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A 12-year-old South African girl is the first black child to be diagnosed with progeria, according to the Progeria Research Foundation.

The bank’s chief executive Stuart Gulliver warned in August that HSBC will cut up to 30,000 jobs around the world by 2013.

Middle-aged women, who indulge in moderate consumption of an alcoholic beverage on a regular basis, stand a better chance of staying healthy as they grow older, research shows.

A study finds that middle-age women who indulge in one drink a day or less on a regular basis may have a better chance of being healthier when they're older.

A drink a day keeps the doctor away, according to a new study linking alcohol consumption to health in older women.

China repeated its opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan on Wednesday, saying they put the peaceful Sino-U.S. relationship at risk, as the Obama administration's decision on a weapons deal for the self-ruled island draws near.

Wine ages well, and so do middle aged women who drink a glass a day, according to a new study linking moderate daily drinking to improved health.

A Russian jet plane carrying a major league ice hockey team crashed while taking off in city of Yaroslavl, killing 36 of the 37 people on board.

Middle-aged and older women who drink moderately throughout the week are less likely to develop health issues linked to aging like cognitive decline, heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study.

Granting Taiwan's politically sensitive request for new F-16 fighter aircraft would merely maintain the island's air power capabilities, not boost them, the chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the plane's manufacturer, said on Tuesday.

In honor of Labor Day and following reports that the U.S. economy added zero jobs in August, Americans are wondering what their futures hold in the workforce. View the slideshow to see the 10 in demand jobs with high salary in America.

Changes in people with respect to cognitive function outperformed biomarkers for predicting conversion from mild impairment to Alzheimer's disease as per a retrospective review of medical records.

Following are brief profiles of the 16 teams in the National Football Conference (NFC) ahead of the 2011 National Football League (NFL) season.

America's nuclear power plants are more vulnerable to earthquakes causing catastrophic disasters than previously thought, according to an analysis of government data.

A recent study finding by biologists at the University Of Southern California (USC) might help to explain why humans lose energy with age. One benefit of the study would lead to pathways for developing medicine, new diets or pharmaceuticals that might help to slow the aging process. In the new study, USC scientists have revealed that as human cells grow older, there is a greater decline in the availability of an enzyme, called Lon protease.

Unseeded teen-ager Christina McHale struck a blow for emerging young U.S. women's players by beating France's eighth-seeded Marion Bartoli 7-6 6-2 to reach the third round of the U.S. Open Wednesday.

Minorities outnumber non-Hispanic whites in nearly a quarter of America's largest urban areas, a demographic development that is likely to expand as booming minority populations outpace the country's static white populations.

The United States is worse than 40 other countries when it comes to infant mortality. A report published on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) said babies born in the U.S. have a higher risk of dying within the first month of life than babies born in 40 other countries.

Regular consumption of chocolate may slash the risk of developing heart disease by a third, according to a research published in the British Medical Journal and presented at the European Society of Cardiology's conference in Paris Monday.

Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan on Sunday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to millions.

The race to pick Japan's sixth leader in five years appeared on Friday to be shaping up as a battle between the most popular contender and a rival backed by a party powerbroker, although with five candidates in play, the outcome was hard to call.