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SHANGHAI, CHINA (AP) - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said ...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double over the next 25 years, rising from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034, according to a study by the University of Chicago.

WASHINGTON - Two of President Obama's senior health care advisers said Wednesday that a proposed tax on high-cost insurance plans and a new commission to control Medicare spending were among “four pillars” essential to major ...

The US Preventative Services Task Force issued a recommendation that women 40 and younger should simply talk to their doctors about the benefits and risks of having a mammogram.

A deluge of uninsured patients may swamp the health care system in the wake of the end of federally subsidized benefits for the uninsured.

AP The protesters held signs and distributed fliers Friday outside the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's headquarters downtown.

Belgium's Rom Houben uses his touchscreen and assistance of his speech therapist Linda Wouters, left, to communicate during an interview in Zolder, Belgium, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.

I was a first-time blood donor on Thanksgiving and I admit, I was a bit nervous. Even if the phlebotomist told me "don't be nervous.

Mt. Pleasant #2 Missionary Baptist Church, 490 Stone Road, Pinson, will hold appreciation services for Pastor Jimmy L. Godwin at 11 am and 2 pm Sunday.

Thanks to the “brilliant” idea by area musician, Curt Boettcher, a group of Wasecans is holding its first ever holiday concert to benefit the Waseca County chapter of the American Red Cross.

Dispatchers say Florence Tkack's body was found in the Big Sandy River at 11:40 am this morning. Lawrence County, Ky -- Harold Slone, Director of Emergency Management, says the body of Florence Tkack was found about a quarter of a mile from where Tkack ...

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.

Today's just-published review of Highlands Health is only the start of our information about medical marijuana in Colorado. We're continuing to regularly update our directory of dispensaries, which is growing longer and ...

Be sure to get in a little Turkey Trotting over the holiday weekend. As we start the Holiday Eating Season, you will want to move more to keep from packing on the pounds.

COLUMBIA - State officials urge Missourians to make sure their furnaces are working properly and not releasing carbon monoxide into their homes.