MEDICINE

Could malaria be the new smallpox? The World Health Organization said on Monday that nearly a third of the countries where malaria is endemic could eradicate the disease within 10 years.

California doctors find themselves in a tenuous position when it comes to marijuana, a substance that remains illegal under federal law and whose potential health benefits have yet to be proven. The California Medical Association's recently announced solution to this predicament was both simple and unprecedented: legalize it.

Giuliana Rancic, host of “E! News” and “Fashion Police,” announced on the “Today Show” Monday that she has early-stage breast cancer.

Giuliana Rancic announced on Monday that she has breast cancer on the Today show.

On Friday, the California Medical Association became the first major medical association in the nation to officially support the legalization and regulation of marijuana in the U.S.

The 36-year-old announced her diagnosis on Monday morning.

This Sunday the entire America turned pink and witnessed more than 3, 800 people to walk, cry, hug, and finally raise money for the breast cancer patients and survivors in Utica.

The Obama administration cut a major long-term health provision Friday that was part of the sweeping 2010 health care reform law, with officials saying they could not model the plan as both a voluntary and budget-neutral one.

Hugo Chavez, the President of the South American republic of Venezuela, is reportedly returning to Cuba for more tests, after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor and four rounds of chemotherapy, a few months ago.

Drivers who smoked marijuana and then got behind the wheel of a vehicle nearly tripled the risk of crashing when compared to others not under the influence, a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds.

Three women in possession of 33 condoms containing semen were arrested and charged with 17 counts of aggravated sexual assault by the Zimbabwe police Friday. The arrest is believed to be a break in a series of sexual assaults over male hitchhikers over the past two years by women.

A new research has revealed the complete genetic code of a woman who was the oldest living person when she died at age 115.

A 65-year-old quadruple amputee has received two new hands after a rare double transplant operation at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Every girl owned a Barbie at some point growing up, and there are some who try to look like the anatomically impossible doll. In the latest issue of O Magazine model Katie Halchishick's features were surgically outlined to according to a Barbie doll's proportions.

Ron Paul is airing an anti-abortion ad in Iowa in the hopes of courting social conservatives ahead of the first caucus in the nation.

Obese girls are up to nine times more likely to develop SBP than non-obese girls.

Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline engaged in a pattern of misconduct while investigating abortion providers, a report said.

The percentage of Americans with heart disease, the No. 1 killer in the U.S., is continuing to fall, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health officials campaign to lower obesity levels in England.

A recent prospective study has found out that Neurosurgery for refractory focal epilepsy keeps adults free of seizures for up to 10 years. The study was conducted by Dr. John S. Duncan, of the Institute of Neurology at University College London, and colleagues. It was found that people were 52 percent free from seizures at five years and 47 percent at 10 years.

UK scientists at Strathclyde and the James Hutton Institute are developing tests for tracing unidentifiable source of the raw materials in designer 'legal high' drugs. Using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) technique, UK researchers have attempted to reveal the course of a drug's manufacturing procedure which is expected to track the and gather information on manufacturers of bath salts or so-called ‘designer drugs’.