A recent study found lower pregnancy rates and increased risk of miscarriage in couples where the man was over 35.

In an effort to fend off heart disease in adults, pediatricians are urging wider cholesterol screening in children and the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

The CDC reports that 7,800 complaints have been made about Gardasil in the past two years.

WHEN the leaders of the world's richest nations gathered at Gleneagles in 2005, they solemnly pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010 and tackle climate change.

Pick up David Sedaris' new book and you're staring at death. If the van Gogh painting of a skeleton gracing the cover doesn't say it clearly enough, the fact that the skull is smoking a cigarette should.

For Olin Earl Welch Jr., it's about the thrill of bowling.

"I never thought I would bowl again," he says with a smile.

Welch, 74, along with brother-in-law Ross Hopkins, 51, ride their power chairs five blocks to the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center in Flour Bluff to take part twice a week in the Nintendo Wii gaming system session.

Bodybuilders gathered in Venice Beach, California last week-end to compete for the title of Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach.

BOSTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy, midway through six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatments for brain cancer, is doing well aside from some fatigue, his wife says.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives.

Economic problems under the Bush administration pose a major challenge to McCain and fellow Republicans running for House and Senate seats this fall. In remarks prepared for an event in Denver on Monday, McCain tried to confront the issue with a can-do spirit.

More than 400,000 jobs have been lost since December, he said, adding, 'Americans are worried about the security of their current job, and they're worried that they, their kids and their neighbors may not find good jobs and new opportunities in the future.'

Is it acceptable to serve edamame to a dinner guest who's a pescatarian? Merriam-Webster is adding more than 100 new words to the Eleventh Edition Collegiate Dictionary.

Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D. The goal: A better way to check for breast cancer in women with ...

There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies? The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting has ...

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.

Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. The boy died of leukemia in 1975 just before his fourth birthday.

Crawford is the honorary chair of Kids with Courage, which had its fourth reunion of childhood cancer survivors Saturday in Madison.

She was also part of the three previous reunions in 1993, 1998 and 2003.

The state's leading health insurer weighing a shift from a nonprofit to for-profit status may sound like a bland topic, but such a move could have a profound influence on New Jersey.

A ban on smoking and chewing tobacco has taken effect at Oklahoma State University, but that doesn't necessarily mean the state's other major university will be following suit.

It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death's door.

Millions of American children are heading to camp this summer but for some kids the experience will be unique.

Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.

Durbin, D-Ill., used a Saturday national radio address to call on Republicans to back the bill to stave off a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors.

It passed the House overwhelmingly last week in defiance of Bush's threat to veto it, but it fell just one vote short of the 60 it needed to advance in the Senate, with most Republicans voting 'no.'

New Delhi, July 5: Animated film 'Kung Fu Panda' has motivated senior advisors to the Chinese Government to seek lesser control on creativity.

Millions of Americans suffer migraines, but relief may be found in Britain. Doctors there claim to have a new procedure that can stop the debilitating headaches.