Do you know how many people are at the table with gloves on, when you have an operation? There's the surgeon and a scrub nurse, of course. A surgical tech may be there too, suctioning up those queasy fluids, holding the arm or leg we're working on....

In a week of claim and counter-claim about the merits of healthcare provision in the US and UK, Ed Pilkington travelled to Quindaro, Kansas, to see how the poorest survive

LONDON - British doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart. After 10 years with two blood pumping organs, ... CONTINUED ...

By Arthur Brice CNN (CNN) -- French researchers have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus, the first derived from gorillas, a report said Monday. A new virus is difficult to detect by tests because it is not closely related to the

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Friday night approved a sweeping package of health-care measures, clearing a critical hurdle that sets the stage for a five-week battle for both Democrats and Republicans to define the legislation

The Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to pay $151 million for 12.8 million doses of H1N1 vaccine from MedImmune. Machielse said the company expects the federal government to buy all of its doses eventually

A complicated list of who should get pandemic flu vaccine in the fall is now set. When the vaccine starts arriving in September, first in line will be pregnant women; the caretakers of infants; children and young adults; older people with

Researchers have identified a group of women who have an increased risk for developing breast cancer for a second time. Experts in California studied medical records from a national database to learn whether a tumor's hormone receptor status played a---

DENVER - A grand jury indicted a surgery technician infected with hepatitis C on several charges Thursday, alleging she stole syringes with painkillers and replaced them with needles she had used.

Whether it's over the counter or under the lights, teeth whitening has become a common cosmetic procedure. "Over the years a lot of coffee and tea and your teeth do darken down.