CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has issued a new report, “Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors Reported by Adults, United States, 1999-2002.”

The federal government has gingerly stepped back into rating the care delivered by the nation’s hospitals, releasing for the first time in nearly two decades a list of hospitals where heart patients are most likely to die.

Research in mice suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil and certain types of fish could potentially improve the prognosis of men who are genetically prone to develop prostate cancer.

Pioneering research to increase the accuracy of prostate cancer diagnoses has earned Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and its collaborators $822,000 in research grants.

Screening for prostate cancer using prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing continues to be problematic. Even though it is unproven whether population-wide screening with PSA can reduce death, illness or disability from prostate cancer, testing has bec

Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that its Cordis unit, which makes cardiovascular devices, has resolved its issues with the Food and Drug Administration, clearing the way for the introduction of new products.

Eight years and seven million patients later, we still don’t know whether the diabetes drug, Avandia, is safe or effective. This is largely because the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, failed to vigorously pursue questions about cardiac safety and<

A new gel that treats the symptoms of the "male menopause" has been launched by a British company.

When the news broke last month that significant questions had been raised about an increase in the risk of a heart attack for users of Avandia, I followed the reports with a bit more avidity than most.

WHY does health care for the average Medicare patient cost nearly twice as much a year in New Jersey, at $8,076, as it does in Hawaii, at $4,529?

F.D.A. Issues Strictest Warning on Diabetes Drugs

Diabetes Drug Still Has Heart Risks, Doctors Warn

Vioxx Damage Award

Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce their risk for nonfatal heart attack, provided that they do not become drunk, according to a recent study.

The number of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of patients with metastatic, hormone-resistant, prostate cancer can predict how they will do with chemotherapy, according to results of an international trial. The findings, if backed by larger s

Many African-American men radically underestimate the likelihood that having a needle biopsy for suspected prostate cancer will result in a cancer diagnosis, according to a study from the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Sue Cox says that her 17-year-old son, Tim, “started playing sports practically in the womb.” A standout on junior-league basketball and Pop Warner football teams in Hudson, N.H., he was, by high school, among the top basketball players in<

A new study analyzing men with localized prostate cancer shows that the specialty of the physician they see can influence the type of therapy they ultimately receive.

Doctor Says Drug Maker Tried to Quash His Criticism of Avandia

3rd Trial Is Ordered in Vioxx Death Case