- MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is
scheduled to undergo surgery Monday for the malignant brain tumor that was
diagnosed last month.

The 76-year-old senator will undergo the surgery for a malignant
glioma, an especially lethal type of brain tumor, at Duke University
Medical Center in Durham, N.C. A statement from the Massachusetts
Democrat's office [...]

A broken petrol bouser stands near a long closed cafe in the former town of Wittenoom, about 1,400 kms (870 miles) north of the West Australian city of Perth May 28, 2008. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)

WITTENOOM, Australia (Reuters) -
Of the 20,000 people who
once lived in this outback mining town in western Australia, at
least 1,000 are dead of [...]

An HIV/AIDS-infected girl is carried by her mother to attend a peaceful rally to observe the Global AIDS Week of Action in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata in this May 21, 2008 file photo. (Parth Sanyal/Files/Reuters)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -
Vast distances are a major hurdle to
India's efforts to curb its soaring HIV rate.
India, which has [...]

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is undergoing surgery at Duke University Medical Center Monday June 2, 2008 for his cancerous brain tumor. Kennedy expects to remain at Duke for one week to recuperate and then will begin further treatments at Massachusetts General Hospital and start chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Jim R .Bounds)

CHICAGO - Bravery in the face [...]

BOSTON - As she lay on her side listening to the whine of a drill boring into her skull, Mindy Wanatick took comfort in a vision still within her grasp.
There, taped on her outstretched arm, were pictures of her baby son, Casey, and her husband, Jason.
Each one comforted her that day more than five years [...]

A bee collects pollen from a spring flower in a forest near the village of Banyalbufar, in the Spanish island of Mallorca April 3, 2006. (Dani Cardona/Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) -
A probiotic drink a day may help keep
hay fever away, British researchers said on Tuesday.
A small study showed that probiotic, or “good” bacteria in
a daily drink can [...]

- MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's
doctors said Monday that they had completed a “successful”
three-and-a-half hour surgery to treat his malignant brain tumor.

“I am pleased to report that Senator Kennedy's surgery was successful
and accomplished our goals,” Dr. Allan Friedman said in a statement, the
Boston Globe reported.

Friedman, considered one of the [...]

Aids ribbons. Britain on Monday pledged six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros, 11.8 billion dollars) to improve health services and systems in developing countries in a bid to combat AIDS.(AFP/File)

LONDON (AFP) -
Britain on Monday pledged six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros, 11.8 billion dollars) to improve health services and systems in developing countries in a [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Many young children do not get enough
vitamin D, an often invisible deficiency that can show up later
as broken bones or a weakened immune system prone to disease,
researchers said on Monday.
Two out of five U.S. children aged 8 months to 2 years who
took part in a 380-patient study at Children's Hospital Boston
had less-than-optimal blood [...]

This undated photo released Monday, June 2, 2008, by Duke Medical Center shows Dr. Allan Friedman, chief of the division of neurusurgery at Duke Medical Center. A statement from Senator Kennedy’s office said he would be operated on Monday morning, June 2, 2008, in Durham, N.C., by one of the nation’s top neurosurgeons, Dr. [...]