HEALTH

The Senate is expected Thursday to defeat a largely symbolic measure that would exempt employers such as Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and charities from a controversial White House rule requiring free birth control coverage.

Fast-food menu boards often do not provide enough information for customers to make healthy choices, according to a new study.

Added sugars make up too much of children and teen diets and are contributing to the growing obesity problem.

As the Qnexa weight-loss pill awaits approval by the FDA, here's a list of five non-dieting meds people take to cut fat. Warning: these prescription medications are meant to be used to address other issues, but they have been proven in studies to also help people drop pounds.

Almost 1.3 million people will die of cancer in the European Union this year, but death rates from the disease are on a steady decline, according to new research released on Wednesday.

China hopes to cap the number of people living with HIV/AIDS at 1.2 million by 2015, up from around 780,000 at present, partly by promoting increased condom use, the government said in an action plan released on Wednesday.

In a new study, researchers observed for the first time that a universal vaccine could allow for a more wide-scale prevention of flu by restraining the ability of the influenza virus to spread and mutate. According to experts, the new study is a first attempt to understand the population consequences of the next generation of vaccines as regards the epidemiology and evolutionary impact on the virus.

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have isolated egg producing stem cells from human ovarian tissues. The new study is seen as a precursor to solving fertility issues in women of reproductive ages. If made viable, the study could benefit young women undergoing cancer therapy and older women who have to resort to egg donors.

Taking sleeping pills could put you at an increased risk of premature death or cancer, according to a new study.

Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback who several women have publicly asked to make them his girlfriend or take them out, decided that the lucky girl who would get to go on a date with him would be Presli Collins, 10. Tebow recently took Collins, who was born with a rare tumor disorder, on her first date.

Researchers have discovered a new strain of the flu virus in bats.

Just one month after Costa Concordia smashed into a reef and capsized, the Italian cruise company, Costa Crociere SpA faces a new emergency with Cruise Line Allegra stranded without power in pirate infested waters.

Pharmaceutical company Glenmark Generics issued a recall on Friday for birth control pills norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets due to a packaging error that poses a risk for consumers to become pregnant, just months after a major recall from another drug company.

Seven lots of birth control pills were recalled by Glenmark Generics after a packaging error that could leave the pills ineffective was discovered.

Boys should receive the HPV vaccine as well as girls, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended on Monday

In a Gallup survey tracking well-being, Hawaiians topped other states' residents in healthy habits and emotional health.

The outbreak of E. coli throughout the country has been linked to clover sprouts sold by Jimmy Johns - the second sprout related outbreak to come from the chain in the past two years

All that virtual boxing, bowling and dancing along with video game systems might not be helping kids meet their daily exercise requirements, a new study suggests.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital on Sunday after a keyhole abdominal examination showed there was nothing seriously wrong with the 93-year-old anti-apartheid leader, the government said.

Exposure to BPA could increase your risk of heart disease, according to a new study.

Three diet drug makers will be looking for a second review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in an effort to get approval for their weight-loss pills.

In a company e-mail Brent Bozell, the president and founder of MRC, allegedly asked employees to refrain from taking advantage of their contraception coverage until he can remove it from the company plan.

More people may have been infected with bird flu than previously thought, making the disease more common and less deadly than previously estimated

California law enforcement officers can continue collecting DNA samples from adults arrested for felonies, a federal appeals court ruled.

Actor Gerard Butler is reportedly in rehab for substance abuse issues. Known for his chiseled body and womanizing ways, TMZ is reporting that the 42-year-old actor's struggle began in 2006 while shooting the successful action film 300. A surfing injury in December is also believed to be a contributing factor to his issues.

Emerged in Sudan in the 1980s, the nodding disease has largely confounded researchers, despite extensive investigations done so far. Most of the fatalities attributed to the disease are the result of secondary causes. Children with nodding syndrome are prone to accidents such as drowning and burning.

A new treatment given to 132 skin cancer patients in the U.S. and Australia almost doubled their survival, according to New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers used the drug Vemurafenib (Zelboraf) on patients and found that they lived for average 16 months as compared to those who underwent conventional treatment and survived for only nine months on average.

Researchers have warned dementia patients against the use of prescribed antipsychotic drugs, also called Chemical Cosh drugs as they can double the risk of death in such patients.

Qnexa diet pills are likely to be the first anti-obesity drug to be approved by the FDA after a federal panel backed it by a vote of 20-2