Wait to see doctor is nearly an hour.

The key to interacting effectively with our bodies' microscopic systems is molding the drugs into the right shape, UNC-Chapel Hill team reports.

State health officials say cases of tuberculosis among immigrants are rising, raising concerns that North Carolina is headed toward a resurgence of the disease among its international population.

Estimate for N.C. covers 2006.

Anxiety may outweigh benefit.

Study finds long-term 'couch' psychotherapy on the decline.

Keren Dunaway-Gonzalez was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus -- and so did she.

Tar Heel of the Week:It's a long commute for Sally Messick every week, making the four-hour drive from her home outside Pittsboro to Engelhard in Hyde County on the coast.

Older people in North Carolina are increasingly faced with high out-of-pocket health-care costs even though they are covered by Medicare, the federal health-care insurance for seniors.

Duke University, N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill place in the top fifth of more than 500 colleges and universities in the Princeton Review's green rating, a measure of environmental friendliness.

The United States has significantly underreported the number of new HIV infections occurring nationally each year, with a study released Saturday showing that the annual infection rate is 40 percent higher than previously estimated.

What does it feel like to be old in America? At the Westminster Thurber Retirement Community here, Heather Ramirez summed it up in two words. "Painful," she said. "Frustrating."