TOKYO - The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail to do so.

The American Hospital Association says the cost to Arkansas general hospitals to care for people who were unable or unwilling to pay their hospital bills rose 182 percent in 16 years.

Major changes are coming to breast cancer education and prevention, impacting millions of women. That's because an international study released this week says breast self exams do not help detect breast cancer.

A new report from the Cochrane Collaboration, an international group that evaluates medical research, says there is no solid evidence that breast self-exams do any good.

A California jury has rejected a billion-dollar damage award to a girl whose parents say was nearly killed by Children's Motrin.

It turns out your bellybutton is not useless. It's handy for abdominal surgery.

The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing.

Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports.