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A study in the journal of the American Medical Association reveals a dangerous difference in the symptoms men and women experience during a heart attack. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.

For years, do-it-yourself health care meant looking up your symptoms on WebMD. But smart phones are extending our control, with apps that let people plan and track workouts, monitor important health indicators, and even locate nearby clinical trials. Apple's App Store alone offers thousands of mobile health apps

The new drug Kalydeco is being hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, targeting the underlying genetic cause of the disease decreasing the symptoms. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.

According to recent headlines, we might be poisoning ourselves and our kids with pain pills, yet we're afraid to tell doctors we're depressed. Anti-depressants are the second most prescribed kind of medication in the U.S., and an estimated one in 10 Americans reports suffering from depression . This class of drugs has become about as common as table salt in American households, yet enough stigma (and fear of side effects) still exists to make patients feel uncomfortable telling their doctors if they’re experiencing symptoms of depression

It's no secret that the healthcare industry is technologically backwards.

Just watching television footage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was enough to cause clinically diagnosable stress responses in some people who did not even live near the attacks--let alone the millions of people who did . Like many other major disasters, 9/11 brought with it a host of psychological repercussions, one of the most severe of which has been post-traumatic stress disorder . PTSD is characterized by trouble sleeping, difficulty controlling anger, losing interest in activities, flashbacks, emotional numbness and/or other symptoms

Menopausal women taking soy isoflavone tablets saw no reduction in bone loss, hot flashes, other symptoms, study showed

The presidential run of Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) hit an unexpected obstacle Tuesday when The Daily Caller reported that, according to sources close to her campaign, she suffered from debilitating migraine headaches brought on by stress on an almost weekly basis. Bachmann, whose migraine condition had not previously been disclosed, was said to have been hospitalized for it on several occasions because the pain and other symptoms left her "incapacitated," in the words of one adviser

Chris Wragge speaks with Dr.

On average, experts say, Alzheimer's patients live eight years after their symptoms become noticeable to others

As the deadliest E. coli outbreak in recent history continues, many questions about the bacteria and how it could possibly spread are being asked. Dr

Jeff Glor talks to "Early Show" medical correspondent, Dr. Jennifer Ashton about the long-term damage from concussions and gets tips on how to spot the symptoms - which are not always so clear.

M.D. spotlights alternative treatments for itchy eyes, clogged noses, sneezing and other symptoms sufferers experience

Chris Wragge talks to Dr. Jennifer Ashton about radiation exposure and the symptoms of radiation sickness