Lab Tests

One of North Carolina's two PlannedParenthood affiliates filed a federal lawsuit Thursday toinvalidate part of the new state budget that cuts it off fromfederal or state funds for family planning. The budget written by Republicans in control of the...

An upcoming clinical trial could help show if a test kit for a common eye ailment will save consumers money and reduce faulty diagnoses, health experts say. Conjunctivitis, better known as pinkeye and most prevalent in children, causes inflammation of...

Gene Ransom, CEO of the Maryland State Medical Society, writes in his article to the Sun ("Don't cut services first," Aug 29) that thousands of vulnerable Marylanders stand to receive inadequate, substandard health care for years to come if the state's...

LONDON (KTLA) -- Toxicology results are still pending, but family members reportedly believe Amy Winehouse died from alcohol withdrawal, not drugs. Winehouse's family told The Sun that the singer quit drinking cold turkey instead of gradually tapering...

ALBION, Ind. (AP) — Health officials say a measles outbreak that affected 14 people in northeast Indiana has ended. Noble County Public Health Nurse Cheryl Munson tells The Journal Gazette that lab tests Friday confirmed the 37-day outbreak had...

Buying unapproved hurricane door and window coverings can leave you unable to obtain a building permit — and unsafe in a storm. How to protect yourself. Check the label: All approved hurricane protection products are required to carry some kind...

Alaskans who might not feel comfortable going to a clinic to get tested for a sexually transmitted disease now have another option. Alaska had the highest Chlamydia rate in the country in 2010, and the second highest rate of gonorrhea. According to...

Sewing machine spared after Internet search To the editor: When my more than 30-year-old Pfaff sewing machine became old and grumpy, I called and visited local repair shops for service information. Unfortunately, I was told the machine was too old to...

The journal that published a high-profile paper linking chronic fatigue syndrome to a retrovirus is now investigating allegations that a figure in that report was manipulated. The appearance in Science of the 2009 paper caused an immediate sensation...

Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen. When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...

Her decision to give $500 bonuses to 155 employees for their work in combating the H1N1 flu virus has state Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth under scrutiny from the Legislature’s auditors. Members of the Legislature’s government...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray will be delayed until at least Wednesday to give the defense time to study new lab test results the prosecution contends show Michael Jackson did not ingest a fatal overdose of sedatives. The...