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Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars
Feb 6, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

Girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
Feb 2, 2012 at 11:11 PM
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.

Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls
Feb 2, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.

Study questions proton therapy for prostate cancer
Feb 1, 2012 at 4:27 PM
A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does.

Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mixup
Feb 1, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills due to a packaging error that could raise the risk of an accidental pregnancy by leaving women with an inadequate dose.

Drug approved to treat cystic fibrosis' root cause
Jan 31, 2012 at 5:39 PM
The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday, offering a life-changing treatment for a handful of patients with the deadly illness and broader hope for thousands more patients with the inherited disease.

FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge
Jan 30, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Regulators have approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.

Report: Electronic health records still need work
Jan 28, 2012 at 10:27 PM
America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.

CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically
Jan 25, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Foot and leg amputations were once a fairly common fate for diabetics, but new government research shows a dramatic decline in limbs lost to the disease, probably due to better treatments.

Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
Jan 24, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests - this time research showing millions of older women don't need their bones checked for osteoporosis nearly so often.

Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people
Jan 23, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Scientists are reporting hints that embryonic stem cells can ease blindness in some people.

Hospital prepares to send tiny baby home
Jan 20, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Melinda Star Guido weighed only 9 ½ ounces at birth- less than a can of soda. After spending her early months in the neonatal intensive care unit, a team of doctors and nurses will gather Friday to see her off.

Sex poses surprisingly low risk to heart patients
Jan 20, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.

U.S. wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025
Jan 17, 2012 at 8:24 PM
Effective treatments for Alzheimer's by 2025? That's the target the government is eyeing as it develops a national strategy to tackle what could become the defining disease of a rapidly aging population.

Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
Jan 16, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.