Madison Health News

Vanessa Rosales comes to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry here rather than others for one reason: She can choose what food she brings home. She doesn't have to settle for a bag filled with random groceries. The pantry,...

Stale airplane air is a major source of contagious disease. “There are very few things that fly through the air and magically infect other people,” said Conway. “Viral infections like flu and colds spread when you have contact with a...

Midway through Friday night's quadruple-bypass procedure at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the celebrated but moody cardiac surgeon Dr. Stuart Reinhorn threw down his laser scalpel in apparent disgust at the size of his audience and declared the poorly attended artery-grafting...

Most children get enough chocolate and sweets on Halloween to make dentists cringe, so some dentists are offering children an alternative treat: cash. Halloween candy buy-back programs allow kids to turn in their candy for money. Dentists around the country...