Australian researchers are trying a novel way to boost the power of cochlear implants: They used the technology to beam gene therapy into the ears of deaf animals and found the combination improved...

Health officials are worried about recent U.S. measles outbreaks that so far have caused more illnesses than at the same point of any year since 1996.   Authorities say 129 cases in 13...

Bearded dragons have joined the list of pets that can give you salmonella poisoning.   In the last two years, 132 people in 31 states have been infected with a rare form of salmonella...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning American women that a device-assisted procedure for treating fibroids could inadvertently spread cancer from the uterus to other parts of the...

There's a glimmer of good news in the midst of the U.S. diabetes epidemic: Heart attacks, strokes and other complications from the disease are plummeting.   Over the last two decades,...

In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in a bold attempt to make body parts in the laboratory.   It's far from the only lab in the world that is...

Three years ago, doctors reported that zapping a paralyzed man's spinal cord with electricity allowed him to stand and move his legs. Now they've done the same with three other patients,...

Look out this week for the latest issue of A&H for the latest on health and well being.   Couch potatoes might be inspired by Giselle Camilleri’s story of keeping up with work,...

The Ebola virus that has killed scores of people in Guinea this year is a new strain — evidence that the disease did not spread there from outbreaks in some other African nations, scientists...

A high-tech screening tool for cervical cancer is facing pushback from more than a dozen American patient groups, who warn that the genetic test could displace a simpler, cheaper and more established...