A new UK charity report states millions of children whose mothers are living with HIV/Aids do not receive enough long-term care and support.

Save the Children has found up to nine million children lost their mothers to HIV/Aids. It is calling for new efforts to improve care and support for those children who have lost one or both parents

In a crass and tragic slip of judgment, an employee of South Africa's blood service tells a student that she is HIV positive in order to see how she would react.

The 19-year old student was hysterical, "I was utterly shocked and burst into tears

Contrary to previous studies, a new report in the March issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter finds that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and tricyclic antidepressants are relatively safe for pregnant women.

But, an FDA warning last year, that said women who took the SSRI paroxetine (Paxil) during the first trimester had an increased risk of birth defects and might develop transient withdrawal symptoms, has many women reconsidering their options

Researchers find that pregnant women who take higher than recommended doses of vitamin D significantly lower the risk of bearing children with wheezing illnesses.

Carlos A. Camargo, M.D., Dr.Ph., of Harvard, says expectant moms who take about 724 IU per day of vitamin D halve the risk of having a child that would develop a wheezing illness by age three. They also decrease the chance of bearing a child at high risk for asthma

A two-year-old boy who died after drinking a liquid heroin substitute called methadone is sparking possible changes in drug rehabilitation laws.

Jack McConnell, the First Minister, announced on Monday a review of Scotland's methadone program after the death Derek Doran, 2, who drank his parents' heroin substitute