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The number of women who die from breast cancer has decreased slowly (about 2 percent per year) but steadily since 1990, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society (ACS), released to mark the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. [More]

Official calls the number 'upsetting'; flu shots and antiviral drugs urged for moms-to-be

Rising rates of prescription-drug overdoses have propelled drug-related fatalities to the top of the accidental-death list in a growing number of states, according to a new report.

A drop in the number of new flu cases has college students breathing easier.

Each year some 2,000 Americans receive heart transplants. But nearly twice that number remains on the transplant waiting list each year. Fate brought two North Texas women together and Wednesday they finally met in Grapevine, Texas, after one woman's son paid the ultimate sacrifice in war over in Afghanistan.

A recent letter from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to doctors certified to prescribe buprenorphine sparked concerns about intimidation and a perceived attempt to suppress the number of physicians prescribing the anti-opiate medication -- an impression that the Obama administration moved quickly to dispel.

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today it will provide up to an estimated $152 million over the next five years to fund Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) in nine IDeA-eligible states. By promoting the development, coordination and sharing of research resources and expertise, these awards expand research opportunities and increase the number of competitive investigators in 23 eligible states and Puerto Rico. The INBRE is a component of the IDeA program, which is designed to improve the competitiveness of investigators in states that historically have not received significant levels of NIH research funding.

The number of people being tested for H.I.V. more than doubled in dozens of countries last year, leading to a major increase in those being treated.

The number of women with cancer in one breast who opt to have the other breast preventively removed -- known as a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy -- more than doubled from 1995 through 2005 in New York state, according to a study published Monday in the journal Cancer, the

Smoke clouds billowed from the variety of patrons smoking at the Petra Café and Hookah Lounge on South Grand on Sept. 23. Scents of watermelon, lemon mint and 'Threesome,' Petra Café's original mix of tobacco, lingered in the air. However, the day was not just for the regulars of the café to converse and collude as usual. The day was set aside as a place for an event to bring awareness to the encroaching smoking ban the Missouri government is attempting to enforce. 'The Hot Box of Freedom' event was created to rebel against the ban in which flavored tobacco would be included as illegal to smoke in public. Co-owner and senior broadcasting major at WU Michaela Garcia said she believes this would ultimately mean an end to her only source of income. 'This ban would include all flavored tobacco, which is the number one thing that we sell,' Garcia said. 'What we are trying to do with this event is stop the government from telling us what we can and can't do. If we have one bad habit, and i