A new class of HIV drugs will help doctors treat patients who have become resistant to treatment.

A study may have discovered why breastfeeding might help protect children against asthma, scientists say.

Parents are confused over the salt content of foods and the dangers of eating too much salt, research shows.

Cancer Foundation raises record $6 million Canada.com, Canada - 3 hours ago

The bird flu epidemic spreads further in the Indian state of West Bengal with 13 of 19 districts affected, officials say.

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Young people should be given free condoms to reduce high teenage pregnancy rates, an MP says.

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday issued a patent for Barr Laboratories' extended-cycle oral contraceptive Seasonique, Reuters reports (Mahadevan, Reuters, 1/23). Seasonique, which

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced findings from a head-to-head, double-blind study comparing the effects of twice-yearly subcutaneous injections of denosumab versus weekly oral doses of alendronate (FOSAMAX(R)) on bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density. The study met primary and all secondary endpoints.

Police in India seek a Delhi doctor who is alleged to be involved in the illegal trade of human organs.

PuriCore (LSE:PURI), the life sciences company focused on the control of infectious pathogens with its novel, safe antimicrobial technology, announces that its Sterilox Solution has been proven highly effective against pandemic H5N1 avian influenza, a highly contagious and lethal outbreak pathogen.

The UK's first specialist drug and alcohol court is due to open in London.

Daily caffeine increases blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes, research shows.

Vending machines distributing marijuana are to begin operating in California.

In response to research from Oxford University, published in The Lancet, calling for the oral contraceptive pill to be made available to women over-the-counter, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) Director of Practice & Quality Improvement, David Pruce, said: "The RPSGB would support a proposal to reclassify oral contraceptives from prescription only medicines to over-the-counter medicines.

Daily consumption of caffeine in coffee, tea or soft drinks increases blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes and may undermine efforts to control their disease, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Scientists used new technology that measured participants glucose (sugar) levels on a constant basis throughout the day. Dr. James Lane, a psychology expert at Duke and the lead author of the study, says it represents the first time scientists have