Thanksgiving is just a few days away and many people are already in vacation mode - getting things ready for the big day. Before you get in the car or hop on a

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

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

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

What would the holidays be without kids giving Santa their wish list? But hopefully they're not giving Santa and other kids something else -- like the H1N1

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?

A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based

The concern continues over the H1N1 virus. Many people still don't have access to the vaccine, but that's not the case for students at Arizona State

Washington Redskins kick returner Rock Cartwright remembers his brain "shaking like a bell" when he was walloped in a game against the New York Giants a few

Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if

Should you save your baby's umbilical cord blood? The blood can be used in a life-saving stem cell transplant -- but the question is in the middle of a

Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.