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By On Top Magazine Staff “Despite efforts to reduce the impact of HIV in the region, many of these factors have not been adequately addressed,” says the report.

Readers also ask about the penalties for not buying health insurance; changes that veterans would see; interstate insurance plans; and whether the 'public option' would cover mammograms.

Even if the percentage of Americans who are obese stays the same, diabetes cases will nearly double in the US in the next 25 years and the cost of treating the disease will almost triple, according to a new study by researchers based at the University ...

SIERRA VISTA - While there has been a Tamiflu resistance in some H1N1 patients with compromised immune systems, the World Health Organization does not believe it reflects a major change in the virus' susceptibility to the drug.

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on the federal government to clarify new recommendations for women on how to prevent breast cancer.

Sure, everybody should have health insurance. But I have a valid fear of this particular health care reform bill Pelosi is forcing through Congress.

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.

Rom Houben, injured in a car crash in 1983 at age 20, was allehedly conscious during his 23-year coma. It's a hypochondriac's worst nightmare: You're powerless, paralyzed and unable to communicate for nearly a quarter of a century ...

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

by Angela dimillo · Nov 26th 2009 · See more Local News On a day when many are giving thanks, many were also giving blood. From 8 to 12 blood donors came out to the American Red Cross Bangor Blood Donor Center.

The American Red Cross Marathon County Chapter is seeking nominations by Tuesday, Dec. 1, for its Real Heroes awards to recognize individuals, groups or businesses from Lincoln, Marathon and Taylor counties.

Having recently been reminded by the state to adhere to guidelines for vaccine prioritization, the Board of Health will hold an appointment-only swine flu clinic Dec. 5 for town children ages 3 to 18.

Our brains can be fooled into perceiving one speech sound as a completely different one if the sound is accompanied by an inaudible puff of air, Canadian researchers have found.

ATLANTA (November 27, 2009)—A group that's billed as the largest one-day sit-down dinner and meals-on-wheels operation in the country is feeling the impact of the struggling economy.

Thank you for carrying the story, “Shadow group in Charlotte fights bill/Health overhaul is targeted by North Carolina law firm,” (AC-T, Nov. 16).