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Cases of diabetes will soar and the cost of treating the disease will triple, according to a new report. (CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, ...

More than 1 million people in the US are living with HIV. Nearly 1000 Gaston County residents have been diagnosed with HIV or AIDS since we started actively tracking the disease.

There's little debate about screening women ages 50 to 74. So why do so many slip through the cracks? By Katherine Hobson The recent brouhaha over breast cancer screening is about recommendations—what different experts say women of different ages ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A US debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to sink the legislation.

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As H1N1 cases are rising, so are bacterial pneumonia cases, health officials are finding. They're seeing an increase in flu complications leading to pneumonia.

Rom Houben, injured in a car crash in 1983 at age 20, was allehedly conscious during his 23-year coma. It's a hypochondriac's worst nightmare: You're powerless, paralyzed and unable to communicate for nearly a quarter of a century ...

People listen with their skin, not just their ears. Air puffs delivered to volunteers' hands or necks at critical times alter their ability, for better or worse, to hear certain speech sounds, a new study finds.

PASCASGOULA, MS (WLOX) - The Southeast Chapter of the American Red Cross has come up with an alternative way to give gifts this holiday season.

AP Breaking News Video BY ALEX DOTY In the spirit of the giving season, area residents and even Grand Haven city employees flocked to the Grand Haven Community Center Wednesday to donate their blood to the American Red Cross.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

Having recently been reminded by the state to adhere to guidelines for vaccine prioritization, the Board of Health will hold an appointment-only swine flu clinic Dec. 5 for town children ages 3 to 18.

ATLANTA (November 27, 2009)—A group that's billed as the largest one-day sit-down dinner and meals-on-wheels operation in the country is feeling the impact of the struggling economy.

A Spare the Air alert has been issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for the full 24 hours of the holiday. The ban covers Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa and southern Sonoma and southwestern ...

By Sue-Lyn Erbeck Special to the Tribune Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals.

Searches for the bird, not the country, experience a massive jump around Thanksgiving and a smaller one around Christmas. By Mark Milian Sorry, Istanbul, we're looking for the bird.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) is reminding folks in southwest Michigan to keep our troops and veterans foremost in their thoughts by participating in the Holiday Mail for Heroes program.