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Nov. 27, 2009 -- If nothing is done, the number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years and spending on the disease will nearly triple, a new study shows.

The health care bill that the Senate is to begin debating next week is the result of numerous compromises that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 42 percent of Chinese who are HIV positive have experiences of stigma and discrimination, says a report published by UNAIDS on Friday.

People listen with their skin, not just their ears. Air puffs delivered to volunteers' hands or necks at critical times alter their ability, for better or worse, to hear certain speech sounds, a new study finds.

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 ...

There are over 18500 people in Michigan living with HIV/AIDS. Last Wednesday, Nov. 18, many of them gathered at the Affirmations LGBT community center in Ferndale to speak to the Obama administration about what the community and ...

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As H1N1 cases are rising, so are bacterial pneumonia cases, health officials are finding. They're seeing an increase in flu complications leading to pneumonia.

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.

AP - November 26, 2009 11:24 AM ET ATLANTA (AP) - The largest 1-day sit-down dinner and meals on wheels operation in the country is heading into its 40th anniversary this year amid a rise in need and a decline in donations.

Travelers on their way to their Thanksgiving destinations are encountering minimal delays Wednesday evening on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Nov. 24, 2009 -- A potentially dangerous and rapidly spreading strain of the "superbug" MRSA poses a much greater public health threat than previously thought, new research shows.

"Powerlessness. Utter powerlessness. At first I was angry, then I learned to live with it." These are reportedly the words of Belgian man Rom Houben, believed for over 20 years to be in a vegetative state.

Searches for the bird, not the country, experience a massive jump around Thanksgiving and a smaller one around Christmas. By Mark Milian Sorry, Istanbul, we're looking for the bird.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- 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.

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.

MADISON - With the holidays arriving, the Colonial Crossroads Chapter of the American Red Cross has gift items that can be appreciated by anyone.

Ho-ho-hold on a minute: Should shopping center Santa Clauses get priority this season for the swine flu shot? Naturally, kids and health care workers are at the front of the line for the H1N1 vaccine.

That sounds like something my mother would say if we kids so much as frowned upon opening the clothes we needed instead of the toys we wanted on Christmas morning.