Medicine

There could be about 1,700 U.S. cases of the new H1N1 flu, aka "swine flu," in the next four weeks, new studies estimate.

While waiting for a vaccine, here are the top five essential things you can do to avoid getting the new swine flu.

Will this flu become a global pandemic in humans, like AIDS or the "Spanish flu" of 1918–1919 which killed an estimated 50 million people?

Scientists predicted a year ago that Mexico and other tropical locales were emerging "hotspots" for emergent diseases like the new swine flu.

Blood vessels have been made from a patient's own skin cells.

News of swine flu seemed to spread faster worldwide than the virus itself, but with that has come an army

Nobody can say if laughter is the best medicine, but it certainly seems to help.

The same little blue pills that can help men get in the mood for love could be remade into little pink pills for women.

Scientists crack genetic code of common cold; discovery could lead to new treatments.

The drug, ATryn, is made from milk from goats that have had their DNA altered.

A 300-year-old medical guidebook reveals how horrible things were way back then.

Fertility experts see the birth of octuplets as a serious medical complication, not a triumph of reproductive technology.

Gulf War Syndrome is real, but what about chronic fatigue, multiple personalities and breast implant disorders?

Group of engineers use carbon nanotubes to make mini-portraits of Barack Obama.

Studies are often exaggerated by journalists who fail to put numbers into context and perspective.

Scientists figure out which brain regions are targeted by anesthesia.

The natural supplement combo of glucosamine and chondroitin, taken to relieve arthritis pain, has struck out again.

The South is the worst region in which to live if you're seriously ill.

More than 20 percent of ayurvedic cures contained dangerous amounts of lead, arsenic and mercury.