Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
This Oct. 2007 family photo provided by Clare Johnson shows Linda Coale holding her son Benjamin in Crownsville, Md. Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot. (AP Photo/Family Photo)AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of ...

Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening t...

WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination (AP)
A child is given an oral polio vaccine in Angola camp, southern Khartoum in 2007. A campaign to immunize over 85 million children under five against polio will kick off March 6 in west and central Africa in a bid to halt a year-long epidemic, health bodies said in a joint communique.(AFP/File/Isam al-Haj)AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central...

Gene test claims to show what diet works best (AP)
AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show w...

Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut (AP)
AP - Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity an...

Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood (AP)
AP - The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any m...

Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or se...

U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC (Reuters)
Reuters - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital h...

Medication fears lead to worse side effects (Reuters)
Reuters - It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worri...

Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu fr...

Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzhei...

Obesity and Depression: A Vicious Circle? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a back-and-forth link betwee...

Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya (AFP)
A street vendor prepares papaya for her daily customers in Yangon. Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)AFP - Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting...

Canadian vaccination study proves 'herd immunity' (Reuters)
Reuters - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger communi...

Zero HIV births is 'truly possible' within 5 years (AFP)
A newborn baby girl born to an HIV-positive mother in Paarl near Cape Town. Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases has said.(AFP/File/Anna Zieminski)AFP - Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in re...