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L.A. Bans New Fast-Food Spots from Poor Areas

The City Council voted unanimously to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a saturation of such eateries and above average obesity rates.

UN: AIDS Epidemic Stable; Fewer Deaths, Infections

Fewer people are dying of AIDS, more patients are on HIV medication and the global AIDS epidemic is stable after peaking in the late 1990s.

Women's Symptoms of Heart Attack Often Subtle

"Over 60 percent of women believe their biggest health threat is breast cancer, but heart disease kills six times as many women as breast cancer."

HIV Vaccine Search Frustrates Officials

Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot.

Quest: Repairing More Hearts With Implanted Pumps

When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's ravaged heart completely recover ...