Health

FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods
For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far
Meningitis outbreak kills at least 40 in Guinea
Health officials say a meningitis outbreak has killed at least 40 people in the West African nation of Guinea. Conde Lansine, a doctor in the eastern ...
Toddler youngest in world to get lab-made windpipe
A 2-year-old born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells. She's the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the ...
Egypt investigates new student food poisoning case
A security official says that Egyptian authorities are investigating a new case of food poisoning at Al-Azhar, Cairo's centuries-old seat of Sunni ...
Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman
A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that ...
Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant
A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said. In a ruling ...
Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs
They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't ...
Inbee Park at home with LPGA win in North Texas
Inbee Park felt right at home in North Texas. The top-ranked woman in the world left with another trophy. Park played the final 35 holes of the ...
Mini-stroke could limit Algeria president ambition
The mini-stroke suffered by Algeria's president has cast fresh doubt on his perceived ambition to run for a fourth term next year as leader of one of ...
Report: Algeria's president has mini-stroke
Algeria's president was hospitalized Saturday after having a mini-stroke without serious complications, the state news agency said.
Breyer has shoulder surgery after bike accident
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident. Court spokeswoman ...
Hitler's food taster tells of poisoning fears
They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even ...
Well-groomed man sought in Rogaine, pill thefts
Authorities in Colorado are looking for a well-groomed man suspected of stealing more than $2,600 worth of teeth-whitening strips, weight-loss pills, ...
Latest HIV vaccine doesn't work; govt halts study
The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren't ...
Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetes treatment
Scientists have identified a hormone that can sharply boost the number of cells that make insulin in mice, a discovery that may someday lead to a ...
Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live ...
New push against polio and new vaccines in Somalia
Two dozen babies sat on the laps of their mothers, who dressed in a rainbow of headscarves at the Medina Maternal Child Health Center. They are among ...
Drug czar: Pot legalization won't change mission
The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the ...
Governments may push workers to health exchange
In a quest to save money, political leaders in Washington state are exploring a proposal that would shift some government workers out of their current ...
Long-term care in aging US: Not for me, poll says
We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll ...
NFL group, company teaming up for brain drug test
A potential treatment for traumatic brain injuries may be tested in retired professional football players, who are the focus of concern over blows to ...
WHO: New flu passes more easily from bird to human
A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because ...
UK experts: Cosmetic surgery needs tighter rules
A group of independent experts has slammed Britain's cosmetic surgery industry for not protecting patients adequately and is calling for stricter ...
A look at immigrant patients deported by hospitals
Over the last five years, American hospitals have sent at least 600 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally back to their home countries to avoid ...
US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home
Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American ...