HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Prosecutors brought fraud charges Thursday against a family doctor accused of promising terminally ill cancer patients in their darkest hours that they would be cured with an herbal treatment.

A virus recently linked to prostate cancer is a new suspect in chronic fatigue syndrome. Scientists tested blood from 101 patients and found two-thirds carried it.

A new government study shows that one quarter of Americans who were sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care, and 7 percent of them died.

Want to feel good about yourself? Just get off the couch and do a little exercise. You don't even have to get real serious, a new study finds.

The quality of health care Americans receive depends largely on where they live, with wide disparities from state to state, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund.