Melinda Gates announced that the foundation would invest in programs promoting maternal and child health, family planning, and nutrition in developing countries.

About 1 in 10 combat soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan return seriously disabled by mental health problems. About half of the soldiers with either PTSD or depression also misused alcohol or acted aggressively, the researchers found.

Most Americans filled their last prescription with a generic medicine. And confidence in the no-name drugs runs high, with 90 percent of people saying they would use one instead of a brand.

As researchers plumb the secrets of cancer, the disease proves more and more complex. The variations in common cancers make targeted treatments that will help large numbers of people particularly hard to develop.

A government-funded clinical test of Lucentis and Avastin to treat an eye disorder that can cause blindness should have been straightforward. But the study has been plagued by problems.

An anonymous source with access to state-of-the-art testing equipment provided a California congresswoman with evidence that the Shrek glasses carried worrisome amounts of toxic cadmium.

The Federal Trade Commission cited Kellogg again for making unsubstantiated health claims for one of its cereals and broadened an order restricting the company's marketing activities.

Patients say they need the best, most costly care, despite evidence that it doesn't always work best.

The New York Times raises questions about the analytical methods of the Dartmouth Atlas, a bible of health policy. And the researchers defend their approach and findings.

A new study shows caffeine doesn't give coffee drinkers the boost we think it does, so why do some of us need it?