Dog Health

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Most women know that calcium is critical in preventing osteoporosis, the disease of progressive bone loss and fractures that affects millions of Americans....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Now that a hard-to-get meningitis vaccine is more plentiful, health experts recommended Wednesday that the shots be given to all children ages 11-18....

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The growing number of exercise-induced deaths among athletes with sickle cell trait can be curtailed with proper treatment and greater awareness among team doctors and athletic trainers, a national medical group said in a report released Wednesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A medical device that relies on freezing cold to treat some abnormal heart rhythms should be approved, federal health advisers recommended Wednesday....

ROME (AP) -- Countries are making progress in fighting bird flu but concerns remain for some nations - especially Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria - where human contamination is still possible, the United Nations said Wednesday....