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The practice of brain scanning, or "brain fingerprinting," has come under scrutiny after Indian courts used it to convict two murderers.

Deep vein thrombosis kills roughly 100,000 Americans annually, and the U.S. government has just launched a campaign to increase awareness.

India's largest pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy Laboratories, said Wednesday that it will resolve problems that led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the import of more than 30 of its generic drugs.

On Tuesday, the FDA barred Ranbaxy from importing a raft of drugs_ including generic versions of the popular antibiotic Cipro and the cholesterol pill Zocor _citing poor quality at two Ranbaxy factories in India.

The warning comes amid mounting concern in the U.S. about the safety and effectiveness of imported drugs. Western pharmaceutical companies squeezed by dwindling drug pipelines and price pressures have outsourced a growing share of drug testing, manufacture and development to Indian companies.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating, officials in Westchester County are debating whether certain chain restaurants should post calorie content on their menus.

Officials say an Evanston resident tested positive for the virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes.

How does the weather affect your allergies? Dr. Bill Howland from the Allergy and Asthma Center of Austin talks about helpful tips on easing the discomfort.

Young black gay men, black women and white gay men in their 30s and 40s are much more likely to be newly infected with HIV than other groups in the United States, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A preteen and a teenager are the first dropped off under a new state law that is intended for newborns.

Legislators in Minnesota are trying to stop a Medicaid program that could axe some 18,000 lower- to middle-income adults from the state's MinnesotaCare health insurance system.

A study led by Dr. Dean Ornish shows that social, dietary and exercise-related lifestyle changes may increase a cell enzyme that helps to slow aging.

Britain's Health Protection Agency says that the pharmaceutical industry must develop new antibiotics to combat hospital superbugs, particularly gram-negative bacteria.

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An experimental breast cancer vaccine has the potential to wipe out resistant and recurring tumours in many women, say researchers.

As flu season approaches, public health authorities will be keeping an anxious eye on one family of flu viruses to see if an unwelcome phenomenon that cropped up last winter will stage a repeat performance.

A recent column predicted that seniors would get the largest Social Security benefit increase in 25 years next January - about 6 percent.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have newborn twins and four other children to care for, but that doesn't stop them from looking after hundreds of thousands of children in Ethiopia, too.

A Japanese scientist whose breakthrough research led to the most popular cholesterol drugs and four other scientists who made pioneering discoveries have won prestigious medical prizes.

Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 67.

Nader says in a statement that Camejo, who had been battling lymphoma cancer, died Saturday at his home in Walnut Creek.

Camejo ran for the state's top office in 2002, 2003 and 2006, supporting abortion rights, universal health care and a moratorium on the death penalty. Before joining the Green Party, he also ran for president as the Socialist Workers Party nominee in 1976.

The state Department of Health Services says the dead crow tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus.

Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain - at least not without a corresponding reduction in government spending.