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Some parts of the country are seeing a small decline in H1N1, as others, including Maine and Hawaii, see an increase. Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.

Yes, antibiotics (used against the various forms of the plague and other BACTERIAL infections) kill everything in your immune system.

Lawmakers pushing for health care reform are facing charges that a government-funded panel's recommendations to limit breast cancer screenings could be a sign of things to come if proposed health care legislation is passed.

Four pilgrims have died of swine flu as they take part in this year's annual Mecca pilgrimage, Saudi officials say. Three of the victims - a woman from Morocco and men from Sudan and India - were in their seventies.

Health care reform gets its first real test in the Senate today. After a rare Saturday session, the Senate will vote tonight on whether to push the reform bill to the next level and bring it to the Senate floor for official debate.

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.

WASHINGTON - If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast.

Maine's 39 community and specialty hospitals strongly support health care reform at the national level that would expand insurance coverage, slow the escalation of costs and improve the quality and safety of health care services.

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

The Fitzwilliam Community Church will hold its annual Pilgrim Thanksgiving on Sunday at 10 am with a service similar to one the Pilgrims might have had.

HANOI, Vietnam - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year ...

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.

The first US trials of a spray-on anesthetic for the penis showed that it increased the time to ejaculation nearly fivefold, providing the first good solution for premature ejaculation, researchers reported Thursday.

MARION - Stefanie Spielman did not lose a battle with cancer. She won the hearts and minds of anyone who has fought the deadly disease, Mary Miller said.

Area congregations and religious organizations are invited to send us notices regarding holiday services and special programs. Advent, Christmas, and other end-of-year holiday-related information needs to be sent by Monday, Nov. 30.

Seniors need to review their options now to be aware of changes for 2010, including premium increases, new deductibles and alterations in the Extra Help program.

Hollywood stars Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, and Sheryl Crow -- all of whom have survived breast cancer - spoke out this week against the government's new guidelines for mammograms.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is holding its 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Day, today. More than 230 locations around the world, including Santa Cruz, will show a 90-minute broadcast, addressing suicide ...