Dr. Valerie Delpech of the UK Health Protection Agency discusses the challenges of tackling HIV/AIDS.
Her blue-green eyes are as clear as her name would suggest, but her wants and needs are muddy as she walks with aching joints on the streets of Atlanta, trying to resist the urge to get high.
Sleep deprivation can leave you feeling drowsy and slow-witted, but that's not all: New research suggests it may also rev up your appetite.
Maybe you're the one whose feet can't touch the floor without thick socks. Or you're the one who starts to sweat when your partner cranks up the heat.
This may rock your winter world: You can't get a cold just from cold weather.
For five days, Alexis Moore carefully planned how she would take her own life. She's not a violent person, so she knew handguns were out. She settled on vodka instead, to be followed by a bottle of Xanax.
It's that time again: Everywhere you go, people are sniffling, sneezing, and coughing. Think you're next to get sick? Not necessarily.
There could be major changes to the way Alzheimer's is diagnosed.
Greg Kalkwarf was a teenager when his grandfather told him and his brother, with increasing anger and frustration, "Dean, get out there and milk the cows!"
Summer temperatures are soaring, and that scratchy dryness in your throat makes you crave a glass of water.
"Saline irrigation" may not sound sexy, but Kelly Nance says she's hooked.
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"Saline irrigation" may not sound sexy, but Kelly Nance says she's hooked.
We offer tips on how to keep from contracting or spreading the flu when you travel this holiday season.
It's everywhere you look -- in schools, in shopping malls, in day care centers, in offices.
Robert Enke, the goalkeeper for the German national football team who killed himself on Tuesday, was suffering from depression, his widow has revealed.
John Reid, a retired businessman, came home from a Caribbean cruise a few years ago with an infected toe as a souvenir. As a diabetic, he knew it was serious, so he went to the emergency room near his home in New York City. There, he says, the first doctor he saw ordered an immediate amputation, scheduling him for surgery right then and there.
You're in a room with 10 other people who seem to agree on something, but you hold the opposite view. Do you say something? Or do you just go along with the others?
CNN.com's Elizabeth Landau explains new research indicating that group opinion actually shifts perception in the brain.
Tucked away in this small mountain village in Mexico, off a dusty road flanked by pig farms, is where the earliest case of swine flu -- a virus spreading globally -- was confirmed.
No one can truly know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved, but researchers are getting increasingly good glimpses at what makes couples tick, how relationships are stressed and what factors can keep the spark alive.
Ann Robbins, a certified professional matchmaker and relationship coach, discusses finding love in today's economy.
My name is Otis W. Brawley, M.D. I am an oncologist or cancer doctor.
Shuffling through airport security in your socks or sitting in traffic may seem like a breeze compared with the stresses of settling in under the same roof with family.
As we age we grow, not only in wisdom, (one hopes) but also in size (one hopes not!).
Wise weight
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The passage of time doesn't mean your weight has to advance too. CNN's Judy Fortin reports.
Good chronic pain treatment can be hard to find. A chronic pain patient has every right to believe that his or her doctor will listen sympathetically and prescribe the appropriate treatment, but that is not always the reality.
Your genes don't ordain heart disease. Researchers are learning more about the lifestyle factors that predict heart health, and these are in your hands.
Healing handsupdated: Fri May 30 2008 10:45:00
Massage therapy has many physical health benefits, as CNN's Judy Fortin explains.
Massage, that art of laying on hands, has been around for a while and has seen some changes through the years.
It's been more than a decade since her 13-year-old daughter, Maria-Victoria, died in a car accident, but Lynda Boucugnani will never forget the doctor who delivered the news. "I remember he sat down, but his first words were, 'Your daughter is deceased.' That just struck me as so cold, so cold," says Boucugnani. The experience was horrendous, she says. "I expected a little bit more compassion ... there was no, 'I'm sorry,' no touching my hand. These things would have meant the whole world to me."
It's 4 a.m. at one of the busiest Level 1 trauma centers in the country and our cameras are following surgical intern Nii-Daako Darko as he looks for a place to grab a nap.
Family gatherings around the holidays can be stressful. Experts say that's especially true for step families.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first vaccine for cervical cancer -- Gardasil, manufactured by Merck and Co.
You've researched, reserved and deposited. Losing it all to an unforeseen event or illness would be disappointing -- not to mention expensive.
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