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BRUSSELS - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration.

GENEVA, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of people living with HIV worldwide continued to grow in 2008, reaching an estimated 33.4 million, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Tuesday.

Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer.

GlaxoSmithKline has advised doctors in Canada to stop using a batch of its swine flu vaccine, amid reports of severe side-effects in some patients.

Medicaid spending on the clot-busting drug Plavix soared after direct-to-consumer TV ads for the drug began airing -- though not because of any change in prescription trends, researchers said.

HOLLY SPRINGS, North Carolina (Reuters) - The bioreactors are empty and running just for show for now, but Novartis opened its first US flu vaccine plant on Tuesday, the first in the country to make flu vaccines out of cells instead of ...

I am in trouble with the left -- again -- over the public option for health care. My offense? On MSNBC Monday, Andrea Mitchell asked, "how do they water down the public option to make it acceptable to some of the moderates but placate some of the more ...

WASHINGTON - Cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections usually acquired in the community are growing in the United States and rapidly spreading to hospitals, researchers said Tuesday.

A Muslim pilgrim wears a mask for protection against the swine flu in the holy city of Medina. London, England (CNN) -- Forget stampedes, fires and terrorist attacks.

What could be done to prevent another Vioxx? This pain medication for arthritis became a blockbuster after its introduction in 1999, only to be taken off the market in 2004 when a study linked the drug to an increased risk of heart ...

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.

NEW YORK (WPIX) - The mother of a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome is outraged with the New York City police department upon learning her missing son spent 11 days in the subway system before being found.

By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you need another reason to stop smoking while pregnant, or to rid your home of lead, a new study suggests that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy and who are exposed to the metal have more than ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Walking away or letting things pass may be an unhealthy way to deal with unfair treatment on the job, research from Sweden shows.

Escalating obesity rates are no secret in this country, but seeing the statistics is a sober reminder of the health risks of being severely overweight.

-- Following the largest-ever recall of cribs, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has acknowledged that the agency didn't move fast enough to get kids' products that posed danger off the market.

Los Angeles City Council is poised to vote as early as Tuesday on provisions to a proposed medical marijuana ordinance it has faced difficulty with for the past two years.

WASHINGTON - US Santas want swine flu vaccine so that sneezing children don't give them an unwelcome present this Christmas. Ernest Berger, head of "Santa America," told NPR radio that the organization's 200 volunteer Father Christmases want to be ...