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Number of cases in Minnesota declines for fifth straight week; 10 more flu deaths reported, seven from H1N1. By BOB von STERNBERG, Star Tribune Did you stop to think that the idea was not to induce panic, but to get the word out so that people take ...

(Updates with comments from Dr. George Daley, who developed 11 of the stem cell lines) By Jared A. Favole Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins said the agency has approved 13 human ...

Recognition of World AIDS Day in Columbia concluded with a candlelight vigil and band performances downtown Tuesday. The evening's events were planned by Columbia's Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, an organization that provides ...

Unless Congress and the president act soon, many unemployed workers and their dependents may lose their health insurance if a federal subsidy to help them pay for the coverage isn't extended.

Two swine flu patients in Maryland and one in Virginia were hospitalized with a form of the virus resistant to a commonly used medicine, prompting infectious disease specialists to call for renewed caution even as the intensity of the ...

The increase in overweight Americans offsets the decline in smoking and threatens greater life expectancy, a study finds. By Jeannine Stein Americans have increased their life expectancy by cutting back on cigarettes, but the pounds they're packing on ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare reforms working their way through the US Congress will help slow rising medical costs but more will have to be done in coming years, a top Obama administration official said on Wednesday.

By THE EDITORS James Estrin/The New York Times Home health care aides have become lifelines for many elderly people. Under the health care bills currently being debated in Congress, more than 30 million uninsured Americans would gain coverage.

Jeff Gerhardt, lead researcher for US- based health advocacy concern The Ecology Center said many products marketed toward kids have high levels of chemical additives and carcinogens which are harmful.

By Robert Priedt, HealthDay "What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure. Distinct areas of the brain are affected differently," study author Kim Cecil, an imaging scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical ...

Hereditary angioedema drug Kalbitor was approved by regulators on Wednesday, sending stock of manufacturer Dyax (DYAX) soaring to a year-long high.

Dec. 2, 2009 -- Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, ...

Patrons of the Purple Tribe nightclub in Tianjin, China, can earn money for taking an HIV test, part of a Gates Foundation initiative that has drawn criticism.

The Food and Drug Administration and drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis are telling physicians about changes to the prescribing and warnings sections of the packaging for Norpramin, a drug for the treatment of depression.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that lonely people attract fellow "lonelies" and influence others to feel lonely, too.

A national push to avert delays in heart attack treatment has sharply increased the percentage of people who get prompt care, a study shows.

A Pittsburgh man testified of wishing he could have used pot to ease his dying mother's "excruciating pain." Parents of drug-addicted children said the last thing the state should do is join the 13 others that allow medical use of ...