teen Obesity

Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity ...

Smokers with Cancer Double Survival Chances by Quitting

People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double ...

J&J Issues Massive Recall of Tylenol, Motrin

Johnson & Johnson issued a massive recall Friday of over-the-counter ...

Americans Are Fat but Holding the Line

Raise a glass of diet soda: The nation's obesity rate ...

Weekends Can't Make Up for Sleep Deprivation

Sleeping in on Saturday after a few weeks of too ...

Male Chromosome Evolves Faster Than Rest of Genome

Women may think of men as primitive, but new research ...

Proven Danger Doesn't Stop Demand for Silicone Injections

Clara Tolentino was terrified when her 43-year-old sister died last ...

High Cadmium Levels Found in Kids' Jewelry from China

Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its ...

Fighting Fat Goes Hi-Tech with Wearable Sensors

The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an ...

Norway Finds Solution for Dug-Resistant Superbugs

Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The ...