As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country’s biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors

High exposures tied to reduced heart rate variability in those with lung, heart disease, researchers find

An eastern Pennsylvania jury has convicted a man of assaulting a child three years ago, rejecting his defense that he could not have committed the crime because medications he was taking caused erectile dysfunction.

The first new prescription weight-loss pill in more than a decade failed to win backing from U.S. health advisers, who said safety concerns about the drug outweighed its ability to help obese patients shed pounds.

A two-step flu vaccine using DNA to "prime" the immune system and then a traditional seasonal influenza vaccine may be able to protect against all strains of the virus -- providing a long-sought "universal" flu vaccine, U.S. researc

U.S. authorities charged 94 doctors, nurses and clinic owners with scheming to defraud the taxpayer-funded Medicare program out of $251 million, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.

Men who use condoms every time they have sex are less likely to harbor the virus that causes genital warts than those who are less consistent about protection, a new study finds.

Even as summer temperatures soar, Americans are turning a cold shoulder to sunscreen, according to a poll released on Friday.

A study of families who get a rare genetic form of Alzheimer's may offer an ideal way to test drugs at an earlier stage, when they have the best chance of making a difference, researchers said on Thursday.

Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted against approving Qnexa, a weight-loss drug, for safety reasons.

Reduced funds from rich donor nations to treat HIV/AIDS in poorer nations will ultimately lead to more graves and higher care costs for people who get sick while they wait for drugs, a leading charity said on Thursday.

For the past three years, the evidence against Avandia has been building. A 2007 study found a 43 percent increase in heart attacks and a 64 percent spike in heart disease deaths in diabetics taking Avandia (meaning the absolute risk of a heart attack

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer — a rare form of prostate cancer which affects about 10 per cent of al

It could be right for most patients but the wrong place for you. Here's how you can tell

For decades, Americans have been told that saturated fat clogs arteries and causes heart disease. But there's just one problem: No one's ever proved it

Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter.


 

Some types of prostate tumors are more aggressive and more likely to metastasize than others.

Men with prostate cancer lose significantly less bone mineral content (BMC) as they age than men who are free of the disease

Severe depression in men who experience erectile dysfunction is associated with a higher incidence of heart problems, according to a new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.