LONDON More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.
JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi's abortion laws, already among the strictest in the nation, are poised to become even tighter after a push by social conservatives to shut down the state's only clinic providing the procedure.
ATLANTA Health officials say nearly 1 in 4 babies are born to unmarried couples who are living together, a significant jump from a decade ago.
LOS ANGELES No place on Earth demonstrates the resilience or inventiveness of life quite like Lechuguilla Cave, whose subterranean tunnels stretch for 130 miles through Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico.
AUSTIN, Texas Eight Planned Parenthood organizations sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding them from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women, saying the new rule violates their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and association.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Johnson & Johnson was handed a bitter pill Wednesday when an Arkansas judge fined the company and a subsidiary more than $1.1 billion for downplaying and concealing risks associated with the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, a ruling that could affect dozens of pending lawsuits over the drug.
WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria.
WASHINGTON A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is.
As we wait for the Supreme Court to render its verdict on health reform in June, there is an important question to ponder: Does American exceptionalism extend to health care? Are we different than other advanced democracies?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A judge will decide how much a Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary must pay the state of Arkansas, after a jury found the company downplayed and hid risks associated with an antipsychotic drug.
GENEVA Cases of dementia - and the heavy social and financial burdens associated with them - are set to soar in the coming decades as life expectancy and medical care improve in poorer countries, the World Health Organization says.
The conversation started this way: "Working out does suck. And it's hard work."
LAS VEGAS A New York woman facing felony charges in Las Vegas after being accused of performing illegal eyelift surgeries has apparently fled the country.
Reaction to a report by California regulators that found that some nail polishes commonly found in salons and advertised as free of a so-called "toxic trio" of chemicals actually have high levels of agents linked to birth defects and other illnesses:
New research shows fatal car crashes increase on the Tax Day, the deadline for filing U.S. income taxes. But that's not the only time of year that carries slightly heightened risks on American roads.
CHICAGO The two certainties in life - death and taxes - may be more intertwined than Ben Franklin ever imagined: A study found that deadly auto accidents increase on Tax Day.
WASHINGTON A federal appeals court Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of requiring large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill people, with two of the three judges questioning how far the government could go.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A new report by a group that funds training and promotion of dental therapists says the midlevel practitioners worldwide offer safe, competent care in locations with rare access to dentists.
SAN FRANCISCO Some nail polishes commonly found in California salons and advertised as free of a so-called "toxic trio" of chemicals actually have high levels of agents linked to birth defects, state regulators said Tuesday.
DETROIT A new generation of devices could significantly improve care for patients who have some of the most devastating types of strokes.
