Health
Salsa your way to health, fitness
The lights are dim, the music is pulsing and couples are circling the dance floor in elaborate, revealing costumes.
Food pantries offering health care to needy
An out-of-work David Thomas walked into a Milwaukee food pantry just seeking groceries. Thomas learned he was a stroke waiting to happen and got blood pressure medicine along with his bread.
FDA: No apparent heart risk from Prilosec, Nexium
The popular heartburn drugs Prilosec and Nexium don't appear to spur heart problems, according to preliminary results of U.S. and Canadian probes announced Thursday.
Bali has first human bird flu death
An Indonesian woman has died of bird flu in Bali, the first human death from the virus on the resort island hugely popular with foreign tourists.
No single remedy fixes psoriasis
Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition that affects up to 5 million Americans. CNN learned more about psoriasis from Dr. Mathew Avram, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Dermatology
GPS, other technology tracks lost Alzheimer's patients
It looks like a toy, but the bracelet locked around Bob Melnick's wrist gives his wife some peace of mind: If this Alzheimer's patient wanders off and gets lost, he's wearing a tracking beacon to he
Exhaustion, anger of caregiving get a name
Do you take care of someone in your family with a chronic medical illness or dementia? Have you felt depression, anger or guilt? Has your health deteriorated since taking on the responsibility of ca
Tape measure, not scale, key to knowing heart risk
A quick check around the waist with a tape measure may be a better way of telling if you are at risk of heart disease than stepping on a scale, researchers said Monday.
Undiagnosed diabetes in U.S. men falls sharply
The number of U.S. men with undiagnosed diabetes has fallen dramatically in the past three decades, with blacks and Hispanics no longer any more likely to unknowingly have the disease than whites, a
Avandia, Actos to include 'black box' warnings
The diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will be labeled with severe warnings about a risk of heart failure to some patients, health officials said Tuesday.
Study: Vaccines prevent, but can't treat HPV
Vaccines designed to prevent infection from two strains of the human papillomavirus that cause most cases of cervical cancer offer no benefit as a treatment for women who are already infected, U.S.
Avoid school strain: Unstuff that backpack
By the second week of fifth grade my son Christopher's backpack already weighed 27 pounds. I know because we put it on the bathroom scale. A thick binder, two textbooks, a novel and miscellaneous su
Five must-do's when a loved one is ill
One day in the hospital, Vladimir Atryzek overheard a nurse mention that his daughter, Molly, needed to have some bone marrow extracted. The nurse said she would be preparing Molly immediately for t
Vaccine helps protect against more HPV strains
New data show that a vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer partially blocks infection by 10 strains of the virus on top of the four types the vaccine targets.
How one man conquered chronic pain
Timothy Connick was in agony for six years. In bed at night, it felt as if a pair of scissors was sticking out of his foot. "I turn over, and it's just like they're getting jammed in more."
Study: Treating depression a good business move
Investing in depressed employees -- quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy -- can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.
Many drugs slip through regulatory 'black hole'
Every year, doctors write approximately 65 million prescriptions for drugs not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the federal agency that regulates prescription drugs.
FDA: Stop giving cold, cough meds to toddlers
Very young children simply should not take some commonly used cold and cough medicines, federal health officials say in recommending that the "consult your physician" advice to parents on
