Families Urged to Use Dental Records to Identify Dead
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Craig Foster spent the past four days in Thailand helping search for people missing after tidal waves swept Asia following the biggest earthquake in 40 years.
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NEW YORK  - With health officials now  urging Americans to dig into their family health history,  experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and  upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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Local residents having difficulty reaching relatives in the areas recently hit by Hurricane Charley are urged to contact the Washtenaw County Chapter of the Red Cross for assistance.
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The public is urged to report parents suspected of neglecting their children due to drug or alcohol abuse.
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Dentists develop an alternative sedation procedure to potentially risky general anaesthetic.
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A family history website launches a new service to help track down people's unknown relatives with DNA tests.
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International teams of forensic scientists have begun the grim task of identifying victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis. The gruesome job of identifying victims has been made all the more daunting by the sheer number of bodies piling up in morgues.
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Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history -- generations of it -- to help
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Historic cemeteries, desperate for money to pay for badly needed restorations, are reaching out to the public in ever more unusual ways.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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Mother urges parents to monitor computer use as seven young people found dead in last 12 months
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BESLAN, Russia -- Relatives wandered among rows and rows of plastic body bags at a morgue yesterday, searching for loved ones who had died at the end of a three-day siege by Chechen rebels the day before.
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Older people who have lost  their teeth are at more than three-fold greater risk of memory  problems and dementia, UK researchers report.
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A new genealogy Web site uses DNA to help trace family histories and lets customers use a social network to communicate findings with family and friends.
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WASHINGTON - Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history - generations of it â-o help identify breast, heart and other problems early enough to prevent them.
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.