Eliminating malaria impossible without vaccine
Eliminating malaria, the mosquito-borne scourge that kills more than 860,000 people a year, would be a dream come true for millions — but medical experts say right now that goal remains completely unrealistic.
China Red Cross calls for urgent blood donations
China's Red Cross asked citizens around the country Friday to urgently donate blood because of an acute shortage that has prompted delays in some surgeries.
FDA rejects highly-anticipated diet drug Qnexa
Federal health regulators have decided not to approve an experimental diet pill called Qnexa, which had been touted by many experts as the most promising weight-loss drug in more than a decade.
Summary Box: Large charges cut Merck’s 3Q profit
PROFIT PLUNGE: Big charges, including $950 million for a federal probe of Vioxx marketing and $2 billion before taxes related to buying Schering-Plough Corp., pulled quarterly profit down 90 percent.
Infants' antibiotic use tied to bowel disease risk
Babies treated with antibiotics for middle-ear and other infections may have increased odds of developing inflammatory bowel disease later in childhood, a small study suggests.
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AstraZeneca's U.S. sales tumble as generics bite
AstraZeneca's revenue fell 4 percent in the third quarter, hit by generic competition to key drugs -- particularly in the United States -- and the absence of last year's windfall sales of swine flu vaccine.
Indian doctors, patients play down 'superbug' fears
Carla looked out over Mumbai from the window of a luxury hotel, the line of stitches under her ears and yellowing bruises on her cheeks partially obscured by her dark, shoulder-length hair and glasses.
Some tumors may resist promising lung cancer drug
A promising cancer pill that could help as many as 5 percent of people with the most common type of lung cancer helps most patients treated but may be vulnerable to resistant tumors, researchers reported on Wednesday.
High exposure to BPA linked to low sperm count
Chinese factory workers exposed to high levels of the plastics chemical BPA had low sperm counts, according to the first human study to tie it to poor semen quality.
Sprycel Approval Expanded to Include Rare Leukemia
THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Sprycel (dasatinib) has
received an additional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to treat a rare form of blood cancer called Philadelphia chromosome
positive chronic phase chronic myeloid ...
Breast cancer activists march on Jerusalem's Old City
An army of pink and white was deployed round the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday as thousands of people, most of them women, marched to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Hi-tech helps reduce health threat at mass gatherings
Canadian Dr. Kamran Khan looks at a digitised 3-D map of the world at the time of the World Cup last June showing the origins and number of air passengers flying into South Africa that month.
First-time dads' age tied to kids' schizophrenia risk
Men who are relatively older at their first child's birth may be more likely than younger first-time dads to have a child who eventually develops schizophrenia, hint results of a large Danish study.
"Evening types" more likely to smoke: study
Night owls may be more likely than early birds to smoke, and less likely to kick the habit over time, a new study suggests.
Judge: McDonald’s must pay obese employee $17.5K
A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald's must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds (30 kilograms) while working there for a dozen years.
Targeted training, fewer soccer injuries
A series of 11 low-impact exercises designed specifically to prevent soccer injuries may do just that, new research shows.