TORONTO (Reuters) - Maple Leaf Foods Inc said on Sunday it expects a direct cost of about C$20 million ($19 million) from a recall of contaminated meat linked to an outbreak of food poisoning that has killed at least four people in Canada.

AP - Nearly three years into the Medicare drug benefit, federal officials have yet to ensure that private drug plans enacted programs to deter fraud and abuse, government investigators say.

Now anyone with a computer can compare hospitals to see how their death rates stack up.

Reuters - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances of survival.

A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 ...

AP - Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. after deaths were reported with the medication despite earlier government warnings.

Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients. Chewing ...

A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When ...

AP - Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised Monday in a new blow to a much scrutinized medical test.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Rising food prices around the world are likely to drive poor women to trade sex for basic goods like fish and cooking oil, raising the risk of new AIDS infections, U.N officials said on Monday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Governments and health communities need to ramp up male circumcision to prevent HIV infection, particularly in vulnerable countries in eastern and southern Africa, researchers and advocates said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gel designed to protect women from the AIDS virus made using Gilead Sciences' drug Viread could protect men from infection during anal sex, British researchers reported on Tuesday.

New video game Re-Mission teaches young people with cancer about the importance of following their care plans.

The first comprehensive report on kids' meals at popular fast-food and chain restaurants finds the servings are far too high ...

Sedentary mice that took a new drug for four weeks burned more calories and had less fat than untreated mice. And when tested ...