MEDICINE

The flu season may be taking off a bit later this year and compared to recent years the low number of cases currently circulating in the U.S. is reassuring, influenza experts said.

The founder of a French company at the heart of an international health scandal acknowledged on Wednesday that he had used unapproved silicone in breast implants, but said France's recommendation for women to have them removed was criminal.

Combining traditional Chinese medicine and a Western treatment results in a significant increase in fertility in women hoping to become pregnant according to study results from Tel Aviv University.

U.S. health regulators gave the nod on Tuesday to a drug from British specialty drugmaker BTG Plc that helps cancer patients get rid of toxic levels of a chemotherapy treatment.

The risk of becoming disabled with age increases with factors like having a chronic condition, cognitive impairment, low physical activity, slower overall motor coordination, poor limb function, and being hospitalized, researchers said Monday.

The British actor, Peter Dinklage, accepted the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for his performance in Game of Thrones. He ended his acceptance speech with a mention of the name Martin Henderson, and the suggestion to 'Google him'.

Chinese legends have long extolled the benefits of the Tian Shan Xue Lian, a rare white flower found in snowcapped mountains that is revered as a panacea, an elixir so powerful it can supposedly bring the dead back to life.

Antidepressant use in expecting mothers can cause their babies to develop pulmonary hypertension, a condition that increases blood pressure in the lungs, according to a study published Thursday in the British Medical Journal.

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A recent Swedish study reveals a link between the eating of processed meat such as sausages and the incidence of pancreatic cancer. Consuming a single serving of processed meat every day can increase your risk of pancreatic cancer, suggests the new study.

Kathleen Edward, the 9-year-old girl who suffered from Juvenile Huntington's disease and was taunted by a neighbor for it in 2010, died Wednesday at her Wyandotte home in Michigan with more than 20 friends and family members beside her bed, according to reports.

India is about to hit a milestone in its battle to eradicate the polio virus with no new cases reported in the past year.

A task force created by Gov. Beverly Purdue has recommended the compensation for living victims of a state program that sterilized more than 7,000 undesirable individuals between 1929 and 1974.

Broken heart syndrome is not something that exists only in fairytales. You can, in fact, die from a broken heart.

Routine screening for prostate cancer may not help lower the number of deaths caused by the condition. Research conducted at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, has indicated that any amount of testing for the ailment among men in their fifties or sixties will have no impact on the death rate.

Childhood per se is at stake as a surgery-obsessed, self-proclaimed 'Human Barbie' British mom gave her seven-year old daughter a Christmas present of £7,000 voucher for liposuction.

The new head of Europe's drugs watchdog said on Friday there was an acute need to tighten regulations on medical devices, adding to pressure for radical change in the wake of a global scandal over French-made breast implants.

The FDA decision ignores intensifying scientific evidence suggesting the overuse of antibiotics in feed given to animals intended for human consumption can lead to the development of potentially fatal antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Are you losing some extra pounds, overworked, hungry and underinsured? Congratulations, you are the modern American of 2012.

Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a registry that would track patients with implants.

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.