Mar 10, 2010 06:01PM

Hospital rap over medicine errors

Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.

Mar 10, 2010 06:08PM

GPs 'lax' on cholesterol targets

Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.

Mar 10, 2010 06:13PM

Vitiligo skin graft 'effective'

Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.

Mar 10, 2010 02:00AM

Call to halt NHS medical database

Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

Mar 09, 2010 05:17PM

'No proof' IVF aided by acupuncture

There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.

Mar 10, 2010 01:20PM

Healthier men want more sex for more years

Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.

Mar 09, 2010 02:41PM

Minorities' higher Alzheimer's risk

Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes.

Mar 10, 2010 06:53AM

What can I do for chronic sinusitis?

I have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitis. It would seem like every six months or so, I have an episode where I am unable to go to work for about three days because I develop a temperature, swollen lymph nodes, (recently, swollen, inflammed tonsils) headaches and skin flora on my scalp. How is skin flora associated with sinusitis? Will this ever stop?

Mar 10, 2010 10:42AM

CDC: Herpes still 'serious' threat

As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.

Mar 08, 2010 04:04PM

Women drinkers less likely to gain

Some women avoid drinking calorie-filled cocktails, wine, and beer because they're worried about packing on the pounds. Now, a new study suggests that women who are moderate drinkers actually tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers.

By NICHOLAS WADE on Mar 10, 2010 08:10PM

Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome

Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.

By DENISE GRADY on Mar 10, 2010 08:19PM

Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines

The medical experts told an N.I.H. conference that the trend of ?once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean? may be safely reversed.

By THE NEW YORK TIMES on Mar 10, 2010 01:54PM

Assessing Your Risk of a Heart Attack

If you are young and healthy but have a family history of cardiovascular disease, are you at high risk of having a heart attack?

By JUDITH WARNER on Mar 10, 2010 12:18PM

Concocting a Cure for Kids With Issues

Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.

By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN on Mar 09, 2010 12:19PM

Recipes for Health: Warm Chickpeas and Greens With Vinaigrette

In parts of France, farmers make a traditional meal of boiled chickpeas and spinach or chard.

Mar 10, 2010 05:03PM

Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)

AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.

Mar 10, 2010 03:14PM

Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)

AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."

Mar 10, 2010 08:03PM

CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)

AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

Mar 09, 2010 01:04AM

Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)

AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.

Mar 07, 2010 12:15PM

Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)

AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.