Category: Medicine

And that one Haitian immigrant with AIDS led to the deaths of 25 million people. From Reuters: The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, …

For the last twenty years, many Americans have adjusted their diets - or felt guilty for not doing so - to include less fat, especially saturated fat, based on …

Apparently the human appendix isn't quite as useless as doctors have long believed......

No, this isn't about Mahmoud Ahmadinehad, or Chavez, or even Howard Dean. It's about the good kind. And with all the bad news in the world, we can certainly …

I loathe Dr. Jack Kevorkian. The man is a freak, a ghoul, an abomination. He has made himself the punchline to jokes for decades. He has also made himself …

One recurring theme of President Bush's critics -- highlighted during his last run for re-election -- was his opposition to certain forms of stem cell research. He had banned …

John and Elizabeth Edwards announced today that Elizabeth's cancer has returned. The biopsy results have been confirmed, and so despite surgery and radiation treatment, the Edwards will once again …

I never liked Molly Ivins very much. I never met her in person, so I'm talking here about her articles. I never felt inclined to spend money on her …

Lance Armstrong, arguably the best athlete alive today, and justly respected for the toughness and courage he showed in beating Cancer, did his reputation a little tarnishing today. Writing …

OK, right from the start I admit that this one is going to attract very few people for its excitement value, but it's a very big deal if you …