A study of nearly 300 families finds that using alcohol-based hand gels may help prevent the spread of stomach bugs.

Researchers found that over five months, families given hand-sanitizing gels at home had 60 percent fewer cases of "stomach flu" passed on from their preschooler

A new study reveals people in the first stages of Alzheimer's cannot write down as many animals and fruits in one-minute period as healthy individuals.

Researchers hope that this study will yield a better understanding of the incurable disease

A new study reveals people in the first stages of Alzheimer's cannot write down as many animals and fruits in one-minute period as healthy individuals.

Researchers hope that this study will yield a better understanding of the incurable disease

The damage of Hurricane Katrina is not left to homes and buildings but in greater toll to human and animal life across the region. The city of New Orleans has become a petri-dish of bacteria and disease that is rapidly spreading throughout the flood ravaged area.

CDC tests of the water that has flooded the streets of New Orleans are showing traces of everything imaginable

A new study finds doctors in the Netherlands, the first country to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill people, are actually hastening the deaths of sick children, sometimes at the boundaries of what the law allows.

Researchers looked at 64 deaths of ill children during a four-month period. Of those, 42 cases involved medical decisions that could hasten death