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The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans, has added genetic information from consenting participants to its massive database.

A new comparative effectiveness study found older adults with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent bypass surgery had better long-term survival rates than those who underwent a non-surgical procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle, also called revascularization.

One of the most closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court cases in years began Monday as oral arguments got under way in a legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care law - the signature achievement of his presidency so far.

Asbestos helps fuel Asia's construction industry

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked this year's World Tuberculosis Day with a call for a greater push to eliminate once and for all the second top infectious killer of adults after HIV/AIDS.

The severity of abnormalities in insula (red structure near bottom of brain) gray matter volume (left) and brain activity (right) predicted the extent of aberrant personality traits in Williams syndrome patients – as reflected in their scores (red dots) on personality rating scales (WSPP).

As antibiotics are ineffective against a vast majority of sinus infections caused by viruses, they should not be used in their treatment, new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) suggest.

Criteria for a broadened syndrome of acute onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been proposed by a National Institutes of Health scientist and her colleagues. The syndrome, Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), includes children and teens that suddenly develop on-again/off-again OCD symptoms or abnormal eating behaviors, along with other psychiatric symptoms — without any known cause.

Oral polio vaccine being administered.

A global strategy to develop safe and effective tuberculosis vaccines over the coming decade was unveiled in South Africa this week.