Drugstores began clearing their shelves of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines designed for infants Thursday after leading manufacturers announced they were withdrawing the products amid rising concerns about the safety of the popular formulations. ...more

October 12, 2007

Sylvia Martinez had been told before she had high blood pressure. But the 47-year-old had never taken medicine for it until about three weeks ago, when aspiring doctors and their supervising physicians convinced her she needed it. ...more

October 4, 2007

Early in the AIDS epidemic, people infected with the virus often lost a dangerous amount of weight, at times looking gaunt and ghostly. ...more

October 4, 2007

The BRIDGE, an acronym derived from Building Relationships and Initiatives Dedicated to Gaining Equality, operates Tuesday evenings at the University Area Community Health Center, a county-run facility on North 22nd Street in the low-income community west of the university. ...more

October 3, 2007

Al Oerter was destined to become an athlete, although he often wondered what he might have been if not for a chance meeting with a discus. ...more

October 2, 2007

In the National Sleep Foundation's 2002 Sleep in America Poll, 37 percent of adults reported they snored at least a few nights a week during the previous year, and 27 percent said they snore every night or almost every night. ...more

September 27, 2007

Former President Alberto Fujimori, awaiting trial in Peru on seven charges of corruption and human rights violations, is being held in poor conditions, his attorney and daughter said Monday. ...more

September 25, 2007

It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool - and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts. ...more

September 24, 2007

Students at Just Elementary School are about to get their hands dirty. They are planning an organic garden, one where corn and peas will grow next to the cafeteria. ...more

September 15, 2007

The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported this week, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic. ...more

September 13, 2007