Study: More False Alarms with Annual Mammograms
Posted: 4:31 PM A new study supports getting mammograms every other year instead of annually.
Posted: 4:31 PM A new study supports getting mammograms every other year instead of annually.
Posted: 9:47 AM A troubled long-term care plan in President Barack Obama's health overhaul has suffered another setback that may seal its fate.
Posted: 4:35 PM A California producer of bagged salad mix is voluntarily recalling 2,100 cases distributed under store brands in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Iowa because of the potential that some packages may be contaminated with listeria.
Updated: 5:51 PM Listeria-tainted cantaloupes from Colorado have now sickened 109 people and claimed 21 lives in 23 states, federal officials say.
Posted: 11:03 AM The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) will honor researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) for their work in cancer prevention efforts in the Brazos and Rio Grande valleys.
Updated: 10:42 PM A College Station mother on a mission to raise awareness about a disease that killed her young son. Because of her determination, two local hospitals are now screening for the disease.
Posted: 3:11 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - A new study finds that about a quarter of Americans now have to travel farther to reach the nearest hospital trauma center.
Posted: 2:48 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists used a cloning technique to create the type of customized stem cells that show promise for treating disease. But the first-of-its-kind result comes with a big hitch.
Updated: 8:58 PM NEW YORK (AP) - Americans talk skinny but eat fat.
Posted: 10:02 AM Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.
Updated: 3:19 PM An 89-year-old Dallas County resident who became ill from listeria linked to cantaloupes from a Colorado farm has died.
Posted: 10:29 AM A preliminary study suggests the vaccine against whooping cough falters after only about three years, adding support to school rules requiring kids to get the vaccination periodically.
Posted: 5:55 PM Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is recalling multiple lots of birth-control pills because of a packaging error that could lead to incorrect dosing and unintended pregnancies.
Updated: 3:42 PM The West is leading a national decline in the rate of new lung cancer cases, with states like California and Texas accounting for much of the improvement - particularly in women.
Posted: 7:48 AM LONDON - Health officials estimate that 366 million people worldwide now suffer from diabetes.
Posted: 9:27 AM A federal judge in Austin has struck down key provisions of Texas' new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion.
Posted: 9:25 AM Aerobic exercise is better than resistance training if you want to lose the belly fat that poses a serious threat to your health, researchers say.
