WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— A politically prominent Florida eye doctor asked a judge for mercy Thursday as prosecutors pushed for a 30-year sentence on his conviction...
DHAKA, Bangladesh— An aid agency projects 48,000 babies will be born this year in the refugee camps for Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh after...
WASHINGTON — Tuberculosis patients may have a quicker way to recover. A new study on mice and tissue cultures suggested that giving vitamin C with tuberculosis drugs...
WASHINGTON — Simply testing the level of caffeine in the blood could help determine if a person has Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggested Wednesday. People...
MANILA – Time to put the brakes on eating. After gorging on hamon, queso de bola, pasta, cakes and everything else served during all those holiday...
CHICAGO — Kidney disease increases the risk for diabetes, not just the other way around, a study of the Washington University at St. Louis has found....
CHICAGO — A sleepless night causes levels of the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid beta to rise faster than the brain’s waste-disposal system can remove it, a study...
WINNIPEG — Health officials in Winnipeg say flu cases have spiked in the last week and they’re opening up more acute-care beds to handle them. Krista...
VANCOUVER— British Columbia has announced it will pay for the so-called abortion pill starting Jan. 15, becoming the sixth province to provide free access to the...
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday disclosed an additional 171 firecracker-related injuries nationwide a day after the New Year celebration, bringing the partial...