The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak across much of the globe, health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

Norwegian health authorities said Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected.

Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

A T-shirt on steroids, RipTFusion is designed to suck in that gut and create the illusion of a six-pack. We put it to the test.

The Senate insurance bill's abortion restrictions are less stringent than the House bill's. Msnbc.com fact-checks this claim — and more.

Diarrhea and pneumonia kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally — more than HIV and malaria combined.

The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.

Doing the right thing and taking the time to protect yourself against breast cancer has moral weight that policy makers ignore at their peril.  Bioethicist Art Caplan weighs in on the mammogram debate.

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

Congressional budget crunchers Thursday said the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least a 20-year stretch, an assessment that boosted the bill's advocates as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic debate.

Vinegar shots. Cookie meals. Baby food. Many stars are embracing strange new diets — and it seems the crazier the better.

Get a whiff of this. Smelling a pungent odor that's not really there is more common than you might think. But if those mysterious odors linger, it's probably a good time to visit the doctor.