A new World Health Organization report says that Polio has been wiped out in 10 African countries.

Over 200 children were paralyzed during the polio outbreaks, which spread from Nigeria across Africa and into the Middle East, even reaching Indonesia

Nine million young people will receive HIV/AIDS awareness text messages.

The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) is launching its Nigerian campaign because it has the third highest number of people with the disease

Nine million young people will receive HIV/AIDS awareness text messages.

The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) is launching its Nigerian campaign because it has the third highest number of people with the disease

At least one in five Americans has, or is at serious risk for developing, diabetes. Health organizations now warn millions are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

In its biannual report on diabetes, the CDC revealed last week that 20.8 million Americans are now living with diabetes, a 14 percent increase from the18.2 million the CDC reported in 2003. Another 41 million have pre-diabetes, the condition that indicates an increased risk for developing both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It is estimated that heart disease and stroke kill two out of three people with diabetes

According to statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 20-percent of all cosmetic procedures performed last year, an increase from 14-percent in 2000.

Hispanics lead minority racial and ethnic groups in the number of procedures at 8.5-percent followed by African- Americans, 6.2 percent; Asians, 4.6 percent; and other non-Caucasians, 1.1 percent