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South Africa strikes new Aids ...

South Africa's new health minister has broken dramatically from a decade of discredited government policies on Aids, declaring that the disease was unquestionably caused by HIV and must be treated with ...

14.10.2008 04:47:28 - Health News

Live Well: Baldness breakthrough

Scientists may have unlocked the secret to male pattern baldness.

14.10.2008 00:15:28 - Health News

Salmonella Scare Prompts Microwave Warning

Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if it's not done properly.

13.10.2008 20:02:02 - Health News

Thabo Mbeki to Zimbabwe to mediate new crisis

With Zimbabwe's political power-sharing deal in jeopardy, South Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki planned crisis talks Monday with both sides in Harare.

Zimbabwe's political rivals called for Mbeki's help to get negotiations back on track, after weeks of deadlock over how they should share Cabinet posts, according to Mbeki's spokesman.

President Robert Mugabe said Saturday he would keep all key ministries for his Zanu-PF party, prompting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday to threaten to ditch the agreement altogether.

13.10.2008 15:34:46 - Health News

Exclusive Interview With John McCain

John McCain a says he knows why older Americans favor him by double-digit margins in this election: They "respect experience, proven judgment and a strong record of leadership," he told the AARP Bulletin .

13.10.2008 11:06:04 - Health News

Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

13.10.2008 06:49:51 - Health News

Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for over $6B

The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc.

13.10.2008 06:46:45 - Health News

Scientists continue probe of Fallon cancer cluster

Researchers continue to look at tungsten in their study of a mysterious childhood leukemia cluster in Fallon, a military and agricultural town 60 miles east of Reno.

13.10.2008 02:25:00 - Health News

Alberta tries to deal with Catholic backlash against HPV vaccine in schools

Alberta is scrambling to come up with a backup plan to vaccinate girls against a virus that causes cervical cancer as more Catholic school boards opt out over a program they say condones premarital sex.

12.10.2008 22:03:11 - Health News

Report: Indiana workers losing job-provided coverage

A new report provides grist for a gubernatorial health policy debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are ...

12.10.2008 17:35:17 - Health News