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Some bereaved are more likely than others to be overlooked. Such people often do not receive the comfort they need in order to grieve properly.

By the 1970s, the medical community believed they had all but won the war against communicable diseases. What happened?

Roughly 75 percent of the pathogens linked with emerging infections, are zoonoses—diseases that are transmitted between vertebrate animals and people.

Vision explores the potential of a flu pandemic through two authors who address different aspects of the issue.

Many disorders that were previously regarded as derived from moral or social problems are now viewed as medically treatable.

Experts predict that the avian flu virus will likely mutate and cause a human pandemic. How might that happen, and what can we do?

Although we all exhibit some narcissistic behaviors at times, a specific set of personality traits is required for clinical diagnosis.

How can we cope (or help someone else cope) with the death of a loved one?

Ways children’s grief differs from that of adults.

Vision speaks with Farrol Kahn, founder and director of the Aviation Medicine Institute, about health issues related to flying.

Despite mountains of evidence about the harmful effects of cigarette smoking, the death toll continues to rise.

The benefits of quitting smoking.

Throughout our lives, cells continually duplicate as some die and some are replaced in a process of cell division, or mitosis. Can cells become immortal?

More and more people are grasping at ways to stay young. Will science find a way for us to live forever?

Although some are convinced that HGH can benefit the aging process, the National Institute on Aging sees evidence supporting this premise as sketchy.

Can the battle against AIDS in South Africa be won? Vision interviews Clem Sunter who serves on the board of governors of the South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS.

Just when South Africa thought its future looked bright, a new and ominous crisis emerged.

Once infected with HIV, an individual is infected for life. What is HIV/AIDS? What causes it, and how is it acquired?

Part Two of Vision’s look at the failings of evolutionary theory.

The antibiotics battle is on, and new strains of deadly bacteria are fighting back with a vengeance.