A pilot study has found people might sleep better if they regularly eat chili. Researchers at the University of Tasmania have spent the past 18 months studying the potential health benefits of chili and its effects on sleep and diet.

Participants in the study were given 15 grams of chili each day, while others did not have any. The results were compared to see what effect it had on their health and well-being.

A controversial Swiss clinic, which has helped 453 people die over seven years, has plans to open an office in Britain. According to British newspaper, The Independent, the company Dignitas has begun discussions about setting up a British branch.

The move comes as Britain's most senior church leaders are mounting a concerted campaign to stop politicians from legalizing assisted suicide. Up to 70 peers and Anglican bishops are set to speak in a major debate in the House of Lords tomorrow.

A $35 million dollar U.S. funded HIV/AIDS treatment center opens at Tanzania's main referral hospital, the Muhimbili National Hospital, with a capacity to process up to 1,000 tests in an hour.

The money comes from funding given to fight HIV/AIDS and TB in poor African countries by the Bush Administration.

Federal health officials are offering strong advice. It's time for a lot of people to get their flu shots. The Centers for Disease Control says there will be enough vaccine available for everyone who needs to get it and only at-risk people should be vaccinated between now and October 24.

The CDC wants a two-tier plan to get people vaccinated. Between now and October 24th, they're advising some high priority groups to get the vaccine.

The White House pushes the "hurry up" button on what is becoming an alarming situation in the nation's capitol.

The Bush Administration presses domestic vaccine manufacturers to increase the nation's ability to fend off an avian influenza pandemic, a vaccine to prevent humans from being infected with a strain of bird flu now circulating in Asia.