Nurses have always carried the torch when it comes to improving patient care. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) will give nurses the tools and education they need to provide expert care far into the future at its 34th Annual Conferen

Missionary work is being underscored as well in South Korea, which surveys say is second only to the U.S. in the number of evangelists it sends abroad. Visit a large Korean church in Southern California and you are likely to see a distinctive part of t

In part because there is no foolproof test, one in 50 heart attack victims are mistakenly sent home by emergency room doctors, researchers found in April 2000. Other studies have documented higher rates of missed heart attack diagnosis.

The tale of a young mixed couple with blood-lust problems has been a smash in novel form, and now director Catherine Hardwicke is bringing it to the screen. THIRTY miles outside town, in a wet, stunningly bleak meadow ringed by moss-draped Oregon ash,

Indonesia says it will start sharing all information about its bird flu cases with a new public database, a move experts say will help monitor the disease following the country's yearlong standoff with the World Health Organization.