By HealthDay About 10 million injection drug users worldwide have hepatitis C, and 1.3 million have hepatitis B, a new study reports.

A federal judge rules in favor of an Obama administration policy that expanded such funding, allowing the support to continue. Researchers are in the clear to use federal funds to study embryonic stem cells such as these.

Cell phones don't increase kids' cancer risk, a new study suggests. Researchers compared the cell phone habits of nearly 1000 children and adolescents ages 7 to 19 in Western Europe, including 352 who had been diagnosed with a brain ...

July 28, 2011 -- The health reform law -- the Affordable Care Act -- is slated to change how our health care dollar is spent and how far it can stretch during the ensuing decade.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Army's chief medical facility, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, retired its ceremonial flags on Wednesday, as it closes its historic facility after more than a century of treating wounded American fighters ...

Putting calorie information on menus encourages healthy eating - but only in a limited way, a review of the scheme in the US shows.

That point was reinforced by a study published yesterday by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. It found that computer-aided detection technology, intended to help radiologists interpret mammograms, is associated with more ...

A universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains may be within reach in the next five years, replacing annual shots developed for specifics flu viruses, the chief of the National Institutes of Health ...

A scan of a patient's palm is pictured in this undated handout photograph released on July 27, 2011. The new biometric technology employed by New York University's Langone Medical Center was expected to speed up patient check-ins and eliminate medical ...

McDonald's efforts to make the Happy Meal more nutritious have some health and consumer advocates saying the chain still isn't doing enough, the Boston Globe reports.

The prevalence of gout continues to climb along with rates of related conditions such as hypertension and metabolic syndrome, reaching 3.9% in 2008, a large US study found.

(CBS) Not crazy about your nose? A new study from Belgium suggests you may be mentally ill. It showed that one in three people who seek a nose job (rhinoplasty) have body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a psychiatric condition marked by excessive concern ...

The FDA announced new guidelines for sunscreens that clarify what really does what. But here's the bad news: All will be effective next summer 2012.

WTC health act leaves out cancer treatment; Officials meeting with workers Tuesday in Melville to discuss details. By Amanda Lindner New York Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Curry calls for rescue teams at Ground Zero three days after the 9/11 ...

SNOW HILL, Md.– The Worcester County Health Department is offering tips to help prevent contact with mosquitoes and reduce risk of infection by the West Nile virus.

A green cigarette? New magazine ads touting cigarettes with "additive-free" organic tobacco use the term "eco-friendly," prompting anti-smoking activists to fume.

An unidentified person threw a Molotov cocktail at a North Texas Planned Parenthood last night, apparently unaware that the clinic only provides preventative care.

The homepage of Your Healthy Choice Clinic's website on Thursday morning included voter registration information but nothing about an earlier offer of free marijuana in exchange.

AP , 07.28.11, 11:45 AM EDT HOUSTON -- A Houston producer of fresh-cut fruit products has ordered a recall because of fear that the imported Mexican papaya contained in the products could be contaminated with salmonella.

More than $116 million believed fraudulently billed to New Jersey's Medicaid program was returned to government coffers over the past year, the state comptroller announced Wednesday.