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Are drugs appropriate for toddlers to take when they exhibit troubled behavior?

Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.

For Dr. Ruth Bergren and her colleagues taking care of HIV patients in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina presented the ultimate test of the doctor-patient relationship.

Dr. Ruth Berggren was among a team of nurses and doctors that stayed with patients during Hurricane Katrina.

A popular dietary supplement called SAMe may help depressed patients who don't respond to prescription antidepressant treatment, a new study shows.

The annual Kaiser survey of employer health benefits shows employers managed to keep costs down, but employees' premiums went up.

Many people who suffer from migraines believe fluorescent lights are the culprit.

Skip the veggie burgers and tofu “hot dogs.” Here are some excellent vegetarian dishes for end-of-summer picnics and barbecues.

A move of some of 186 chimpanzees to a research center in Texas has spurred outrage among animal rights advocates, primate experts and politicians.

A clinical trial found that the controversial drug increased the risks of heart attacks and strokes while doing little to slim their waists.

A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.

Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold Botox for unapproved uses.

Buyers in secondhand stores are concerned about bedbugs coming along with the clothing or furniture.

Prepare these packets at home, then toss them on the grill at a cookout.

Allergan agreed to settle criminal and civil allegations that it had marketed Botox for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

That question, which has prompted countless debates, is now at the heart of a notable new study.

This robust summer salad can be made with a wide variety of grains.

Why muscles wither with age is captivating a growing number of scientists, drug and food companies and aging baby boomers.

Can exaggerated anxiety about falling -- even if tests show your risk to be low -- increase the probability that you'll actually fall?

The deal, if completed, would end a yearlong impasse that has come to symbolize the health care plight of the country’s uninsured immigrants and the hospitals that end up caring for them.