Health

Tobacco sales to minors fell to an all-time low in 2010 after increasing in 2009, a new report shows Retailers in the USA sold tobacco to minors 9.3% of the time, the report by the Substance Abuse and Me...

The Texas Legislature approved a bill Monday that would both compel the state to push the Obama administration to convert Texas’s Medicaid program into a block grant and defund abortion providers like Plann...

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation measuring devices to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) ...

UNITED NATIONS (UNO) - Thirty First Ladies from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean joined forces today at the United Nations to mobilize support to achieve the goal of zero new HIV infections among...

Up to two million people in Scotland may have been infected with swine flu, scientists have estimated. The swine flu outbreak of winter 2009-2010 was much more widespread than previously realised, accordin...

NEW YORK (AP) — Smokers will no longer be able to light up in New York City parks, beaches, public plazas and on boardwalks. The ban takes effect today. Those who break the law could face fines of $5...

Never thought he would but Dip Set Capo cut the braids. Who knows could be a good career move. ...

Video games that get players moving, at least in some small fashion, can not only have positive health effects -- they might even have a place in stroke rehabilitation centers, helping some patients regain ...

At least 2,707 people have died from the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the country's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) said Monday.According to the Dec. 18 statement from the authorities, since the c...

 1. The Outcome in IraqSecretary of State Colin Powell cautioned President George W. Bush against invading Iraq on the basis of the Pottery Barn rule: "You break it, you own it." But things worked out diffe...