Richard G. Boles, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, talks about a new test that can help diagnose mitochondrial disease early.

Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., director of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Duke University Medical Center, talks about the future of treatment with umbilical cord blood.

An influential doctors panel says most children should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight.

A Maryland hospital says hundreds of heart patients may have had unnecessary stents implanted in their arteries.

The Jackson County Health Department Announces H1N1 Vaccination Clinics

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that a "longevity gene" helps to slow age-related decline in brain function in older adults. Drugs that mimic the gene's effect are now under development, the researchers note, and could help protect against Alzheimer's disease.

Todd Herron, Ph.D., assistant research professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, talks about his research involving gene therapy to treat damaged heart tissue.

Labor leaders press Obama on health tax

Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson says he didn't hold back his vote on health care legislation just to get more money for his state, "but to fix the unfunded Medicaid mandate for all states."

Bra colors sweep Facebook in cancer awareness push

Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state - Alabama - was reporting widespread cases last week.

Federal health scientists say Forest Laboratories' hypertension drug Bystolic should not be approved for a new use in patients at risk for heart failure.

Environmentalists are wasting no time in endorsing an Environmental Protection Agency proposal for stricter health standards for smog.

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Mollen Immunization Clinics announced today that Mollen healthcare professionals will administer H1N1 flu shots in select stores in Alabama beginning January 6, 2010.

An expert panel says there's no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work.

The Lunar New Year travel period in China has officials bracing for a possible new wave of swine flu infectionsas crowded conditions create the ideal mechanism for the virus tospread.

Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh plans to hold a press conference at the Hawaii hospital where he was admitted after experiencing chest pains.

The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell for a second straight year to 34.

Smoking will no longer be allowed and tobacco products will be banned from Alabama mental health facilities after Jan. 4.

Health officials say more than a million Floridians have received swine flu vaccinations and limits on who can get them are being lifted.

Health experts say people shouldn't worry that pets can spread swine flu viruses.

Senators want to pass a health care overhaul before the holidays.

President Barack Obama is calling a Senate health care vote, "a big victory for the American people."

Your next cell phone could come with a radiation warning.

Tips for allergy sufferers this winter.