President Bush and Congress prepared for a showdown over renewing and expanding a health insurance program that covers millions of children.

  If you think the biggest pariah in the travel industry is an overzealous airport security screener, clearly you do not travel with a pack of cigarettes in your carry-on bag.

  For the first time in many European countries, nonprescription drugs are being sold over the counter at outlets other than pharmacies.

  A ?poisonous cocktail?of many drugs can interact in dangerous ways and cause side effects that can be far worse than the diseases they are treating.

  For years, doctors have warned men having trouble conceiving to stay away from hot baths and whirlpool tubs. Is the concern warranted?

  The company?s lawyers had attempted to gain the upper hand in a patent case by highlighting safety concerns about the company?s own product.

  A state judge ruled on Monday that a $450 million bond proposal to finance stem cell research must stay on the November ballot, dealing a blow to abortion opponents.

  John Edwards offered a strategy for combating H.I.V./AIDS that includes age-appropriate sex education, needle exchange programs and expansion of Medicaid for H.I.V.-positive people.

  A new kind of medical practice is flourishing nationwide that offers to go to where the patients are ?whether a home, an office or a hotel.

  Insulated from lawsuits by their corporate structures, private investors in nursing homes have cut expenses and staff, sometimes below minimum requirements.