Track-It Health

WASHINGTON -- If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast. The "botax" may be on the way. Read more

pWomen don't need a Pap test until they're 21, and most don't need tests every year, according to new advice from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The advice comes a few days after hotly contested recommendations from the... Read more

BOISE, Idaho -- Jere Burch woke up one morning four years ago in a body so exhausted she barely could move and with a mouth that seemed to have a life of its own. Read more

WASHINGTON — First mammograms. Now -- in an apparent coincidence -- Pap smears.

New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. Read more

Did you see the blue lights on monuments around the world Saturday night? I didn't either. I did see pictures, however, of the Ferry Building in San Francisco and the Empire State Building in New York illuminated in blue. All this was to commemorate... Read more

President Barack Obama has declared the H1N1outbreak a national emergency. Even pets are getting it. Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three moderate Democratic senators wavering on whether to allow debate on health care legislation to proceed, said Friday that he would vote to move the bill forward. Read more

Scoliosis screenings in middle schools find thousands of teenagers with curved spines each year. Read more

CHICAGO -- The thick, black binder that Paula Gillett keeps charts her son Jack's battle last year against a food-borne illness caused by E. coli. Filled with medical records, meal calendars and other papers, the binder documents Jack's initial... Read more

DETROIT -- Few modes of fitness allow you to not only get in shape, but also preserve an ancient, multi discipline art form. Read more