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Air passengers from Israel quarantined in Canada for flu symptoms About 80 passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv were quarantined for sev...

Indonesian teenager hospitalized for suspected bird flu A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized in Indonesia for developing bird flu symptoms...

U.S.: bacteria-laced milk kills 3, woman miscarries The fifth-generation owners of Whittier Farms are proud of their Holstein cows, still...

Nearly 5% of poultry in Vietnam bear bird flu viruses Nearly five percent of 15,000 samples from healthy poultry in different cities and...

Dengue death toll in S'pore raised from 8 to 20 last year Total 20 people died of dengue in Singapore last year, more than the origi...

Vietnam faces acute diarrhea return Vietnam's Health Ministry has warned that acute diarrhea poses a threat to the coming Lunar New ...

Brazil vaccinates in 18 states following yellow fever cases Brazil's Ministry of Health is carrying out vaccinations against yel...

Cuban scientists discover new drugs for fighting heart diseases, parasites Cuban researchers have discovered substances that can reverse...

Study challenges drug's role in autism The use of mercury-based preservative thimerosal may not be linked with autism as previously ...

More Americans suffer heart problems due to terror stress More Americans suffer heart problems because of stress and fear about terroris...

Dieting hardest for emotional eaters: study French fries are shown in Hollywood, California October 3, 2007. Emotional eaters -- people who ...

FDA to allow general sales of Zyrtec-D WASHINGTON - The popular allergy drug Zyrtec-D can now sell without a prescription, the Food and Drug...

Zyrtec-D Approved Without Prescription FRIDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration approved on Friday the allerg...

Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 9, 2007 (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesyof Thomson CenterWatch: Dupuytren'...

Pill Poses Little Cervical Cancer Risk FRIDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Women taking oralcontraceptives are at a slightly increased risk f...

Fighting fat and climate change WASHINGTON - America's obesity epidemic and global warming might not seem to have much in common. But pu...

Record number of recalls in US bring raft of safety tests This image received courtesy of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Aq...

China to relax ban on HIV/AIDS carriers entering the country A Chinese nurse prepares an injection at a Shanghai hospital, 2002. China is pl...

Eight-limbed Indian toddler stable after surgery Lakshmi before surgery to remove her 'parasitic twin' that stopped developing in th...

Drug injecting triggers most Mauritius HIV cases A volunteer aiming to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS displays clean syringes at Baie du Tom...

Global Fund approves over 1 bln dlrs in new grants to fight disease Former UN secretary general and Global Fund Replenishment Chair Kofi Ann...

Abbott says gets FDA nod for lower-strength HIV pill (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said it received approvalfrom U.S. health regulators fo...

Condom use reduces risk of bacterial vaginosis NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women who have a high riskof contracting a sexually transmitt...

Weight gain may make asthma control more difficult NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weight gain is associated withan increased risk of poorly con...

Beta carotene protects memory in study A split-view image showing PET scans of a normal brain (L) and a brain with Alzheimer's disease. ...

Nursing home patients need basic eye care, study finds A cataract patient is examined inside a hospital in Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia, China...

Brain development found to be slower in children with ADHD Children play in a playground as the sun sets in this file photo from June 5, 200...

Herbal sex pills pose hidden dangers LOS ANGELES - Many of the pills marketed as safe herbal alternatives to Viagra and other prescription s...

Slower brain maturity seen in ADHD kids WASHINGTON - Crucial parts of brains of children with attention deficit disorder develop more slowly...

ADHD Delays Growth of Certain Brain Areas MONDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- While some regions of the brainmature a few years late in youn...