Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued Friday that aim to reduce

A government advisory panel this week said that women in the 40s no longer need to get mammograms to detect breast cancer -- they can begin getting them every

What would the holidays be without kids giving Santa their wish list? But hopefully they're not giving Santa and other kids something else -- like the H1N1

Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.

Today is the "Great American Smokeout," and the American Cancer Society is encouraging smokers to use the day to quit smoking or make a plan to quit soon.

A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based

A German drugmaker says it's developed medication to boost the female libido, but is the news too good to be true?

Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if

Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.

A 7-year-old San Bernardino County boy has died from complications of swine flu, three days after being sent home from school after falling ill. Gigi

Health officials are blaming swine flu for killing two California prison inmates. One died Friday in Southern California. The other died Tuesday in Central California.

Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it,

For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure.

Runny nose, fever, cough, even pneumonia — the symptoms sound like swine flu but children hospitalized at one U.S. hospital in fact had a rhinovirus, better known as a common

A British man with a history of sleepwalking strangled his wife because he was convinced that she was an intruder who had broken into their camper van.

Women in their 40s are reacting with confusion and skepticism over the recommendations of a government task force concerning mammograms.

Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his

A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their

It's hard to imagine the depths some people will go to for a drink. Some put themselves in awkward and even dangerous positions, by absorbing alcohol into the

People who have had repeated flu infections — or repeated flu vaccines — may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza

As if the health care debate wasn't complicated enough, different laws in different states govern what kind of coverage insurance companies offer their

Vampire mania has reached a fever pitch and if shows like "True Blood" are any indication it's the sex that's got us hooked.

Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. Watch Susan Hirasuna's

If you've been sick with the flu or gotten the flu shot multiple times in the past, you may have some protection from the H1N1 virus.

Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday. Gigi

A new study has found that a chemical in plastic is potentially making boys "more feminine." Researchers at the University of Rochester discovered that boys

Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they've been using.

A woman in Australia who suffers from a rare medical condition, where she experiences 300 orgasms a day, has met a man that she loves and that can keep up with

Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.

A Maryland first grader whose battle with brain cancer inspired a comic book has died.

Beer and coffee don't seem like a good mix, but that's the idea behind alcoholic energy drinks. You get the buzz of caffeine and the relaxation of booze. But,

The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting

German biotech company Boehringer Ingelheim is "putting the finishing touches on a pill designed to reawaken desire by blunting female inhibitions," according

Changes made five years ago to a Connecticut law aimed at revealing medical mistakes at hospitals have allowed the facilities to keep more errors secret, a Hartford Courant

Los Angeles County public health workers are giving free swine flu vaccines to high-risk individuals at seven locations today. Here's a list of the locations

Dozens turned away after supplies of the H1N1 shot ran out during a vaccination clinic in Barre, Vt.

A 5-year-old girl in the UK is battling a rare disease that if not treated will turn her body into crystal.

How about some hand sanitizer before greeting Mickey Mouse?

Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being

Mickey Mouse and his Disney friends aren't taking any chances with the H1N1 virus.

The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of

Everyone knows that brushing your teeth and going to the dentist are musts for good oral health. But now some researchers are saying they could be good for

Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.

A northern Virginia family says their lives were turned upside down just 24 hours after getting their 14-year-old son received his seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines.