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The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running.

China is warning officials to brace for a possible new wave of swine flu infections as the country enters the busy Lunar New Year travel period.

People in Scotland are being encouraged to try to quit smoking in 2010 as ministers prepare to push for further restrictions on tobacco sales.

A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that adolescents with bedtimes that were set earlier by parents were significantly less likely to suffer from depression and to think about committing suicide, suggesting that earlier bedtimes could have a protective effect by lengthening sleep duration and increasing the likelihood of getting ...

The cash-strapped National Health Service a ' the U.K.'s taxpayer-funded medical system a ' now spends 2.7 billion pounds a year treating patients for drink-related problems, double the amount five years ago, the report said.

A French cancer specialist is trying to help his patients combat their cancer with the exercise of martial arts and yoga.

At 88, Grif Crawford knows he's at risk of a fall or other sudden health problem.

Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh said Friday tests showed nothing was wrong with his heart after he was hospitalized with chest pains.

In dozens of states, Gary Richards wouldn't have been able to light up a Marlboro before tucking into his meat-lover's pizza, as he did at Satisfaction Restaurant & Bar this week.

Foreign countries including Saudi Arabia and Norway gave millions of dollars to former President Bill Clinton's charity, and donors ranging from entertainer Barbra Streisand's foundation to bailout beneficiary American International Group also pitched in, at a time when Hillary Rodham Clinton was serving her first year as secretary of state.

Minimum prices for vodka took effect in Russia on Friday as part of President Dmitry Medvedev's campaign to combat alcoholism at a time when Russians traditionally drink heavily during the New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays.

Thousands of runners signed up for the 31st annual Midnight Run in Central Park, sponsored by Emerald Nuts, accompanied by fireworks and preceded by music, dancing and a costume parade and contest.

Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed.

Colorado's influenza outbreak has dwindled after peaking in October, but health experts warn it will probably surge again, either with another wave of swine flu or a seasonal virus.

31, 2009 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- It took Mark Dayton two tries and many millions from his personal fortune to win one of Minnesota's U.S. Senate seats.

There are more obese Americans than a decade ago, not fewer. We eat more salt and fat, not less.