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LITI VILLAGE, China - Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly Sept. 10.
Her grandmother wrapped the 9-month-old in a wool blanket. Her father handed the body to village men for burial by a muddy creek. The doctors and family never knew […]

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LONDON - Singer Rod Stewart headlined a star-studded bash for Prince Charles’ birthday party Saturday in England.
The pop star - known for songs such as “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” and “Maggie May” - performed at a party given by Charles’ wife, Camilla, at their Highgrove estate home in southwest England.
It is the third celebration […]

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NEW YORK - Climbing Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro is no weekend hike, and the “Today” show’s Ann Curry was feeling it on Saturday.
The NBC reporter was sent on assignment for the popular morning show’s “Ends of the Earth” feature, which begins Monday. The program’s four chief personalities will embark on lengthy road trips to illustrate environmental […]

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NEW YORK - The same kind of deep brain stimulation used to treat some patients for Parkinson’s disease also helped a few people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, French scientists reported.
Their study involved only 16 patients, but in four of them, symptoms nearly disappeared. However, many patients had serious side effects, including one case of bleeding […]

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Montecito is home to the rich and famous, but it’s not flashy. It’s exclusive, but not haughty. And it’s far enough from the sprawl of Los Angeles for comfort - while still close enough for convenience.
People who live in this enclave tucked between the Pacific Ocean and the mountains call it a paradise, one that […]

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NEW YORK - Joe Jonas is tired of hearing about how he’s a bad boyfriend - and now he’s trying to defend himself.
The 19-year-old - part of dreamy teen band the Jonas Brothers with his two siblings - has gotten an avalanche of negative publicity after former girlfriend and fellow multiplatinum singer Taylor Swift dished […]

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LONDON - An increasing number of countries worldwide are making spreading HIV a crime, according to a new report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
Health officials fear the trend could undermine gains made in fighting the AIDS pandemic and provoke a surge in cases. Globally, about 33 million people are thought to have HIV and […]

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BERLIN - An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.
While researchers - and the doctors themselves - caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it […]

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WASHINGTON - Even as possibly hundreds of thousands of veterans suffer from a collection of symptoms commonly called Gulf War illness, the government has done too little to find treatments for their health problems nearly two decades after the war ended, a panel commissioned by Congress said.
The advisory panel of medical experts and veterans wants […]

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LOS ANGELES - The NAACP says it will honor environmental activists Al Gore and Wangari Muta Maathai at its 40th Image Awards.The Feb. 12 ceremony will kick off a yearlong centennial celebration for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Gore and Maathai, both Nobel Peace Prize laureates, were chosen by NAACP Board Chairman […]

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