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(Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a statement issued by the World Health Organization and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer.

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.

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 ...

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.

It's always a dose of political reality to visit my mother in Virginia. She is represented by Rep. Glenn Nye, a Democrat who voted against the House health care bill earlier this month.

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.

As city officials grapple with the issue (notice I didn't write "problem") of what to do about the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, it seems likely that City Council members will ignore the calls from City Atty.

By AP BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceuticals maker Novartis AG has opened the first US plant to produce flu vaccines using cell cultures instead of egg-based methods, it said Tuesday.

CHICAGO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - When consumer advertising began for the popular blood-thinner Plavix, Medicaid insurance programs for the poor and disabled spent millions more on the drug, even though the ads did not tempt doctors to write more ...

More than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to the World Health Organization. In 2005, an estimated 1.1 million people died from the disease.

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.

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.

AP / November 24, 2009 CONCORD, NH - New Hampshire health officials announced yesterday that the state is opening swine flu vaccination clinics for the highest-risk cases this week, as complications from the illness take three more ...

• Community Thanksgiving Dinner. 11:30 am- 1:30 pm Nov. 26, the Salvation Army Corps/Community Center, 1033 Big Bethel Road. The meal will include turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, collard greens, macaroni and ...

Seven yet-to-be-named appointees would decide how to run the hospital and whom to hire. Outpatients wait in the lobby of the clinic that operates at the Martin Luther King Jr.

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.