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SHANGHAI - AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said on Tuesday in an annual report on the crisis that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.

Catherine Heise decided to have a mammogram when she turned 40 and found a cancerous lump. Heise was successfully treated and thinks that the new recommendation that women should wait until 50 to get routine exams is not good.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Children may face a high risk of attention deficit hyper activity disorder, or ADHD, if they are exposed to tobacco smoke before being born or to lead during their childhood, a new study shows.

WASHINGTON - THE risks of taking anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx could have been detected nearly four years before the drug was pulled from the market, according to analysis of nearly 30 clinical trials.

The drug-making company Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer following the use of hormonal drugs as per the state officials in Philadelphia.

More than two million Muslims are braving the threat from swine flu to make this year's Hajj pilgrimage. Concerns about the spread of the virus swine flu are dominating the religious event.

A sharp increase in community-associated strains of a drug-resistant pathogen among outpatients is driving the rise of resistance within hospitals, researchers said.

As farmers, ranchers and other rural Americans discuss the ongoing health care debate, questions about the Senate's recently unveiled bill are arising.

The number of shops selling marijuana has exploded from 186 two years ago. Officials hope to impose some order by capping the number of outlets or by requiring a certain distance between stores.

AP - November 24, 2009 6:25 AM ET BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss pharmaceuticals maker Novartis has opened a plant in North Carolina to make flu vaccines using cell cultures instead of egg-based methods.

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s best-selling blood thinner Plavix may have cost US taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars because of ineffective advertising, research suggests.

Nov. 23, 2009 -- A new study of the weight loss drug Meridia is in the hands of FDA regulators, who've released an early communication based on preliminary data: certain patients taking the drug may have a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, ...

By 2010, more than 3 million Canadians will live with disease Canadians Dr. Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best co-discovered insulin in 1921, forever changing the lives of diabetics around the world.

The Colorado Board of Health on Monday postponed a critical hearing on medical marijuana scheduled for next month. The board had been slated to re-examine its definition of a medical-marijuana "caregiver" at a hearing Dec. 16.

Starting today, any motorist with a passenger younger than 8 who is not restrained by a booster seat or other child-restraint system will be violating state law.

At a newly opened cafe in Oregon, people can sit around legally toking from a 'vaporizer' that spews mist containing pot's active chemicals.

CONCORD - Updated, 12:01 am Regional clinics will offer swine flu vaccines this week to high-risk groups: 18- to 24-year-olds with underlying illnesses such as asthma, heart disease and immunosuppression diseases, plus anyone who provides continuous ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in South Los Angeles will have a new lease on life with the hope of serving as a model for the rest of the country.

Parents should find a much safer selection when they go hunting for toys this holiday season. That's because the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act that took effect earlier this year aimed to limit phthalates and lead levels in toys.