A new treatment strategy shows promise in helping transform HIV into a curable infection.

Preliminary research detailed in this weeks Lancet medical journal, outlines how scientists use an anti-convulsant drug to awaken dormant HIV hiding within the body, where it is temporarily invisible, but remains extremely dangerous

A new study shows that overweight girls reach puberty earlier. However early puberty alone doesn't necessarily lead to pudginess as an adult.

Girls who are overweight before their first menstrual periods are almost eight times more likely to be overweight as women, the study finds. But there is no link between precocious puberty alone and being overweight later in life, The Associated Press reports

One out of every six U.S. high school students suffers from asthma and more than one-third of those report having an attack in the previous year, according to a federal study released on Thursday, that suggests schools do more to manage the potentially fatal lung disease.

In 2003, an estimated 16.1 percent of those enrolled in grades 9 through 12 said they were suffering from the disease, according to a survey of more than 13,000 students by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

One out of every six U.S. high school students suffers from asthma and more than one-third of those report having an attack in the previous year, according to a federal study released on Thursday, that suggests schools do more to manage the potentially fatal lung disease.

In 2003, an estimated 16.1 percent of those enrolled in grades 9 through 12 said they were suffering from the disease, according to a survey of more than 13,000 students by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A new study finds that surgically implanting tubes in a child's eardrum to help drain a middle ear infection doesn't guard against developmental problems later in life