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Federal health officials recommended this week that all boys be routinely vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV, and that people with diabetes be vaccinated against hepatitis B.

Two new studies provide clues to how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes six new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the lead federal agency for research on complementary medicine, and a component of the National Institutes of Health.

Infants who undergo surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia in their first two years of life may be at increased risk of developing ADHD.

Two organizations dedicated to detecting and curing breast cancer have found themselves on opposite sides of the nation’s divisive debate over abortion.

The censorship of influenza research will do little to prevent its misuse — and it may hinder our ability to stop influenza outbreaks.

The American Association of Orthodontists has been running ads aimed at the rising number of adults seeking braces or teeth-straightening services.

In fact, today's teenagers are misbehaving a lot less than their parents did.

Can you solve a medical mystery involving a 43-year-old woman who suddenly falls asleep and can't be awakened?

A series of viral outbreaks causing diarrhea and vomiting has affected scores of people in North Carolina in recent weeks, sickening them, but causing no fatalities, health officials there said Wednesday.

The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the disease’s grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.

People sitting at the table with us have a subtle yet powerful influence on our eating habits, especially if we're trying to be agreeable or make a good impression, new research suggests.

Many of the health hazards of drinking too much alcohol are the same as eating too much sugar, researcher Laura Schmidt says -- that's why we should regulate them the same way.

"The Iron Lady" does not sidestep Margaret Thatcher's dementia.

Rep. John Dingell: A lot of our prescription drugs come from overseas. The FDA needs the authority to monitor foreign suppliers to prevent counterfeit or contaminated drugs from entering our market.

As part of American Heart Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI's) The Heart Truth campaign, with the support of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), will showcase its signature event, the Red Dress Collection 2012 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

People with social disabilities are not necessarily autistic, and giving them diagnoses on the autism spectrum often does a real disservice.

Removing information from manuscripts describing experiments that made a lethal bird flu more likely to transmit among humans “maximized the benefits to society and minimized the risks,” the government’s biosecurity panel said.

Mr. Cioffi’s scathing critique of Sigmund Freud’s work was one of the opening salvos in the bitter debate in recent decades over the legitimacy of psychoanalytic theories.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure was accused of bowing to right-wing pressure in its decision.