WEDNESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- While the large majority of U.S. cases of swine flu continue to be mild, those who are hospitalized with more severe disease appear to be atypically young, federal health officials said Wednesday.

The median age of hospitalized...

WEDNESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- A Congressional investigation of dietary herbal supplements has found trace amounts of lead, mercury and other heavy metals in nearly all products tested, plus myriad illegal health claims made by supplement manufacturers, The New York...

TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- The regions of the human brain that grow most rapidly during infancy and childhood are nearly identical to the regions that are most different between humans and monkeys, new research has found.

The discovery was made by U.S....