Susan G. Komen for the cure published its first ever “State of Breast Cancer Report.“

For extra credit, kids can volunteer to care for a computerized doll that acts very much like a real and demanding baby. It needs to be fed, changed, rocked—the whole works.

Study finds gentler treatment for dangerous artery bulges, beats surgery in older patients

For rabid fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, this Sunday’s Super Bowl won’t be just a game. It may be a health hazard.

Have you seen the ads for Zyrtec? 

Flu is now widespread in Virginia according to Centers for Disease Control

The hospitalist movement has become a nationwide trend as more and more primary care physicians no longer practice hospital medicine

Drop under the tongue could replace needles for flu vaccinations

Cold meds send 7,000 children to hospital ERs, government says; parent inattention blamed

Called Penumbra, the newly approved device is the latest in a series of inside-the-artery attempts to boost recovery from stroke, the nation’s No. 3 killer

Roger Akers owned and operated Rustburg’s only pharmacy for 37 years, six months and 10 days.  After spending those years working 60-hour weeks, rarely taking a day off, the 63-year-old Akers said he was ready for a break.

In what’s being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives

Study finds heart bypass works better than drug-coated stents in people with multiple blockages.

The first pain patch using an anti-inflammatory drug to relieve acute sprains and strains is now available in the U.S. and is intended to produce fewer side effects than similar pills, according to its maker Alpharma Inc.

The Wytheville Community Center had a line of people ready to enter the building on its grand opening day back in April, but the facility now is experiencing a different kind of frenzy: new year’s resolutions.

People who adopted these four healthy habits lived an average of 14 years longer than those who didn’t.