Safety experts have advice on ways to germ-proof your food, and still save money.

Forty percent of the nearly 637,000 children in kindergarten through the eighth grade were found to be overweight or obese in the 2008-9 school year.

Donors have not yet committed enough money for studies needed to confirm a promising South African trial of a microbicide and to get the product to women.

After being flooded with complaints, the agency said it would continue to allow the sale of the drug midodrine.

The assessment makes it more likely that the fish will become the first genetically modified animal to enter the American food supply.

Employers passed all of the increases in insurance premiums this year to their employees, a survey found.

Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room.

Steamed and grilled leeks are paired with romesco sauce, a nut-thickened pepper purée.

Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.

Even before the recent salmonella outbreak, America's egg industry was struggling to fend off another threat: allegations that it was cruel to chickens.


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BEIJING - If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him. And he'll have an abstinence program from the United States to thank.


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Amid high unemployment and a weak economy, employers have been shifting health care costs to workers, according to a study released Thursday.


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Federal investigators found piles of manure up to eight feet tall, live mice, pigeons and other birds inside the hen houses at two egg farms suspected of causing a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness, officials said Monday.



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Sean Stephens hasn't told his friends he does water aerobics. "I guess until now," the 36-year-old joked last week as we wiggled into the pool at LivingWell, the health club at the Washington Hilton.


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In May, an emergency physician at George Washington University Hospital began a six-month study examining how accurately emergency doctors and physician assistants could diagnose wounds from patient-generated cellphone images.


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These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have in...


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Some months ago, the receptionist in my clinic handed me a registered letter. The name of the sender seemed familiar. "Dear Sir," the letter read. "Please be advised that this letter serves as official notice that I am considering a potential claim against you in a medical Malpractice claim in re...



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Even as supporters of human embryonic stem cell research are reeling from last week's sudden cutoff of federal funding, another portentous landmark is quietly approaching: the world's first attempt to carefully test the cells in people.


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For a limited time, PlaqueWorks.com is offering a 50 percent off discount to customers who enter the special promo code REDROSES through Sept. 30

The diagnosis was Stage 4 breast cancer. The prognosis: grave. "I got the impression that it was just like, 'Well, you're going to come here for chemo every week … kind of until you die,'" Erin Howa

Just as some athletes secretly use banned performance-enhancing drugs, owners of show animals can succumb to chemical attempts to get a leg up.

The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as s

The heat wave not only left wedding planners perspiring, it wrecked plenty of lawns as well.

A growing body of research suggests that angry people may be setting themselves up for everything from heart disease and irritable bowel syndrome to headaches and maybe just the common cold.

Dear Dr. Donohue • Please write about poison ivy treatment. Lately, two friends have used bleach to treat poison ivy. I think this is harmful. It seems to be a common folk remedy. — Anon.

Dear Carolyn • I think I screwed up, but I'm not sure how badly. My wife is pregnant with our first baby — a girl. Full disclosure, I expressed mild disappointment when we learned the sex, but I w

Dear Abby • For 10 years my husband and I worked hard in our careers, but didn't have much to show for it. Our house is shabby and old, we carpool to save money and have been extremely frugal.

The workers, often young pre-med students, enter information into computers as physicians examine patients. Complex electronic medical record systems are mastered, and doctors are able to focus.

Melissa Genove has dreamed of becoming a physician since childhood. To help her prepare, she spends as many as 35 hours each week shadowing emergency room doctors at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The 23-year-old listens intently as they examine patients, records their treatment plans in a laptop computer, and follows up on prescriptions, lab tests, consultations with specialists and anything else the doctors order.

Employees of larger companies will see mental coverage given equal treatment with medical coverage. The effect on out-of-pocket costs is unclear.

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, by some estimates, could affect the health coverage of approximately 113 million Americans. Exactly how it will affect them, though, will vary widely.

Factors to keep in mind, whether buying eggs from big commercial suppliers or farmers markets or gathering from a backyard coop.

As the scope of the nationwide salmonella outbreak expanded late last month, farmers market vendors reported rushes on locally produced eggs and people with backyard flocks were sitting smug.

It may take searching, and premiums may be higher, but for some patients, choices are available.

Amy Reiley had resigned herself to joining the ranks of the uninsured. The part-time L.A. resident and owner of a boutique cookbook publishing company had a group insurance plan that for three years covered her and another full-time employee.

Perimenopausal symptoms can go beyond hot flashes and may include sleep problems, psychological distress and mental lapses. Treatment options are limited, but research is ongoing.

I'm 46, and there are days when it feels like I'm completely losing my mind. I misplace my car keys, struggle to remember details of recent conversations, and can't recall seemingly anybody's name. To help cope with my mental cloudiness, I always keep an extra set of keys nearby, write endless sticky notes to myself, and frequently opt for the generic "hello" over more personalized greetings.

Strengthen your core while stretching your spine.

Use this Pilates roll-down exercise to stretch and strengthen your core muscles. Leaning against a flat wall to perform the move helps you hold and maintain a C-curve shape to your spine.

Make a thorough inspection of the hotel room, keep your luggage on the rack and don't put clothes in drawers.

I have to travel in a couple of weeks and stay in a hotel for several days. I have been reading and hearing a lot about the bedbug epidemic in New York, Washington and Baltimore. Do you know of any way I can make sure I do not pick up any bedbugs while I am traveling and bring them home with me?

How realistic is the Showtime series' treatment of cancer?

"The Big C," "Summer Time," Showtime, Monday, Aug. 23, 10:30 p.m.

Inventions such as the Altus Rip Slide, CoreGlide, KoreFit and Spheerz enhance workouts through challenging, dynamic movements.

Adding dynamic movement to strength exercises, such as doing a squat on a moving surface, is a good thing, forcing your body to balance, coordinate and challenge a wide range of muscle groups at once. Here are some dynamic new fitness products that encourage creativity and enhance workouts for exercisers of all ages and abilities.