Federal health regulators say an experimental insomnia drug from Merck can help patients fall asleep, but it also carries worrisome side effects, including daytime drowsiness and suicidal thinking.
More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.
A Seattle researcher says preventative ovary removal can be a reasonable option for women and has little psychological impact.
The CDC is recommending baby boomers get tested for Hepatitis C, regardless of other risk factors. But, treatment may not be readily available for newly diagnosed patients, and the Affordable Care Act could make things even worse.
The county's plan to make drug companies pay for medication disposal faced opposition in a public hearing.
As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.
A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials said Wednesday.
The King County Board of Health wants to create a program for residents to easily get rid of their unwanted medications, and it’s expecting drug manufacturers to pay for it.
Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber.
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a brain condition that can cause strokes after early results suggested invasive therapies were riskier than previously thought.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1556 into law this week, which will require all Washington state high schools to include CPR training in their health education curriculum.
Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul
Seattle students report getting pot from dispensaries
Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
What do we eat? New food map will tell us
FDA has safety concerns on Merck insomnia drug
Measles surges in UK years after vaccine scare
Local researcher: Ovary removal to prevent cancer is ‘reasonable option’
Hep C rising in baby boomers, but can they be treated? (Photo Gallery)
Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy (Photo Gallery)
County may force drug companies to pay to get rid of your pills
Doctor with cerebral palsy offers hope
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Study questions if bed rest prevents premature birth
Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
New law could help high-school students save lives
Obama to promote benefits of health care law