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There were about 17% fewer new infections worldwide in 2008, compared with 2001, but fewer than half of those infected began treatment, a World Health Organization and UNAIDS report says.

Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and health screening tests.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Raising the US government's $12.2 trillion borrowing limit tops an agenda of must-pass legislation that imperils Senate Democrats' ability to pass a health-care bill this year.

President Obama continued his outreach to the world's Muslims today, sending greetings to pilgrims to Mecca. He also noted that his administration is assisting Saudi authorities in preventing the spread of swine flu.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canada is still investigating an unusually high rate of a side effect known as anaphylaxis from a batch of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's swine flu vaccine, health officials said today.

CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- One in five of those with type 2 diabetes is about 100 pounds overweight, US researchers found. Researchers at Loyola University Health System report 62.4 percent of US adults with type 2 diabetes are obese and 20.7 percent ...

Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to allow dispensaries to continue selling medical marijuana, but they still are looking into capping how many dispensaries are allowed inside city limits.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

A new Novartis AG vaccine plant in North Carolina is supposed to boost the US's ability to fight pandemics like the current swine-flu virus.

They say New York's a gentler, safer city nowadays, but it's not any less confusing - especially to a 13-year-old runaway.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

Leveille says their study is the first to examine the link between chronic joint pains and falling accidents. She hopes the findings would likely prompt older people to discuss chronic pain issues with ...

Two local consumer watch groups are warning holiday shoppers to be cautious in buying toys and electronics. The Maryland Public Interest Research Group warned this week that some toys pose choking hazards, contain dangerous substances or are ...

By Madison Park, CNN (CNN) -- Going vegetarian on Thanksgiving doesn't mean forcing tofu into faux poultry or shaping legumes into meat-like blobs.

What could be done to prevent another Vioxx? This pain medication for arthritis became a blockbuster after its introduction in 1999, only to be taken off the market in 2004 when a study linked the drug to an increased risk of heart ...

By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you need another reason to stop smoking while pregnant, or to rid your home of lead, a new study suggests that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy and who are exposed to the metal have more than ...