In medical headlines for Friday, November 20. Dr. Sapna Parikh takes a closer look at new guidelines for pap smears and the controversy over mammogram recommendations by a government panel. Watch the video.
Less than half of Americans age 65 and over use the Internet, but a new study indicates that it could be beneficial to their health if they they start going
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued Friday that aim to reduce
The Procter & Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine testing.
In medical headlines for Friday, November 20. Dr. Sapna Parikh takes a closer look at new guidelines for pap smears and the controversy over mammogram
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
A local doctor says he can promise a thinner body and a younger looking face at the same time with just one procedure. Fox 5 followed one patient through it
A government advisory panel this week said that women in the 40s no longer need to get mammograms to detect breast cancer -- they can begin getting them every
If you are wondering why it so hard to find the swine flu vaccine in New Jersey, public health officials say blame the state's complicated system of local
More and more parents are choosing to save umbilical cord blood during the birth of their child. Cord blood contains stem cells that some doctors say can help
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Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.
Today is the "Great American Smokeout," and the American Cancer Society is encouraging smokers to use the day to quit smoking or make a plan to quit soon.
A German drugmaker says it's developed medication to boost the female libido, but is the news too good to be true?
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