The conflict between California's legalization of marijuana and a federal crackdown intensified this week, as lawyers acting on behalf of dispensaries and medical marijuana patients sought to halt government enforcement they said was unconstitutional.
The United States set a new direction for its global AIDS campaign on Tuesday, emphasizing HIV-fighting drugs that can prevent new infections to bring the goal of an AIDS-free generation within reach.
Mississippi voters rejected a ballot initiative Tuesday to declare that a human life begins at conception. The measure would have effectively banned abortions in the state and legally challenged abortion rights nationwide as it conflicts with the Supreme Court 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortions.
A recombinant poxviral vaccine, PANVAC, under study has shown to produce positive results in patients suffering from ovarian and breast cancer with limited tumour burden and minimal prior chemotherapy, a recent research reveals.
Police said Julio Cesar Marquez's death was a result of multiple gunshot wounds and blunt-force trauma. His body was found on the 10700 block of northeast Halsey Street.
A UC San Diego study shows autistic children have an average of 67 percent more brain cells, with significantly heavier brains than their normally developing peers. The excess of brain cells in the prefrontal cortex suggest autism begins in the womb, not (as previously imagined) in infancy or toddlerhood. Extra brain cells cause autistic kids to have too much of a good thing.
Tracey Gold will host the controversial Lifetime show
Bloomberg added that he is aware that Brookfield Properties, the private company that owns the park, has a rule barring the military-grade tents, but because Brookfield has not chosen to enforce the rule, the city is not getting involved in the issue.
Weight Watchers International, Inc. saw its third-quarter revenue jump 29.6 percent from the prior-year period and net income nearly double, as its online business surged.
Draft recommendations shoot for 90 percent vaccination rate by 2020.
A study out Monday adds to evidence that a newer type of birth control pill may carry a higher risk of blood clots than older versions.
Drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY) said it has won the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the expanded use of its cancer drug, Erbitux.
Courtney Stodden, the 17-year-old wife of Lost actor Doug Hutchison, proved her breasts are real during a televised ultrasound on Monday's episode of Dr. Drew's Lifechangers.
Murray will likely face a civil wrongful death suit
It's the same every year: that internal debate as to whether or not to get that flu shot your doctor is touting. In the United States, on average a full fifth of the population contracts influenza each year, resulting in approximately 226,000 hospitalizations and a number of deaths ranging from 3000 to 49,000.
English people scarf down more fruits and vegetable and consume less amounts of fat and salt.
People who had invasive bypass surgery and those who underwent less-invasive stent placement showed declines in thinking and memory skills a few months after the procedures, according to a German study of heart patients.
People who have donated part of their liver for transplant can experience physical and psychological complications years after the operation, according to a German study.
Following the Phase III analysis by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, it was found that around 45 percent of children with active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) were able to reduce their dependence on oral corticosteroids following the treatment with ACZ885 (canakinumab).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's anticlotting drug Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to cut the risk of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib), both the company and the FDA announced.
In a new study of German heart patients, people who had invasive bypass surgery and those who underwent less-invasive stent placement showed declines in thinking and memory skills a few months after the procedures.
A genetically engineered smallpox vaccine reduced the risk of death for patients with advanced liver cancer by nearly 60 percent in a mid-stage study, prompting the launch of a later-stage trial.
