September 2010 Headlines
Melanoma is a cancer that kills one American every hour, and the numbers are rising. The main culprit: ultraviolet radiation from the sun and tanning beds.
Officials for the Food and Drug Administration have admitted Thursday that they should have acted sooner to stop a secret drug recall by Johnson & Johnson.
A new study reports it pays for women in their 40s to get a mammogram, once again stirring the debate over when a woman should be screened for breast cancer.
Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million toys, tricycles, and high chairs after reports of children being hurt by the products.
The international team of researchers involved in the study say their research could eventually lead to better treatments for the condition.
About one out of every five sexually active gay and bisexual men are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them don't know they have the disease, a recent federal study found.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled on Tuesday that funding can continue while the panel of three judges considers the case.
The United States is the fattest nation in the capitalist world, according a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Getting a toy with a fast food children's Happy Meal may not be standard anymore in San Francisco, if city officials have their way.
Fifty years after the discovery of the first direct genetic link to cancer, scientists are assessing the state of so-called targeted therapy.
Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth.
The economic downturn is affecting one Forth Wort, Texas man in a way he never could have been prepared.
Citizens of the world's richest countries are getting fatter and fatter and the United States is leading the charge.
The heads of two Iowa egg farms, linked to that massive salmonella outbreak this summer, testified before a House committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
A new study suggests mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as previously thought.
Scientists said Wednesday they've discovered fossils in the southern Utah desert of two new dinosaur species closely related to the Triceratops.
Losing weight will improve your health, but also help you save thousands of dollars.
Most people know salmon is a very healthy food. But instead of eating the salmon God made, would you eat salmon that humans have tinkered with a bit?
Better catch Jupiter this week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022.
Ben and Jerry's has announced that they have figured out how to solve the problem of sleep-deprived employees.
Pro-life advocates want criminal charges filed against an abortion doctor they say is illegally performing abortions.
New York City officials are planning on extending the city's smoking ban from restaurants and bars to the outdoors.
The manufacturers who brought you the sweetener that's in everything from soda to pasta sauce -- even bread -- want to change the name from high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar.
While most doctors are solidly behind them, a number of parents are saying 'no' when it comes to vaccinating their kids.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new non-invasive method to get rid of excess pounds known as Zeltiq.
Many overweight and obese Americans don't realize they have a weight problem.
Startling new research shows sleep deprivation may be more harmful than researchers ever thought.
A Massachusetts doctor will spend six months in jail for manslaughter after a woman died from an abortion procedure he performed.
Tropical Storm Karl is moving across Mexico's Yucatan peninsula after making landfall Wednesday morning.
A new gene that makes a certain bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics has U.S. scientists and doctors alarmed.
Can you imagine having major parts of your body removed even though your doctor says you're perfectly healthy?
China's plans to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off a popular outcry.
Hurricane Igor has become the strongest hurricane so far this season and is expected to become the first Category 5 storm of the year.
A federal appeals court has temporarily lifted a ban on using federal money on embryonic stem cells, Thursday.
Actors Diane Lane, Marcia Cross, and Mark Harmon will join more than 100 celebrities on Friday night for the "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon.
Most Americans still don't eat vegetables often enough, and fruit consumption is actually dropping a little, according to a new government report released Thursday.
Sampson is a 300-pound therapy pet who brings smiles to New Jersey nursing home residents in a rather unexpected way -- he kisses them.
Taking a daily dose of Vitamin B could help your memory and also could delay the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new Oxford University study.
Kids who don't get enough sleep may be more likely to become obese later in life, according to a new study from the University of Washington.
NASA scientists said one of two small asteroids passed between the Earth and the moon on Wednesday.
For the fifth year in a row, the smoking rate among U.S. adults remains at about one in five, the CDC announced Tuesday.
Investigators are looking into claims of a botched abortion by a controversial abortionist in Maryland.
New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.
After the Labor Day holiday weekend, many children in the U.S. will be heading back to school. In China, a group of panda bears will be as well.
New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.
A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
The number of men with esophageal cancer in 2010 is double what it was for the last three decades in Britain, according to the Cancer Research UK.
British researchers say that genetics is not an excuse for obesity. They add the key to staying slim is to get plenty of exercise.