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A fight of galactic proportions over health care looms. Here’s a playbook for aficionados of legislative war-games.

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The current dispute over screening tests gives many people a sense of déjà vu. Here’s a timeline of the debate, from 1963 on.

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Older patients are top priorities for flu vaccine. But not for swine flu. They face fewer risks because they’ve been exposed to H1N1.

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Tiny particles containing gold and other metals may someday help keep cholesterol from building up in blood vessels.

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Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D.

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Senate Democrats made a case for legislation to revamp the nation’s health care system in a parade of floor speeches aimed at cementing party unity ahead of a first crucial vote.

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A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found not guilty in her death.

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Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health care bill.

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The effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter.

When an Atlanta hospital closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had to scramble to find treatment.

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If it survives an appeal, the verdict late Thursday would be the nation’s largest award of damages to an individual suing a tobacco company.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

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Hot lines, online groups and organizations that charge fees on a sliding scale are options for finding help.

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Backers of science-driven medicine cheered the new recommendations on cancer screening, while many patients still believe that more is always better.

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New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and go for screening less often than had been previously recommended.

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Senator Harry Reid scheduled the first crucial procedural vote on the major health care legislation for Saturday, after what is expected to be two marathon days of debate.

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The clinician showed that three antibiotics could be safely combined to provide a cure, providing the template for later combination therapies for cancer and AIDS.

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The Senate majority leader’s deep personal involvement in assembling the overhaul of the health care system has led the measure to the brink of a historic Senate debate.

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The Preventive Services Task Force, which urged women to get less-frequent screening for breast cancer, was created to be apolitical.

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The University of Nebraska would be the first such institution to set stricter limits than what national or state law allows.

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Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome.

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The players union says that Dr. Ira Casson is too biased to be the co-chairman of the league’s committee on concussions.

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Students ejected from Minnesota home games for alcohol-related disturbances must meet with a counselor and submit to game-day breath analysis.

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The nation, where one out of eight babies are born prematurely each year, earned a D from the March of Dimes.

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The White House emphasized that the new screening standards were not binding on either physicians or insurers.

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