Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes ... more

Health officials say swine flu cases appear to declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings next week makes it hard ... more

In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as ... more

The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition ... more

Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ... more

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch ... more