Studies reveal that elderly adults with heart disease are less likely to receive aggressive treatment, than younger patients. In response, recent treatment guidelines have emphasized the fact that age alone should not determine whether emergency patients get blood-clot-dissolving drugs or invasive procedures.

However, the new study of patients at 443 U.S. hospitals, found that the older patients were, the less likely they were to receive these therapies -- even when their overall health was taken into account

A research finds losing a little weight can boost your sex life.

Duke University psychologist Martin Binks reveals the findings at a meeting of The Obesity Society on Monday. He has found shedding a few pounds can improve a person's sex life, as people feel better about their bodies

Eli Lilly and Co. warns about liver-related problems with its depression drug, Cymbalta.

A new label for the antidepressant, known generically as duloxetine, also includes reports of hepatitis, jaundice and other liver-related problems in patients using the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says on its Web site

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assuring the American public Bird flu is not a threat to the United States. The Associated Press

The CDC claims Bird flu isn't in the United States, it has just reached poultry in eastern Europe. Therefore, yes, you can have a bird feeder in your yard and no, you do not have to report dead birds

Doctors fear overcrowding and septic water contamination could lead to a rash of illness among survivors of a landslide that swept away their Maya Indian village this month.

Thousands of people from Panabaj are crammed into churches and houses in the nearby village of Santiago and other towns, while the government races to build temporary housing