Every hour a baby is born in China with syphilis, as the world’s fastest-growing epidemic of the disease is fueled by men with new money from the nation’s booming economy, researchers say. The easy-to-cure bacterial infection, which was nearly wiped out in China five decades ago, is now the most …

Healing He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted. Isaiah 61:1 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. Proverbs 17:22 “Lord,” he said, “if you want to, you can make me well again.” Jesus reached out and touched the man. “I want to,” …

A British 11-year-old is aging five times faster than his peers due to a rare condition, The Sun reported Friday. Harry Crowther is the only person in the world with the condition Atypical Progeria Syndrome. But the brave boy still manages to skateboard, climb trees and ride his bike just …

Australian doctors have begun charging patients a fee of up to $43 for being just 10 minutes late for appointments, the Herald Sun reported Wednesday. Consumer groups are accusing the profession of a double standard, given that doctors often keep patients kicking their heels in surgery waiting rooms. But general …

Travel writer turned mommy blogger (crazybloggincanuck.com) Amber Johnson spotlights these great family travel gadgets invented by parents: • Safety Turtle: $235 — www.safetyturtle.com or at retail stores throughout North America Invented by dad-inventor Bob Lyons,. After learning of the drowning of his friend’s daughter, Bob completely shifted the focus of …

WASHINGTON – A day after moving to nullify the Bush administration’s new rules restricting family travel toCuba (search), the House on Wednesday voted to remove barriers to agriculture sales and student exchanges in the island nation. But, as in past years, actions by both the House and Senate to ease …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed 77 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control. At least 37 people were killed …

NEW YORK – President Bush made the most of his night in the spotlight Thursday, walking down a specially constructed walk-way to around stage in the middle of Madison Square Garden where he accepted the Republican presidential nomination. Bush, seeking a second term in the White House, told delegates that …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Within days of discovering the remains of a headless woman and a fetus along San Francisco Bay, police were so sure they had their man they moved in to arrest Scott Peterson at a San Diego golf course before DNA tests confirmed the identities, a detective …

ST. MARKS, Fla. – Frances (search)sloshed into theFlorida Panhandle (search)on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to 6 million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least seven deaths. While Panhandle residents rode out the tropical …