The USDA is warning people not to eat frozen Banquet or generic store-brand turkey or chicken pot pies due to possible salmonella risk.

  Women with rising blood pressure may be three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, researchers note in the European Heart Journal.

  Men who took statins in a five-year study had fewer heart attacks 10 years later, although most no longer took the cholesterol-lowering drugs.

  Obesity may make esophageal cancer (cancer of the esophagus) more likely, Australian researchers report.

  The breast cancer chemo drug Taxol may only aid women with HER2-positive breast cancer, experts note in The New England Journal of Medicine.

  If you have neck pain from cervical disc disease, a physical therapist can show you how to stretch and strengthen the affected area, improve your posture, and prevent pain from recurring.

  Whichever brand of running shoe you favor, the brand's most costly model is no better -- and may be worse -- than its lower-priced shoes, research shows.

  Less than half the outpatient medical care delivered to American children is in line with recommendations for the best treatment, a study concludes.

  Boot camp fitness classes challenge the mind as well as the body, instructors say

  Chronic job strain (lots of work stress and little control) may make second heart attacks more likely, a Canadian study shows.

  When overweight kids lose weight, they're more likely to stay in shape on a weight-maintenance program, researchers report.

  The seizure and migraine medication Topamax shows promise for the treatment of alcohol dependence, a study shows.

  Depriving the body of male sex hormones fights prostate cancer -- but it ups a man's risk of dying of heart disease.

  Banked blood quickly loses a gas called SNO-Hb, which is needed to deliver oxygen to tissues, Duke University researchers report.