A new national poll found that only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it. The numbers are about the same for parents who tried to get the vaccine for their children.

A surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug. This wine country town has welcomed a dispensary as a strong source of tax revenue during the recession.

These simple substitutions add up to a much healthier Thanksgiving meal.

This lipstick-sized tube of essential oils claims to curb your cravings for sweets. We put it to the test.

In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.

Despite the fanfare over the criminal probe of one of the largest product recalls ever, no one has yet been charged in the salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated peanuts.

Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

State Medicaid programs are being cut even as Congress plans a big Medicaid expansion. Msnbc.com fact-checks this claim and more.

Some of New York City's largest employers including Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have started receiving some doses of swine flu vaccine.

You're afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool, but the fine print says you may have to be uninsured for six months to qualify.

Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.

Being frazzled can do nasty things to your bod. But in small doses, angst-provoking situations can improve your health, slow down the signs of aging, and even help you live longer.

From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find.

Dutch authorities say they have banned use of a batch of Pfizer's Prevenar, or Prevnar, after three infants died within two weeks of receiving the anti-infection vaccination.

Last week's episode of "The Office" where Steve Carell's character tries to scare children by faking a hanging has disturbed suicide prevention groups.