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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.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions - umbrellas and face masks - as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine ...

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Raising the US government's $12.2 trillion borrowing limit tops an agenda of must-pass legislation that imperils Senate Democrats' ability to pass a health-care bill this year.

There's little debate about screening women ages 50 to 74. So why do so many slip through the cracks? By Katherine Hobson The recent brouhaha over breast cancer screening is about recommendations—what different experts say women of different ages ...

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canada is still investigating an unusually high rate of a side effect known as anaphylaxis from a batch of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's swine flu vaccine, health officials said today.

Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to allow dispensaries to continue selling medical marijuana, but they still are looking into capping how many dispensaries are allowed inside city limits.

It's been found that one in five type 2 diabetics are morbidly obese, or at least 100 pounds overweight. Researchers from a study conducted by Loyola University have found that in ...

A new Novartis AG vaccine plant in North Carolina is supposed to boost the US's ability to fight pandemics like the current swine-flu virus.

TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (healthday News) -- Strains of antibiotic-resistant infections normally found in the community are increasingly showing up among hospital outpatients, raising the risk that inpatients could become infected, ...

New York (CNN) -- A 13-year-old teenager with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in October wandering New York's vast subway system until a police officer recognized him from a missing persons' poster, according to police and the youth's mother.

It's one of the busiest travel days of the year, but things seem to be moving pretty well around the city as of early Wednesday afternoon, though air travelers to the East Coast may not have it so good.

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.

Older adults who had chronic musculoskeletal pain in two or more places, higher levels of severe pain and/or pain that interfered with their daily activities were more likely to fall than adults who didn't have those types of pain, ...

A new study suggests that evidence linking heart risks to Vioxx, the Merck arthritis drug pulled from the market in 2004, was apparent in 2000, Health Day reports.

PROVIDNECE - Citing rising health care costs, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has asked RI Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller to approve a 10.2 percent hike in premiums for its direct-pay plans, ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act. A US Senate committee revealed last year that public health insurer Medicare had paid as much as $92 million from 2000 to 2007 for medical services or ...

TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Direct-to-consumer drug ads may contribute to higher Medicaid costs, according to a new study that examined sales of the widely used antiplatelet drug clopidogrel (Plavix).

The Memorial Health Care System Foundation's distinctive gala Pink! will be held Jan. 30 at 6:30 pm at the Chattanooga Convention Center.