Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will take a big profit hit to pay for legal costs, but the amount isn't as high as some analysts expected.

A majority of experts on a panel advising the FDA voted to keep the controversial diabetes drug Avandia available for sale with tougher warnings. But a sizable minority called for withdrawing it.

Abortion opponents claim the administration is breaking a promise it made to not fund elective abortions under the new health law. Officials say that criticism is premature and wrong.

Danish researchers find that men obese at age 20 were twice as likely to die at any point in life compared with those who didn't have a big, early weight problem.

About a third of doctors don't speak up when they know about a colleague who isn't fit to practice, a new study finds.

Electronic records can be backed up, don't burn and won't get waterlogged in a flood. What's not to like?

The new health law will expand an experimental approach to caring for the elderly at home.

GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, tested a rival diabetes drug to figure out if a head-to-head trial was worth the risk. The conclusion: Avandia couldn't beat Actos.

About 7 in 10,000 kids got a cholesterol-lowering prescription drug in 2009, according to data from drug benefit manager Medco. The increase in use was greatest for adolescent girls.

For World Cup attendees, blowing into the vuvuzela or hearing too much of it may be the least of your health concerns.

Before a hearing to determine whether the diabetes drug Avandia should stay on the market, the Institute of Medicine tells FDA to look at the safety data it already has.

An internal agency battle comes to light as FDA scientists say the popular diabetes drug is too risky to remain on the market.

The latest recall affects specific lots of Benydryl, Children's Tylenol, and Motrin sold in the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica.

Medical costs, the number of health services used, and the cost of new treatments all factor in when calculating health insurance rates, insurers say.

More than 80 percent of Nevadans want the food safety bill passed, but it's got some big hurdles in the Senate.

New data released by the Department of Health and Human Services lets patients see which hospitals might be overdoing the CT scans.

Patients with diabetes and hypertension do better when they email the doctor, but only 9 percent of patients do.

Calories in need to go down, calories out need to go up, the International Food Information Council says.

Clinton created The National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Bush created the President's Council on Bioethics.

Lingering attention problems in kids might be due to the speed with which they need to make decisions in video games.