The season is over for the Washington Nationals' star pitcher Stephen Strasburg. He's expected to undergo Tommy John surgery to replace a torn ligament in his right elbow. If all goes well, he could be back in pitching form in 12 to 18 months.

About 1 in 8 people who have received the affected hips need surgery to replace them within five years of implantation. That failure rate is more than double the average for similar products.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's says that the 36,000 annual flu death toll number the media's been using might not be so accurate anymore.

As investigators turn up more clues on the sources of salmonella contamination for hundreds of millions of recalled eggs, the number of people thought to have become ill from them is expected to grow.

To boost the ranks of primary care doctors in Maine, the biggest hospital in the state is partnering with a Boston medical school to bring students north for training. The idea is that they'll stay in Maine once it's time to practice medicine.

With clean drinking water scarce for millions of people in flood-ravaged parts of Pakistan, the risk of a cholera outbreak is increasing.

Months after the insurer withdrew a controversial request to raise premiums 39 percent, state regulators approved a hike that will average about 14 percent for individual policies.

Retail prices of brand-name prescription medicines commonly used by people in Medicare rose briskly in 2009, an AARP analysis says. This year generic versions of some of the big movers could help relieve the financial pain.

To minimize salmonella risks, cook eggs well  and wash your hands before and after handling them.

Ever wonder how many calories are lurking in your favorite fast food or chain restaurant meal? Restaurant chains now have to prominently display the calories in standard menu items. The FDA is fine-tuning the rules for other nutritional information.

An educational grant from the drugmaker Pfizer for training journalists is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest. The company says there are no strings attached. Ethics watchdogs aren't so sure.

A judge's finding that put a temporary halt to the administration's funding of research with embryonic stem cells also goes against the policy of President George W. Bush.

The massive recalls of eggs due to salmonella risks reveal how eggs produced by a few big companies get repackaged and sold under many brand names. California, a big market for Iowa eggs, has been hit particularly hard.

The federal law overhauling health care is supposed to make it easier for patients to keep insurance coverage when enrolling in studies of experimental treatments. But for studies outside insurers' networks, problems for patients remain.

Scientists Find Traces Of Virus In Chronic Fatigue Patients

If you're buying bottled tea because you think antioxidants inside will help keep you healthier, you might try making the tea yourself. Tests show low levels of antioxidants in samples of commercially produced tea.

An experimental medicine that stops Ebola and Marburg viruses from reproducing was effective in monkey tests. The FDA has given the developer of the medicines the green light to study their safety in humans.

Vaccine Plan May Not Be Enough In A Flu Pandemic

Contaminated eggs appear to have caused more than 1,000 salmonella cases, and the toll is rising. More than 380 million eggs from five different farms have been recalled as a probe of the company widens.

An expert panel supported Food and Drug Administration approval of a popular antidepressant for the treatment of chronic back pain. The experts came out against use of the medicine for knee pain from arthritis, though.