US panel wants changes to Avandia safety measures
US government health experts are recommending changes to safety restrictions on former blockbuster diabetes pill Avandia, in light of a new analysis ...
Coroner asks for public inquiry into spy's death
A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the 2006 poisoning death of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko said Wednesday he has asked for a new ...
MD eyes new operation as Rome mayor
Studied under pioneering U.S. surgeon. Saved lives transplanting livers on two continents. Helped create cutting-edge transplant center in ...
Endangered elephant killings rising in Indonesia
Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia's Sumatra island in less than a decade, ...
Ill woman denied abortion recovers after C-section
An ill Salvadoran woman who delivered a baby without a brain through a cesarean section after being denied a medical abortion is recovering well and ...
J&J recalls 32M contraceptive packages outside US
Johnson & Johnson is conducting a voluntary recall of millions of oral contraceptive packages in 43 countries outside the U.S., but the health care ...
Gator taken from Ohio home, video showed taunts
A 7-foot alligator found in an Ohio man's basement is malnourished, has bone disease from a lack of sun for 15 years and was being taunted by ...
Syrian army advances in Qusair and Damascus suburb
Syrian troops advanced toward the center of the strategic town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon and chased rebels from another key district on ...
Stinky feet may lead to better malaria traps
For decades, health officials have battled malaria with insecticides, bed nets and drugs. Now, scientists say there might be a potent new tool to ...
FDA weighs lifting safety restrictions on Avandia
A former blockbuster diabetes pill that was subjected to major safety restrictions in 2010 may be less risky than once thought, according to the ...
HPV a growing cause of upper throat cancer
Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas' comments on his own ...
Sunscreen slows skin aging, if used often enough
If worry about skin cancer doesn't make you slather on sunscreen, maybe vanity will: New research provides some of the strongest evidence to date that ...
Advice for black women on breast cancer gene risk
New research suggests that bad genes may be responsible for more breast cancer cases in black women than has been previously known. About 1 in 5 ...
Wounded and civilians trapped in Syria's Qusair
Cut off for three weeks by a regime siege, doctors in the Syrian town of Qusair are treating hundreds of wounded in battle-damaged homes and ...
Michael Douglas: Oral sex can cause throat cancer
Actor Michael Douglas taught the world at least one thing Monday: oral sex can sometimes cause cancer. In an interview published in the Guardian ...
Conjoined twins with shared heart can't be split
Conjoined Palestinian twins with a shared heart and other vital organs returned home to the West Bank Monday after Israeli doctors determined they ...
Sanofi abandons 2 drugs after trial failures
Drugmaker Sanofi is abandoning two drugs in the late stages of development after trials revealed they weren't more effective than other therapies.
Gene flaws common in blacks with breast cancer
Gene flaws that raise the risk of breast cancer are surprisingly common in black women with the disease, according to the first comprehensive testing ...
Scientists warn Atlantic puffins in peril in US
The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the ...
Jolie, Pitt talk mastectomy at 'WWZ' London premiere
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out together Sunday at the premiere of zombie thriller "World War Z" — Jolie's first public appearance since ...
Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds
A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease ...
Quintuplets born in Czech Republic for 1st time
A 23-year-old Czech woman has given birth to quintuplets for the first time in the Czech Republic. Officials at Prague's Institute for the Care of ...
Italy confirms 3 cases of new respiratory virus
Three people were being treated Saturday for a new respiratory virus that is alarming global health officials, in the first cases in Italy, the ...
Russia smoking ban takes effect
A law that bans smoking in public places has taken effect in Russia, a contentious move in a country with one of the highest smoking rates in the ...
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