MEDICINE

U.S. drugmaker Abbott Laboratories plans to buy Solvay SA's pharmaceuticals unit for $6.6 billion (4.5 billion euros), two sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday, with an announcement expected on Monday.

U.S. drugmaker Abbott Laboratories plans to buy Solvay SA's pharmaceuticals unit for $6.6 billion (4.5 billion euros), two sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday, with an announcement expected on Monday.

U.S. drugmaker Abbott Laboratories is planning to buy Solvay SA's pharmaceuticals unit for $6.6 billion (4.5 billion euros) in cash, with an announcement expected in the next 24 hours, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Australia's health system is failing the many people who suffer from multiple illnesses as it is principally designed to deal with individual conditions, a new study suggests.

Johnson & Johnson said on Friday U.S. regulators approved its new treatment for psoriasis, called Stelara, for patients 18 years or older with moderate to severe psoriasis.

U.S. health officials said on Thursday more than 6 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine will be available the first week of October, twice as many as they expected only a week ago.

A common, nonmalignant tumor of the breast called ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS may need a name change because the word carcinoma scares so many women, a U.S. panel of experts said on Thursday.

Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it is recalling some lots of infants' and children's Tylenol because of a possible bacterial contamination of the popular pain and fever treatment. Tylenol products being recalled were manufactured between April and June 2008, the diversified healthcare giant said. The company identified 21 varieties of the products, which come in various flavors and forms, an...

Early use of antivirals is effective in treating H1N1 flu and health authorities must be vigilant for signs of drug resistance, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.

An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researchers said on Thursday.

Love the post-exercise high but could do without the pain? A new research study has revealed a super supplement that reduces damage and speeds recovery in muscles that have been injured through overuse. It's called creatine.

For decades, men and women have decreed that when it comes to sex, It's not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean.

Younger white women with vitamin D deficiencies are about three times more likely to have high blood pressure in middle age than those with normal vitamin levels, according to a study released on Thursday.

The secret to fixing healthcare in the United States is to focus on value, a measure that takes into account both quality and cost, says Dr. Denis Cortese, president of the Mayo Clinic.

Worries about the economy have led many American women to think twice about having a baby, a survey released on Wednesday found, with nearly half of those surveyed saying they want to delay pregnancy or limit the number of children they have.

Drug makers can only produce enough H1N1 vaccine each year for half the planet because they lack factory capacity, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

More than 124,000 people in Europe developed cancer last year because they are overweight, and rising body fat levels threaten to add tens of thousands more to their ranks, experts said on Thursday.

The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into an unpublished Canadian study indicating that a seasonal flu shot could increase the risk of catching the H1N1 virus.

An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two older versions has made major progress in finding an effective way to combat the illness, researchers said on Thursday.

An HIV vaccine showed modest results for the first time contradicting past thoughts that a vaccine for HIV was not possible, researchers found.

Apparently healthy people with normal or even low cholesterol levels might benefit as much from taking statin drugs as people with high cholesterol, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.