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AP - 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 - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.

AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.

Video games are normally known as big time wasters. But Vikram Agarwal, a businessman in Bangalore, has found innovatively applied gaming concepts in business.

Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.

Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes.

In the chaos following January's earthquake, a baby was separated from her parents and brought to Miami. Now a couple await a DNA test to prove the baby is theirs.

Your racial and ethnic background can shape many aspects of your life: the type of food you eat, where you live, and your political views.

Some women avoid drinking calorie-filled cocktails, wine, and beer because they're worried about packing on the pounds. Now, a new study suggests that women who are moderate drinkers actually tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers.

There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.

Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.

The US soft drinks industry says it has dramatically cut full-calorie beverages available in schools as part of a drive to tackle obesity.

Pregnant women in developing countries face the same risk of death as women in the UK did 100 years ago, say campaigners.

US President Barack Obama attacks insurers for raising rates as he continues his push for healthcare reform.

Fortis Healthcare has decided to re-brand the 10 Wockhardt hospitals it acquired last year under the Fortis brandname from April 1.Fortis to re-brand 10 Wockhardt hospitalsFortis to re-brand 10 Wockhardt hospitals

Diagnostic chains such as Dr Lal Pathlabs, Super Religare Laboratories, Piramal Diagnostics and Metropolis are scouting for regional diagnostic centres.Diagnostic chains scout for standalone regional buyoutsDiagnostic chains scout for standalone regional buyouts

Private hospitals and medical equipment makers expect to benefit from the government’s plan to increase public healthcare expenditure even as their long standing demand to give healthcare an infrastructure status has once again been ignored.Union Budget 2010: Private hospitals likely to benefitUnion Budget 2010: Private hospitals likely to benefit

India needs over 6,800 more hospitals in rural areas to provide basic health facilities to people, the annual Economic Survey released Thursday said. India needs 6,800 more hospitals, NRHM has many glitches: SurveyIndia needs 6,800 more hospitals, NRHM has many glitches: Survey

StemCyte Inc, USA, today announced the opening of it's first umblical cord blood(UCB) stem cell banking facility in India, at Apollo Hospital premises in Gandhinagar.StemCyte opens it first UCB stem cell bank of India at ApolloStemCyte opens it first UCB stem cell bank of India at Apollo

A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.

DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.

This wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve.

A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds.

Bacteria being attacked by beta amyloid, in this image enlarged 18,500 times.Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s, may be part of the brain’s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental approach that looks for the DNA leaking out from dead and dying cells may provide a route to a blood test for breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list for an organ, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them.