Following a five-year roasting by animal-rights activists, KFC Canada is promising improved welfare for the chickens it buys for its fast-food outlets in exchange for an end to a boycott campaign that will continue in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new brochure, Women and Depression, about the many dimensions of major depression in women. It can be downloaded at www.nami.org/womendepression.

Questionnaire to determine your risk of osteoporosis and analyze your bone health.

Doctors say infant with rare condition is doing well

Using thin needles, a practitioner (often a naturopath or Chinese medical doctor) will stimulate energy systems below the skin known as meridians. Having balanced meridians can help with acute and chronic conditions.

Gwen Olsen enjoyed a successful, fast-paced career as a pharmaceutical sales rep working for such healthcare giants as Johnson & Johnson, until several experiences began awakening her to the dangers lurking in every American medicine cabinet.

Study finds Ritalin, other stimulants, don't boost risks of later addiction

According to studies, having a dog as a companion could add years to your life. One study concluded that owning a dog played a significant role on survival rates in heart attack victims. In another one of these studies, patients were evaluated for one yea

PODOLYANTSI, Ukraine - Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved, to stoop as he moves around his house and to spend most of his time in his tiny home village because he cannot fit in a car or bus.

Mexico is to make a major investment in water projects to try to guarantee that at least 95% of the population has access to clean drinking water by 2012.