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The authorities in Saudi Arabia have warned people not to stage protests at the Hajj, as more than 2.5 million Muslims prepare for the pilgrimage.

President Obama's vision for making health care in America more effective and efficient collided for the first time last week with the realities and peculiarities of the nation's health-care system.

TRIAGE Young children, here playing near where swine flu shots will be given in Texas, are one of the high-risk groups. By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Worries that widespread screening for breast and cervical cancers can yield limited benefit and lead to unnecessary harm prompted decisions this week by two medical organizations to recommend less preventive testing.

Inside an unremarkable three-story office building near Santana Row, Richard Noonan waited last week in the San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective lobby for the marijuana he uses to treat symptoms of palsy.

The current wave of swine flu may have peaked in most of the US, but the illness remains widespread and the threat of another wave remains, officials said Friday.

(SALEM, Ore.) - "It's a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, dinner rolls and good ole pumpkin pie," says Mike Adams.

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup.

Cincinatti, OH (AHN) - Children prenatally exposed to tobacco smoke and lead are at a significant risk of developing attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a recent study.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow.

A five alarm fire rips thru an apartment building in Northeast Philadelphia, injuring 19 people, and 3 firefighters. The fire began in the early morning hours, at the Austin Manor Apartments at 7024 Rising Sun Avenue, trapping many residents in their ...

By Sang Tan, AP By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The momentum of the H1N1 flu outbreak has fallen off, but flu activity is still high and Tamiflu-resistant virus may have begun to spread.

ALBANY -- More than 33000 Americans take their own lives each year, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Saturday was National Survivors of Suicide Day.

Stefanie Spielman, the wife of former NFL linebacker Chris Spielman, is being remembered this weekend by the football community as a woman who fiercely battled breast cancer until her death Thursday at the age of 42.

State and local health officials have reported the first H1N1-related death in Logan County. The man, who was in his 50s, had few underlying medical conditions, local infectious disease ...

In a new wrinkle, the Senate health-reform legislation unveiled Wednesday aims to tax people who get cosmetic medical procedures, putting fresh pressure on an industry already nicked by the economic downturn.

Thursday's natural gas explosion in Springfield left at least three families without homes just days before Thanksgiving. The American Red Cross Greater Ozarks Chapter is encouraging the local community to assist the families by donating money to help ...