Disease Fighter Turns Plane Aisle Into a Gym
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Exercise is an effective antidote to long days of travel and emotionally overwhelming work for an infectious diseases specialist.
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Health officials were searching for airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis on a flight from India.
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A Thai man who tried to smuggle into Belgium two small eagles infected with the deadly bird flu virus was undergoing medical tests Sunday, but appeared to be in good health, officials said.
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Trailers packed with cots and medical supplies are parked in secret locations around Colorado, ready for doctors to open makeshift hospitals in school gyms if a flu pandemic strikes.
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Infectious-disease expert David N. Gilbert was making rounds at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon in April when he realized that an unusual number of patients, including young, vigorous adults, were being hit by a frightening pneumonia.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - A Thai man who tried to smuggle into Belgium two small eagles infected with a deadly avian flu virus was undergoing medical tests Sunday, but appeared to be in good health, officials said.
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Hand sanitizer makes it through security in one airport, then it's confiscated at another. Screening lines back up because only two of six lanes are open. And then there's the occasional all-too-intimate patdown.
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The first face-to-face bout in  Australia's election campaign was staged inside an airport  hangar on Wednesday with prime ministerial contenders sparring  with Miss Universe and hundreds of Olympians before a phalanx  of cameras.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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In a hotel suite in Las Vegas a couple of days ago a fighter unpacked the bags he had carried down from the drab suburban bungalow that had been his rented home.
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The first face-to-face bout in Australia's election campaign was staged inside an airport hangar on Wednesday with prime ministerial contenders sparring with Miss Universe and hundreds of Olympians before a phalanx of cameras.
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Weight gain is a well-known problem for people who want to live long and healthy lives, but who would ever think that it would affect the health of the airline industry?
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A study of the humble fruit fly may hold the key to new treatments for human liver diseases and diabetes.
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She was overweight, physically inactive, a 23-year-old with a family history of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. &quot;Just walking up the stairs was tough,&quot; she says.
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By MARGARET STAFFORD     KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- At a growing number of health clubs, gyms and YMCAs across the country, the treadmills and barbells aren't just for adults anymore...
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A 22-year-old Olympian from the Central African Republic has been hospitalized after being knocked out during a preliminary bout in the under 68 kilogram taekwondo competition.