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Washington - The United States warned Thursday that the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe is worsening and announced millions of dollars in spending to combat the disease. US officials refuted a declaration by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe that the c...

plan to ban smoking in all university-owned or -leased property, starting in January. Officials said this is the first step toward a smoke-free campus. MU officials will work with the Atkins Wellnes...

-- Acting on recommendations from groups representing students, faculty and staff across the campus, University of Missouri officials announced a new smoking policy that bans smoking in all university...

A new study from scientists in the US found that when women went on low or zero-carb diets they performed worse on thinking and memory tests compared to reducing calories without reducing carbohydrates. When they put carbs back into their diet, their thinking and memory skills went back to normal. The study was the work of researchers from the psychology department of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

President-elect Barack Obama is set to nominate New Jersey's Lisa P. Jackson, Gov. Corzine's chief of staff and for nearly three years his top environmental official, to lead the federal government's environmental protection efforts, according to published reports.

Hospital executives say bankruptcies, service cuts and layoffs could come within a matter of months if the cuts being proposed by Gov. David Paterson go into effect.

A recent European Union HIV/AIDS surveillance report found that HIV incidence in Ireland is higher than the European Union average, and officials with the country's Health Protection Surveillance Center recently expressed concerns about a lack of complete data on newly diagnosed cases, the Irish Times reports.

In the treatment of pain, inflammation and fever, non-steroid anti-rheumatic drugs (NSAR) such as acetylsalicylic acid - more commonly known as Aspirin - or Ibuprofen have always been popular choices. However, had they been tested using today's stringent criteria, many of these drugs would not have passed the clinical trial stage, due to the potential risks and side effects they entail.

Background:The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) hampers TB control. Ten provinces in China performed drug resistance surveys among tuberculosis (TB) patients in 1996-2004 to assess levels of drug resistance. Methods:Provincial drug resistance surveys included all isolates from newly diagnosed, smear-positive TB patients. Drug susceptibility testing (DST) against isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin and ethambutol was carried out in the provincial laboratories. For purposes of quality assurance, a random sample (11.6%) was re-tested by the national reference laboratory (NRL). Results:Of 14,059 patients tested 11,052 (79%) were new TB cases. The weighted mean prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among all cases was 9.3% (range 2.2%-10.4%); 5.4% (range 2.1% - 10.4%) among new cases and 25.6% (range 11.7%-36.9%) among previously treated cases. Adjusting the drug resistance proportions using the re-testing results did not change the estimated national me

death+ (AP) - YOKOHAMA, Dec. 11 (Kyodo)?(EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) A Yokohama District Court judge on Thursday ordered that psychiatric examinations over a period of up to three months be car...