Health
'Heart School' puts patients' tickers on track
It's been a long time since 66-year-old Judy Borgula has seen the inside of a classroom, but a near-death experience forced her back to school -- "Heart School."
AIDS-rights advocates: HIV infections underreported
Advocacy groups say new government estimates will show at least 35 percent more Americans are infected with the AIDS virus each year than the government has been reporting.
Holidays bring heart risks along with revelry
Those lords-a-leeping and ladies dancing may want to consider the downside of the holidays: Heart attack season has arrived.
Transplant offers boy hope of life without harsh drugs
Kimberly Lindsey marvels that her 3-year-old son Merrick doesn't need to take 10 different medicines anymore. He can safely frolic on the playground among the germs that lurk there.
FDA: No added heart risk from heartburn drugs
Patients who suffer from heartburn are not at increased risk for heart problems as a result of taking Prilosec or Nexium, according to a review released Monday by the Food and Drug Administration.
CDC: Average U.S. cholesterol falls to ideal range
Americans may be too fat, but at least their cholesterol is low.
Report urges end to stigma of incontinence
One in four U.S. adults will experience incontinence at some point, a surprisingly high toll, and the condition is so embarrassing that many suffer silently, a government panel said Wednesday. Women
Scientists seek to help 'locked-in' man speak
It's been described as the closest thing to being buried alive -- complete paralysis of the body, except for controlled movement of the eyes.
Disorder turning anchor's skin from black to white
Lee Thomas' skin is betraying him.
RSV: Respiratory virus can be life threatening
Kamryn Campbell is only 16 months old, but she's been through more medical trauma than most people will suffer in a lifetime.
A killer cold? Even the healthy may be vulnerable
A high school varsity athlete, a sturdy guy with a health history blissfully free of blips, 18-year-old Joseph Spencer had little reason to think anything was seriously wrong when he got sick last A
Study: Lack of insurance boosts cancer death risk
Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling
Teen dies hours after liver transplant approved
A 17-year-old died just hours after her health insurance company reversed its decision not to pay for a liver transplant that doctors said the girl needed.
New Jersey to add HIV testing to prenatal care
HIV testing may soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey as part of a bill that supporters contend will put the state in the forefront of the nationa
Sleep disruptions may boost diabetes risk
When Shakespeare called sleep the "chief nourisher of life's feast," he may have been well ahead of his time, medically at least.
Lifesaving heart shock sometimes delayed in hospital
Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially live-saving shock within the recommended
