Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported a highly resistant strain of rapidly progressive HIV diagnosed in a New York City resident. Now, State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello has announced the expansion

Hypnosis can serve as a valuable adjunct to certain kinds of psychotherapy, says Steven Lynn, professor of psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York. But not everyone responds to it equally well.

Engineers at Cardiff University, UK, are using their expertise to help create a device which could greatly increase the rate of recovery for stroke victims. The device, known as Alladin, will diagnose the precise state of a victim from the

There was a time Zambia's elderly women could be relied upon to step into the breach whenever family members needed extra hands to care for the sick. But, with the sharp rise in HIV/Aids, TB and other infectious diseases, questions