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A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country's stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some ...

Cases of diabetes will soar and the cost of treating the disease will triple, according to a new report. (CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, ...

The Sue A. de Mille Women's Diagnostic Center in Plano is one of the more than 500 medical facilities in Texas that offer mammograms.

There were about 17% fewer new infections worldwide in 2008, compared with 2001, but fewer than half of those infected began treatment, a World Health Organization and UNAIDS report says.

If your ears can't hear what someone is saying, try listening with your skin. Sensations on the skin can help people understand speech, according to a study in the journal Nature.

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As H1N1 cases are rising, so are bacterial pneumonia cases, health officials are finding. They're seeing an increase in flu complications leading to pneumonia.

(11/27/09) In the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas most people try to repress all things political. In Atlanta, Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed are desperately trying to fight that tendency and shift attention from carving ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

The Los Angeles mayor declines to say what the cap should be, but says it should be a level that can be adequately monitored by city officials and the Police Department.

Searches for the bird, not the country, experience a massive jump around Thanksgiving and a smaller one around Christmas. By Mark Milian Sorry, Istanbul, we're looking for the bird.

WARREN - Becky Lyda learned about the holiday blood drive being conducted by the American Red Cross Thursday morning. She decided she wanted to spend more of her holiday time making a difference.

By Sue-Lyn Erbeck Special to the Tribune Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

That sounds like something my mother would say if we kids so much as frowned upon opening the clothes we needed instead of the toys we wanted on Christmas morning.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- New research could help explain how pregnancy protects against breast cancer, and the findings may one day lead to a novel way to treat the disease.

A group of volunteer Santas wants the same swine flu vaccination priority as health care workers and teachers. The 200 members of "Santa America" visit sick and traumatized children during the holiday season and need to be protected against kids who ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) is reminding folks in southwest Michigan to keep our troops and veterans foremost in their thoughts by participating in the Holiday Mail for Heroes program.