Recent Health News

Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life

Surveys reveal how well people are doing mentally, physically, experts say

Health Highlights: May 7, 2013
  • Valley Fever Cases Rising in U.S.
  • N.J. Gov. Christie Had Weight-Loss Surgery
  • Mental Disorder Manual Lacks Scientific Validity: Expert
  • FDA Warns About Breast Cancer Drug Name Confusion
Sleep Woes Tied to Prostate Cancer Risk in Study

Men least likely to nod off were most likely to have severe disease, researchers found

Health Tip: Taking a Birthing Class

Suggestions to help you prepare

Blacks May Face Higher Risk of MS Than Whites

Study finding contradicts common belief that the opposite is true

Study Links Timing of ER Visit to Prostate Cancer Survival Odds

In patients whose disease has spread, weekend admissions tend to have worse outcomes

Health Highlights: May 6, 2013
  • Pfizer Offers Viagra Online
  • FDA Criticized for OK'ing Combo Cholesterol Pill
  • Veterans at Higher Risk for Traffic Crashes
Health Tip: Coping With Shoulder Arthritis

Rest, soothe and strengthen to treat pain

Health Tip: When a Bite Isn't Right

How malocclusion may affect your child

Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk

Danish study did not prove a cause-and-effect link, however