TORONTO - Canadian researchers have isolated a genetic mutation that appears to link two types of ovarian cancer with endometriosis, a common gynecological condition in women.

WASHINGTON - A new government study says President Obama's health care law will have negligible effects on total national health spending in the next 10 years, neither slowing nor fueling the explosive growth of medical costs.

Wisconsin will "move forward on every legal front we can" to overturn a court ruling that has blocked federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, Gov.

The college students are back into full swing on the campus of the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. School-aged children are standing by the roadside waiting for school buses to pick them up and the roads are overcrowded with pedestrians and ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for mandatory flu shots for all healthcare workers this week. This organization is the latest of several groups who are calling for the same thing.

Health insurance spending will rise 12.9 percent in 2014, according to a new government analysis of the health-care reform law. Bonnary Lek, a manager at Discovery Communications headquarters, is examined by Discovery Wellness Center Medical Director ...

Reporting from Washington-- The Food and Drug Administration has warned producers of two popular brands of green tea drinks not to make unauthorized nutrient claims, continuing its clampdown on misleading food ...

TUESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The fillings and sealants that many dentists use can expose children to the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a new analysis indicates, but such exposure is short-lived and it remains unclear ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physician performance programs, which reward top-tier doctors, could widen healthcare disparities, researchers warned on Tuesday.

The number of Boston-bred mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus continues to mount this summer. Last week, bugs trapped and tested in Lower Mills were found to be infected with the disease, which can cause illness in humans and can ...

A newly wed couple kiss during a mass wedding ceremony organized by Taipei city government on September 9, 2010. (CNN) -- "Love 99, Happiness forever" was the theme as 163 couples married in Taiwan's capital on Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration is within steps of green lighting genetically modified salmon as a safe food product, which would be the first genetically altered animal approved for human consumption.

Michael Douglas attends the "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" premiere during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2010, in Cannes, France.

(CBS) If you want to stop Americans from smoking cigarettes it seems you are going to have to rip them from their cold dead hands.

The Centers for Disease Control consider the annual flu a “serious and contagious disease.” It can lead to hospitalization and death, and while they do not expect a repeat performance of last year's pandemic, the flu is unpredictable and ...

TUESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of medical malpractice in the United States is $55.6 billion a year, which is 2.4 percent of annual health-care spending, a new study shows.

The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, Los Angeles researchers reported Monday.

For many people, depression and thoughts of suicide aren't necessarily thought of as problems older adults may be facing. Adults just don't think that their parents or that their spouse of four or five decades could consider that.