Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, M.D., a pediatric hematologist at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, talks about a less toxic form of bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell disease.

Federal health advisers are recommending a novel technology from Asthmatx be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.

Three former pro football players make their way to Capitol Hill today as a congressional hearing focuses on brain injuries suffered in the game.

A worrisome effect is emerging for children on widely used psychiatric drugs -- major weight gain and obesity.

Alabama county health departments will start administering a limited number of doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine to individuals in targeted high-risk groups

Bryan Wall, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at the Core Institute in Phoenix, Ariz., explains how a new surgery that reverses the anatomy of the shoulder is easing pain for patients with rotator cuff tears with arthritis.

Susan Whitney, Ph.D., a physical therapist at UPMC Department of Otolarynogology in Pittsburgh, Penn., talks about using a virtual grocery store to treat chronic dizziness.

Congressional investigators say the Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives.

A recent analysis suggests at least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don't get enough vitamin D and the main author says the number is between 80 and 90 percent for minority kids.

If you enjoy oysters on the half shell you may want to indulge now.

It's not just culinary etiquette to pair red wine with red meat not fish with a Japanese research team finding there is a scientific explanation.

Agriculture Department officials say pigs in Minnesota have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in a preliminary test.

The deaths of 11 more children from swine flu have been reported in the past week. And government health experts say the numbers are "very sobering."

Garrett Riggs, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., talks about whether retraining neurons can benefit patients with spinal cord injuries.

A new report is suggesting major health benefits to snuffing out public smoking.

Even though consumer prices have fallen in the past year, President Barack Obama says that's not the case for health care costs.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says health insurance companies may not like what lawmakers have in store as they work on a final health care bill.

Mario Castro, M.D., a pulmonologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., talks about a surgical procedure that's offering relief to asthma patients who don't respond well to medication.

As Senate leaders start the task of combining two health care measures that have come out of committees -- and producing one that can get the necessary votes -- a second Republican is signaling that she may be able to support it.

A 10-year-old girl in the Augusta area has died of swine flu.

Have you ever been exposed to methamphetamine? If you do not use the drug, you probably think you're in the clear. But you might be wrong.

Patients test for disease exposure at hospital

The largest U.S. analysis of adult hospitalized swine flu patients has found that 46 percent did not have asthma or any other underlying condition.

Health officials are finding more evidence that the swine flu virus is unusually dangerous to young people.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - s-s-r-i's are the most common prescribed drugs for women suffering from depression, but they can be dangerous to pregnant women.