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US health care reform efforts through history
The Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law follows a century of debate over what role the government ...
Traditional Gaza drawn to old alternative therapy
In a Gaza shop, a group of men sit with glass jars attached to their legs, their backs, their faces, sucking at the skin as blood slowly seeps out.
Athletes' deaths in workouts prompt new guidelines
The most dangerous time for amateur athletes may not be during the heat of the game or even in rigorous practices. A total of 21 college football ...
Mexico doctors remove child's 33-pound tumor
Mexican doctors say they have removed a 33-pound (15-kilogram) tumor from the body of a 2-year-old child who weighed only 26 pounds (12 kilograms). Dr
Woman with flesh-eating disease to leave hospital
A Georgia woman diagnosed with a rare, flesh-eating disease will soon leave the hospital where doctors gave her little chance of surviving when she ...
Congress passes bill increasing drug inspections
A Food and Drug Administration bill designed to increase inspections of foreign drug factories, while also speeding approvals of new drugs at home, ...
S. Africa cloned skin recipient to leave hospital
Bedtime for 3-year-old Isabella Kruger now includes a bottle and a massage. This ritual has become possible again as the toddler recovers from surgery ...
CDC trying out free AIDS tests at drugstores
Getting an AIDS test at the drugstore could become as common as a flu shot or blood pressure check, if a new pilot program takes off. The $1.2 million ...
Roche closing NJ site in 2013, cutting 1K jobs
Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said Tuesday it will close its former U.S. headquarters, a sprawling facility where the groundbreaking drugs Valium ...
German court: Circumcision on boys an assault
A German court has ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure.
ABC's Roberts' illness spurs bone marrow donations
As Robin Roberts waits for a bone marrow transplant this fall, news of the morning show anchor's illness is helping others who need treatment.
Romney attacks 'Obamacare' ahead of SCOTUS ruling
With an eye on the Supreme Court ruling this week, Mitt Romney on Tuesday said President Barack Obama's time in office would have been wasted if the ...
Missouri farmers look to boost US elderberry crop
Missouri farmer Terry Durham is among those willing to bet the next hot food crop will be a berry now more commonly found in roadside ditches than ...
Tropical island problem: Too many parrots
The green parrots that live on the tropical paradise of Seychelles fly into the bamboo stalks next to Micheleine Georges' 150-year-old farmhouse at ...
Know your BMI: Docs urged to screen for obesity
Chances are you know your blood pressure. What about your BMI? Body mass index signals if you're overweight, obese or just right considering your ...
Militants kill 13 Pakistani troops, beheading 7
Militants crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and killed 13 Pakistani troops, beheading seven of them, the Pakistani military charged, and the ...
FDA delays decision on Pfizer, Bristol-Myers drug
Shares of Pfizer Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. fell Monday after federal regulators unexpectedly delayed for a second time a decision on whether ...
FDA probes safety issues with metal hip implants
Metal hip replacements implanted in a half-million Americans may be failing earlier than expected, but it could be years before U.S. health regulators ...
Critics blast Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill'
Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is among the strictest ...
Greek PM cannot attend EU summit due to surgery
Greece's new prime minister will not be well enough to travel to a critical EU summit in Brussels after undergoing an eye operation, the government ...
Elder fraud: One couple's losses and hard lessons
With their elderly parents seated across the octagonal oak table, Donna and Jim Parker were back in the kitchen they knew so well — the hutch along ...
Pet piranha bites off Illinois toddler's fingertip
Chicago-area parents thought their pit bull was to blame when they heard their 18-month-old daughter crying and discovered one of her fingertips had ...
How stocks will fare in court ruling on health law
Insurers and other health care companies are facing costly new restrictions and fees under the new law. The Republicans, the party most associated ...
Oil tycoon vanishes during Florida boat trip
When an oil tycoon's fishing boat washed ashore near Fort Lauderdale this week, the lights were on and the engines were running, but the owner was ...