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A new report shows death rates from cervical cancer have fallen dramatically among Northern Territory women.

Concerns are raised about the safety of a "wonder drug" which is used to help people quit smoking.

AP - The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model.

Marvin J. Southard's office can't force crowded hospitals to accept its emergency patients, so it sends them to law enforcers who can. He tells county supervisors he's looking for other options. Los Angeles County's chief mental health official said Tuesday that he is working to reduce the number of times his staff forwards emergency assistance calls involving the mentally ill to police, a practice that has grown over the last year as fewer hospital beds have been available to treat such patients.

The Obama administration will inherit a Food and Drug Administration widely seen as struggling to protect Americans from unsafe medication, contaminated food and a flood of questionable imports from China and other countries.

SICK notes are to be replaced with "fit notes" in a bid to cut down the £100 billion cost to the economy of workers' ill-health, the government announced.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A set of 1-month-old girls believed to be the first known American Indian conjoined twins are doing well and will be separated, doctors say....

Only about a third are in the 'healthy zone.' L.A. Unified's scores also edged up but are below the state average. When it comes to their physical fitness, students are taking baby steps toward better health, according to results from the 2008 California Physical Fitness Test released Tuesday.

Some people, no matter how difficult the situation, have a knack for always seeing the glass half full. It turns out a positive outlook on life may actually lead to less stress, better health and more success. As CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports it is all about appreciating the little things.

Unknown culprits have sliced through one of the country's most famous coral reefs, further damaging an endangered ecosystem