Look around a waiting room at a university counseling center and you'll see students wrestling with all sorts of issues: The one who's failing because of binge drinking. Another who's struggling with a roommate conflict, or a recent break-up. Yet another who's stressed out and suicidal.

Cancer researchers and educators from around the nation are gathering at Clark Atlanta University to discuss prostate cancer.

Home births rose 20 percent over four years, government figures show, reflecting what experts say is a small subculture among white women toward natural birth.

As we prepare to commemorate 30 years since the first AIDS case was diagnosed in America, we now have the tools that could end the HIV pandemic.

Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors.

Treating HIV right away, before patients are too sick, dramatically lowers their chances of spreading the AIDS virus to a sexual partner, says a major international study that may convince more doctors to offer medication sooner.

Two charity hospitals in Illinois face drastically different fates after a state board on Tuesday approved the closure of the only hospital in East St. Louis and denied a Cook County proposal to close a hospital in Chicago's southern suburbs.

Many older Americans get repeat colon cancer tests they don't need and Medicare is paying for it, suggests a study that spotlights unnecessary risks to the elderly and a waste of money.

The Illinois Department of Human Services has announced a five-year plan to make it easier for new mothers to breast-feed.

Federal health officials said Monday a highly-anticipated drug to treat hepatitis C made by Merck appears to cure more patients in less time than established drugs that have been used for 20 years. But the agency has questions about how the drug should be combined with older medicines for the maximum effect.