"We already have strong regulations for pesticides and pharmaceuticals--it's common sense that we do the same for chemicals that end up in household items we use every day."

Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the country, killing more than 160,000 people a year. Yet the disease remains low on the list of cancer funding priorities. In 2006, the National Cancer Institute spent $1,518 for each new case of lung cancer--

In results from a widely watched clinical trial, the drug Avastin failed to show a significant effect on preventing the recurrence of colon cancer, the drug's maker, Genentech, said early Wednesday.

The discovery of a virus which may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through America, has been hailed as a "monumental breakthrough" in medical research. The development was announced in Washington by US Health Secretary Margaret Heckler.

A US-based fertility doctor has claimed to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of them into the wombs of four women. Panayiotis Zavos told Britain's Independent newspaper that although none of the women had had a viable pregnancy as a result,

AN English woman who developed an allergy to water almost four years ago remains unable to shower, swim or even cuddle her toddler. Michaela Dutton developed the incurable allergy after giving birth to son Mitchell in 2005. Since then, contact with water

"We, the People of these United States of America, hereby call for revolutionary changes in our health care system that encourage health and prosperity instead of disease and corporate profit."

Simply put, we have allowed an insurance company to make tremendous profits in part by denying care for serious injuries and mental health problems acquired by civilian contractors working in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Scientists in Michigan are reporting discovery of the secret behind the fabled healing power of the main ingredient in turmeric. a spice revered in India as "holy powder."

ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2009) -- For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed---