Doctors, vets explore shared medical problems
By VERENA DOBNIK In this 2008 photo provided by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., Dr. Natterson-Horowitz listens to the heart of a female lion at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden…
Diseases and conditions
Mexico nears junk food tax, sets anti-obesity plan
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during the unveiling of Mexico’s strategy to combat diabetes and obesity in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)…
Ex-NYC Mayor Dinkins hospitalized with pneumonia
FILE- In this Aug. 11, 2011 file photo, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins comments as he arrives for the funeral of former Gov. Hugh Carey at St. Patrick’s…
Nicaragua mobilizes fumigation against dengue
A worker from the Nicaraguan health ministry fumigates a resident’s front yard in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. According to the government, more than 5,000 cases of dengue have…
Minn. Supreme Court sides with HIV-positive man
By STEVE KARNOWSKI FILE- This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minneapolis shows Daniel James Rick, who is HIV-positive. The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected an…
Official: Drugs, heart issue may have killed woman
By PAUL FOY Anna Walthall, a former mistress of Martin MacNeill, testifies during his trial at the Fourth District Court in Provo Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. MacNeill is charged with…
ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO AGROCHEMICALS
By MICHAEL WARREN and NATACHA PISARENKO In this March 29, 2013, photo, former farmworker Fabian Tomasi, 47, shows the condition of his emaciated body as he stands inside his home…
PILLS MADE FROM POOP CURE SERIOUS GUT INFECTIONS
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Dr. Thomas Louie, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Calgary, holds a container of stool pills in triple-coated gel capsules in his lab in Calgary,…