Residents of this city are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate, according to data released by the New York City health department on Wednesday.

The new incidence estimate shows that 72 of every 100,000 New Yorkers were newly infected in 2006, compared to 23 per 100,000 nationally. Nearly 4,800 New Yorkers contracted HIV in 2006 -- three times the national rate, the report said

Giving an infusion of magnesium sulfate, better known as Epsom salt, to women at imminent risk for preterm delivery cuts the odds of their infants later developing cerebral palsy dropped by almost half, researchers say.

Babies born prematurely account for about a third of all cases of cerebral palsy, a developmental brain disorder that affects movement, motor skills and muscle coordination because of brain damage caused during birth

Bacteria and fungi infection in amniotic fluid may cause a significant number of premature births in infants, new study has found.

Using new technology, Stanford researchers in California reported on Monday that they looked at fluid samples from 166 women in preterm labor; 113 of the women went on to deliver premature babies. The women were patients at Hutzel Women's Hospital in Detroit between October 1998 and December 2002

Inhaling the smoke produced from burning of incense over a long period of time could put people at risk of cancer of the respiratory tract, if they don't smoke cigarettes, researchers reported Monday.

Long-term exposure to incense fumes was associated with an increased risk for developing mouth, tongue, and certain lung cancers, as well as squamous cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer in smokers

Breastfeeding for at least six months may help reduce a woman's risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer, new study has found.

That finding, which comes from a new study published in Monday's advance online edition of Cancer, is based on two breast cancer studies that together included nearly 2,500 women aged 55-79 in Washington state. The group included 1,140 women who had had breast cancer