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(11-30) 04:00 PST Washington - -- As the Senate takes up health care legislation this week, the question of whether it will "bend the curve" of soaring costs has emerged as a central dispute among experts and the subject of an all-out push by the White ...

GENEVA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation, which has been stressing the safety and importance of H1N1 shots, on Monday had its own staff vaccinated against the pandemic virus.

An intervention program called "Early Start Denver Model" emphasizes play therapy for very young children with autism. (CNN) -- Researchers have shown for the first time that if a child is diagnosed with autism as early as 18 ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia - Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen as an ideal incubator for the virus.

Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.

A school in Detroit, Med Grow Cannabis College, offers courses in how to grow, use and profit from medicinal marijuana. 'Weak, disappointing.

The Nov. 23 editorial titled "Prevention: 1 oz." questions whether the newly published US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations will lead to a rationing of health care, implying, incorrectly, that health care is not already rationed.

She looked like a grandmother. "Do you think that medical marijuana could help reduce my pain enough so I could exercise?" she asked.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - By 2034, nearly twice as many Americans will have diabetes and spending on the disease will triple, further straining the US health system and testing the viability of Medicare and other government health ...

Wakefield (WBZ Newsroom) -- A middle school teacher in Wakefield has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. After getting word about the teacher at the Galvin Middle School, nurses and school administrators identified students and staff who may have ...

When the Senate returns today to start debate on its healthcare reform bill, one group of medical providers likely to be taking sharp interest in the proceedings are those providing cosmetic surgery and related medical procedures.

The Portland Water Bureau ended its boil water order Sunday and gave westside Portland residents the green light to drink tap water.

Agriflu will be administered as a single injection in the upper arm and is available in prefilled syringes, the FDA says. (CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza.

AP CALEXICO, Calif.—Federal authorities say they seized more than 6000 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $6 million hidden within a shipment of door knobs in a truck at the US-Mexico Border.

When Paul Carroll lost his job in January, he and his wife, Kate, had a difficult, expensive choice: Do they keep their health insurance through his former employer, even though it would mean bearing the full cost of ...

Supplies of all types of blood are needed at hospitals around the country all year long, but the need often is greater during the holiday season.

St. Paul, Minn. - The Health Department believes the H1N1 virus could return later this winter and cause another wave of illness, but multiple H1N1 waves did not occur in the southern hemisphere's flu season this ...

* The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center made a public announcement in October 2009 that it would close the 123-bed UPMC Braddock Hospital on January 31, 2010.

Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new study show that too much exercise once a person reaches middle age can increase their risk of developing arthritis.