Alzheimer's is capable of spreading through the brain like an infection, according to the findings of a new study into the progression of the disease.

Sugar is so harmful to public health it should be controlled like alcohol and cigarettes, scientists claimed.

Planned Parenthood said Wednesday that it received more than $400,000 from 6,000 donors in the 24 hours after news broke that its affiliates would be losing

Yum Brands Inc.'s Taco Bell chain is being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for involvement in a salmonella outbreak that

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a recall of some birth control pills in the United States, because they may not contain enough contraceptive

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of drug developed by Roche to treat advanced cases of basal cell skin cancer, the most common

Federal health regulators have approved Amylin Pharmaceutical's long-delayed diabetes drug Bydureon, a next-generation treatment that requires fewer injections

Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled new nutrition rules for school meals Wednesday in an effort to combat obesity in the U.S.

For people looking for a dose of mental edge, a purported brain enhancer called citicoline is popping up in beverages and dietary supplements.

Here's a reality check for President Obama's health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver

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

White House officials say President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is on track in many states — but they're preparing a federal backstop anyway.

Doctors questioned the effectiveness and safety of the main drug used to treat pandemic flu, in a report out Wednesday.

One in every three adults and one in every six children in the US is obese, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Shorter days and gloomy weather got you down? You are not alone. Millions of Americans suffer from mild to severe winter blues, a condition known as seasonal

Serious injuries involving pedestrians wearing headphones have more than tripled since 2004, a US study showed.

A second drug company has confirmed it plans to market a new form of the powerful and addictive painkiller hydrocodone, worrying experts who fear a narcotics

Do you own a car and a TV? That probably means you're a typical American. It also means you have an increased risk of having a heart attack.

Cola-Cola Co. said Wednesday it found an unapproved fungicide in orange juice made by Coke and its competitors, and alerted federal regulators that some

According to a recent study by Yale University researchers, food makers are now hawking junk food to children with "advergames" – branded, web-based computer

The Food and Drug Administration says it will step up testing for a fungicide that has been found in low levels in orange juice.

New government statistics show college-age binge drinkers average an astounding nine drinks each time they get drunk.

A new study found that nicotine may have some therapeutic effects in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the phase of mental decline that falls

Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.

A new side effect seems to be emerging for those cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs called statins: They may increase some people's chances of developing Type 2

Check your medicine cabinet: You could have one or more bottles of recalled pills.

The British government said Friday there was no evidence to recommend the routine removal of the breast implants at the center of a global health scandal, but

A new study says that people who commit blunders while under the influence of alcohol know they're doing it; they just don't care.

A Vietnamese man who went under the knife to remove a massive 198-pound tumor from his right leg was recovering Friday following a successful surgery.

For the first time in 20 years, a federal panel is urging the government to lower the threshold for lead poisoning in children.

More U.S. women are having twins these days. The reason? Older moms and fertility treatments.

The secret to eternal youth may come in the form of stem cell injections, scientists claimed.

The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the mouth provides an even better view of the body as a whole.

Four cases of infants sickened by a rare bacteria sometimes linked to powdered formula, including two who died, are not related and parents can continue using

A Defense Department program to develop super-strong soldiers has led to a wearable robot that enables paraplegics to walk.

Children who have poor emotional relationships with their mothers are more than twice as likely to become obese, according to a US study published Monday.

France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the

A study that found that treating HIV patients with antiretroviral drugs makes them remarkably less infectious was named Thursday the most important scientific

The lights, goodwill gestures, traditions and memories don't always translate into pleasant experiences for some people during the holiday season.

Could there be a link between a common pain medication and asthma in children? New research says that may be the case when it comes to acetaminophen products,

Swanson Health Products says it is recalling some packages of organic celery seed because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.

New York City is the biggest loser -- and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is delighted.

A 59-year-old woman's breast implant was "swallowed" by her body during a Pilates stretching exercise -- forcing her to go under the knife to have it retrieved

An Ohio man who had two towels left in his body after surgery at a veterans hospital has won a $275,000 settlement from the federal government.

Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including

"Vitamin Angels" is an organization that helps kids in poor countries get the nutrients they need to help their immune systems fight off infectious diseases.

According to new research from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia, men with sexually transmitted disease actually smell worse than

Researchers made a major advance in the decades-old effort to use gene therapy to treat the bleeding disorder hemophilia B, reporting that six patients in a