About 50 patients, mostly illegal immigrants, had sued to force Grady Memorial Hospital, a struggling public hospital that provides charity care, to continue providing free dialysis treatment.

Nearly a million doses may have been slightly less potent than required, federal officials said in announcing that the shots had been voluntarily pulled.

Federal agents arrested 26 suspects in three states on Tuesday, including a doctor and nurses, in a crackdown on Medicare fraud totaling $61 million.

India will become the world’s most populous country in 2025, surpassing China, where the population will peak one year later because of declining fertility, according to U.S. projections.

The need for health coverage prevents many workers from finding new jobs or starting new companies, which suppresses economic growth.

A federal subsidy has allowed laid-off workers to keep up with health insurance premiums. But that subsidy is about to expire.

In 1874, it took the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to bring the case of a battered 10-year-old, Mary Ellen McCormack, before a New York court.

Researchers report that the breast cancer drug Herceptin should be given at the same time as chemotherapy, not after chemotherapy is concluded.

High levels of the energy-regulating hormone leptin were associated with lower rates of Alzheimer's disease, a study shows.

The H1N1 pandemic, hurricane Katrina, and the 9/11 terror attacks should have been preparedness wake-up calls -- but the U.S. just hit the snooze alarm, a public health group warns.

A survey of more than 3,000 girls aged 8-18 suggests their breast development and breast cancer are a big source of anxiety.

A new study suggests that compounds found in black pepper and curry powder help halt the growth of stem cells that give rise to breast cancer.

What is cochlear hydrops and what might help?

Lawsuits and internal documents show how Pfizer and its predecessors promoted the idea of taking hormone drugs.

A federal report indicated that in recent years, bear meat accounted for almost all nonpork cases of trichinosis.

Research showed a decline of more than 50 percent after patients started getting the medication in 1996.

A new targeted cancer drug called T-DM1 has been shown to shrink tumors in women with metastatic breast cancer after an average of seven other drugs, including Herceptin, failed.

The senator is infuriating Democrats, but they may bow to his demands by dropping a Medicare expansion and the public option.

How long can a virus survive on your sink or doorknob?

Almost one in four pediatricians were working part time in 2006, a survey showed, up from 15 percent six years before that.