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Amid the usual concerns about the gathering of millions of pilgrims, swine flu is also a worry. By Hadeel Al-Shalchi Associated Press JIDDA, Saudi Arabia - The heaviest rain in years to hit Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage soaked the faithful and flooded ...

University of Michigan Museum of Art : "Day With(out) Art" A reading by poet Donald Hall to commemorate World AIDS Day. University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Nicole Schertell, ND, CCT, a certified clinical thermographer at Whole Life Health Care in Newington, uses a digital infrared thermal imaging device at the clinic.

As a medical practice executive of a private physician practice, I would like to share my view on the current health-care legislation.

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.

BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A Belgian man, who was thought to have been in a vegetative state but then found conscious for the past 23 years, said he got a "second birth" after doctors worked out a way for him to communicate.

Novartis (NVS) and the US Department of Health and Human Services will invest nearly $1 billion to build the first large cell culture-based flu vaccine manufacturing center in the United States.

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.

Scientists have been aware that antibiotic resistance to bacteria has been increasing but the latest data released from Princeton university study reveal that cases of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (t) have increased by an astounding 90% ...

(Newser) - A young boy with Asperger's syndrome lived on newsstand potato chips, jelly rolls, and bottled water for 11 days riding the trains of the New York City subway system.

Washington: Sensations on the skin helps in understanding what is being said, according to a new study. Bryan Gick and team at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, sought to determine if tactile sensations could affect hearing.

Dubai : Though the number of diabetics in the paediatric population is not still known, the high incidence of obesity (12.1 per cent) and low level of physical activity among youngsters are disconcerting phenomena.

For all those who think Thanksgiving cannot be celebrated without Turkey and Meat Pie, here is some good news. You can feast on a sumptuous Thanksgiving meal even with vegetables as ingredients.

During the month of November we Americans, owing to our Thanksgiving Day holiday, are encouraged to be thankful. Thankful for whatever we have which we believe brings happiness.

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.

A Pennsylvania state court ruled in favor yesterday of an Illinois woman who claimed that hormone therapy drugs she had taken gave her breast cancer.

Bangalore: If you were feeling relieved over the receding number of cases of H1N1 flu over the past one month, here is some bad news.