Health News

West Nile virus has been found in a horse horse that was infected in Washington state.5.2

SAN FRANCISCO Two drug companies are fighting for control of the growing profits from the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu, as health experts worry about shortages.3.5

KILLER bug MRSA advances remorselessly through NHS hospitals -- helped on its way by Government policy.3.1

Beginning Sunday, senior citizens will start getting information -- with sales pitches soon to follow -- about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage.2.7

Two years after the West Nile virus infected 393 humans and 230 horses in Wyoming, the mosquito-borne illness is keeping a low profile in the state.2.7

University of Florida researchers have led the development of a new type of wound dressing that could keep dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria from spreading in ...2.7

Add Comment With the flu season fast approaching, state health officials are urging senior citizens and other high-risk groups to receive their flu shots early.2.7

Explore the boomer generation UC Irvine Extension will be offering "The New Adulthood," five Wednesday evening meetings from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct.2.7

A state-run phone-in program to help New Mexicans quit smoking has received such a large response that organizers have had to scale it down.2.7

STEVE FORD knew about alcoholism. His mother, after all, was Betty Ford, the former first lady whose personal struggle with alcohol forced Americans to see beyond the ...2.7

Teenagers say that it's not all that difficult to obtain alcoholic beverages. In fact, according to a recent survey, a quarter of teens say that they get the booze from ...2.7

Grumpy, blunt, absent-minded, cranky: It seems like there's no shortage of adjectives to describe the way some elderly people behave.2.7

Genentech stopped enrolling women with advanced ovarian cancer in a trial testing another use for its Avastin drug after researchers noticed higher rates of gastrointestinal ...2.7

BRISTOL, Conn. -- Health officials urged Bristol residents Friday to not drink public water after routine testing found coliform bacteria.3.1

After years of self-described "moderate" success tackling a widespread and well-documented student smoking problem, Coventry High School decided to put out its problems for ...3.1

TV9 News -- Lighting up a cigarette anywhere on hospital property is about to end in Cedar Rapids.2.7

Reporter: Anne Barker ELIZABETH JACKSON: There are growing fears the latest outbreak of bird flu in Indonesia is another step towards a world influenza pandemic.2.7

At first Hurricane Katrina victims needed food, water and shelter. But now, weeks later many are turning to crisis counselors for help.2.7

Occupational exposure to mineral oils, in particular hydraulic or motor oil, increases the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by 30%.2.7

More than 500 walkers turned out at Riverfront Park Friday night to raise money for the thousands affected by leukemia and lymphoma.2.7

Hai Dang Club members at a fashion programme on fighting HIV/AIDS.--Viet Nam News As darkness falls, Nguyen Hoang Minh, 35, goes downtown to meet his friends to talk about ...2.9

The level of support available to parents of Down's syndrome sufferers is often hopelessly inadequate and, when the child has finished school, can be virtually non-existent.2.7

A low-temperature device for removing a child's tonsils offers surgery with less lingering pain than tissue-burning techniques.2.7

The Arizona Department of Health Services has released this advisory. More than 700 Arizonans who attended the Global Gaming Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center ...4

Hospitals in Britain would be overwhelmed in the event of a major worldwide flu outbreak, according to a study published yesterday.2.7

Seventy percent of the people infected with hepatitis C don't know even know it.2.7

THE Project Coordinator of the beleaguered Project Management Unit of the Global Fund on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, has been stopped from travelling abroad.2.9

Judge Carl Lewis said he believes the parents of 13-year old Katie Wernecke are still trying to block her cancer treatments.2.7

CHICAGO, Sep 23, 2005 -- TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick is James Frey's memoir about substance abuse, "A Million Little Pieces." The non-fiction ...3.1