Dale Turner was barely old enough to read when doctors told him his world would soon go dark.

Mutation is tied to a protein implicated in rare form of bowel disorder, researchers say.

Experts remain divided on the potential dangers these common prescription medications might pose.

Standard care for people with small lung tumors calls for surgical removal of the affected lobe, but some people cannot have surgery because of other medical conditions, such as heart disease or emphysema .

A new study found that having children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier.

Working differently than Gardasil, Cervarix, it targets inside of virus, study shows.

Keeping patients on the heart-lung machine improved survival, study found.

Designed for a rare condition, it might have a wider application, experts say.

The program will enlist health-care workers, drug makers, consumers, patients.

Rising level in prostate cancer patients may call for more treatment, study finds.

Getting details in writing would be ideal, survey finds.

For the study, volunteers ate 300 milliliters of ice cream at different rates. Blood levels of glucose, insulin, lipids and gut hormones were measured before and after consumption of the ice cream. Participants who took 30 minutes to finish the

This concept of a shorter length of treatment is gaining acceptance," said Dr. Manjeet Chadha, associate chair of radiation oncology at Beth Israel Medical Center and associate professor of radiation oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in New

To make matters worse, the USA600 strain appears to be at least partially immune to an antibiotic that's used to treat the condition, the researchers have found.

Researchers measured body fat percentage in 671 dialysis patients in California. In the next five years, the death rate for people with less than 10 percent body fat was 2½ to three times higher than it was for those with

Use of Aranesp should be reserved for the most seriously ill, experts say.

Subliminal messages makes less of an impact if they are positive, study finds.

But these deaths are almost certainly an underestimation of the actual number, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during an afternoon press conference Friday.