The rankings are out: The United Health Foundation recently released its annual list of the healthiest U.S. states. Where does your state rank?

Cigarette packs with fewer cigarettes could bolster willpower and help smokers kick their deadly habit, Jody Sindelar says.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched a new website for patients and caregivers on the safe disposal of needles and other so-called “sharps” that are used at home, at work and while traveling.

Over the past 12 months, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 35 new medicines. This is among the highest number of approvals in the past decade, surpassed only by 2009 (37). Many of the drugs are important advances for patients, including: two new treatments for hepatitis C; a drug for...

Still, most cases of sudden cardiac death are caused by coronary artery disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says users of epinephrine inhalers containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) should plan now to get a prescription for a replacement product because these inhalers will not be made or sold after Dec. 31, 2011.