Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and
apple pie, but a national cancer-awareness group says they’re
hazardous to your health and should carry warning labels.

Trans fats would be banned in public schools that receive federal funding under legislation proposed Tuesday by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, part of a multipronged effort to combat childhood obesity.

The World Health Organization says there have been
more than 700 deaths from swine flu since the start of the
outbreak.

Nassau’s publicly financed health clinics may soon be eligible for millions of dollars in federal funding to improve care for the poor and uninsured after the centers’ own patients Monday were put in charge of a new board of directors.

WASHINGTON — The best time to learn a foreign language:
Between birth and age 7. Missed that window?

Many East End residents could lose insurance coverage at all three local hospitals on Aug. 1, when the Empire BlueCross and BlueShield contract is scheduled to end.

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz had the wrong borough and David and Victoria Beckham were a decade too early.

Cardiac specialists have been fielding calls from frantic patients concerned about new research, which suggests that the way in which doctors remove a vein from the leg for coronary bypass surgery might very well affect long-term outcome.

Another hepatitis C case has been linked to a
Denver hospital where an infected surgery technician was accused of
swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful
painkiller meant for patients.

These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to
cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary
tract. Here are some tips from doctors on preventing stones from
developing: