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In this national fellowship report, project directors from the first 10 Reclaiming Futures sites share the lessons they learned in creating and implementing a model for helping teens in trouble overcome drugs, alcohol and crime.

McCain, who once sang in jest about bombing Iran, on Tuesday reacted to a report of rising US cigarette exports to the Islamic Republic by saying it may be "a way of killing 'em". Iranian Foreign Mini...

The Washington Times on Thursday reported that Merck and FDA last month added potential adverse reactions to Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to the package insert and information sheet given to patients.

Although colorectal cancer screening tests are proven to reduce colorectal cancer mortality, only about half of U.S. men and women 50 and older receive the recommended tests, according to a report in the July 2008 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.read more

The House Energy and Commerce health Subcommittee on Wednesday by voice vote approved to extend a bill (HR 2851, S 400) that would allow college students who are forced to leave School for a serious illness to continue to receive health care benefits under their parents' health insurance policies, CongressDaily reports.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) 'drew sharp contrast' with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on abortion rights, equal pay for women, and family and medical leave during campaign events in New York and Virginia, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The Economic Community of West African States on Tuesday in Burkina Faso launched a regionwide campaign intended to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, including information about prevalence, protection and treatment, Xinhuanet reports.

Swazi King Mswati III on Tuesday during his four-day tour of Uganda said that Swaziland plans to purchase antiretroviral drugs from a Ugandan factory to address the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic, Africa Science News Service reports. In Swaziland, more than 30% of the country's 1.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- One of the country's leadingsports doctors reports that he's performing more surgeries on sprainedelbows in young athletes, a fact that reflects higher numbers of childrenfocusing on just one sport.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of U.S. men andwomen older than 50 are getting screened for colorectal cancer, despitethe success these tests have in reducing deaths linked to the disease, anew report says.