Following Senate approval, The House has passed a bill requiring colored contact lenses be dispensed by eye-care professionals, under authority of the Food and Drug Administration.

In 2003, the FDA changed the classification of noncorrective colored contact lenses from medical devices to cosmetic devices

In the first study of its kind, researchers at Saint Louis University have demonstrated immunization with a new vaccine could potentially prevent more than a million cases of pertussis (whooping cough) each year in adolescents and adults.

Most children are protected from pertussis by a series of vaccines in early childhood. But the vaccine protection wanes after a decade or so, leaving adolescents and adults susceptible to the bacterial infection

Former North Ireland soccer star George Best is reported to have sent his family and loved ones farewell messages as his physical condition continues to deteriorate. The soccer legend is fighting for his life while in the intensive care unit in a London hospital.

Considered by many as one of the game's greatest players, Best had a life-saving liver transplant in 2002 after decades battling alcoholism

Public interest in laser refractive eye surgery (LASIK) is rising with many prominent sports figures advocating its benefits.

However researchers say there the benefits for the risky procedure are suspect

Mayo Clinic researchers studying prostate problems in men report that as men grow older their bladder function can worsen and the prostate gland may be the culprit.

Andrew Rule, M.D. is a nephrologist and epidemiologist at the Mayo Clinic and the lead author of the study. He says, "What we know is that many men ignore their symptoms and do not seek assistance with their physician until much later. What happens is men can end up with a bladder not working, perhaps needing a bladder catheter all the time