By RICHARD CRAVERFriday, May 09, 2008Putting more emphasis on combining counseling and medication is "greatly increasing" smokers' ability to quit, according to an update of a federal tobacco-cessation study released...

Friday, May 09, 2008While no specific medication prevents breakouts, there are many treatment options. -- At-home care: Use a gentle cleanser (Cetaphil or Dove) mornings and nights. Benzoyl peroxide (2.5...

By LEIGH GROGANFriday, May 09, 2008It often strikes in the dead of night. You hit the sack, your skin all clean and clear. You wake up, and there's been an...

By LEE BOWMANFriday, May 09, 2008There are tens of thousands of medical research reports published in some 6,000 scientific journals each year, way more than any human can even skim....

By KRISTI L. NELSONFriday, May 09, 2008 There was nothing mechanical about the way Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center nurses handled several deliveries in the conference room of the hospital's...

By RICHARD CRAVERFriday, May 09, 2008A tiny blue capsule is the key element in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s latest attempt to woo smokers. The capsule is embedded into the filter...

By JOSH FARLEYFriday, May 09, 2008At some point, Karen Wall stopped going to the doctor for pain and started going for the pills. An achy lower back began to hamper...

By POHLA SMITHFriday, May 09, 2008.Dr. Sally Carty's career is teaching and performing endocrine surgery, the former at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the latter at UPMC...

By GWEN SCHOENFriday, May 09, 2008You hear a lot about medicines that help people who suffer with reflux disease. Can diet help? Here's a quiz to find out if you...

By LEE BOWMANFriday, May 09, 2008KT FIRST When it comes to the practice of telemedicine, necessity has largely been the driver of innovation. Whether it's the pharmacist extracting the appendix...