The incidence of one type of heart attack has steadily decreased in the US since 1996, regardless of gender or ethnicity, to the lowest rates in years, according to a new study.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2009
Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2009
Indonesia has confirmed its first death linked to the H1N1 flu virus after a 6-year-old girl suffering from severe pneumonia died in Jakarta, the health ministry said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2009
Saudi Arabia, which is gearing up to host hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims later this year, announced its first death from H1N1 flu Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2009
Enjoying an iced coffee? Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards, with a cancer charity warning that some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2009
Global health officials stepped up efforts to prepare for quick vaccination against the H1N1 pandemic virus, saying on Friday it appeared now to be affecting older age groups spared earlier in the pandemic.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 25, 2009
Vaccines should be ready within months for H1N1 flu, which could mutate and become more severe in winter, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 24, 2009
Roche Holding AG's MabThera cancer drug has received backing from Europe to treat patients whose chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) returns, the Swiss drugmaker said on Friday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 24, 2009
The U.S. government has bought 195 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine for a possible autumn vaccination campaign, a U.S. federal official said Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 23, 2009
The new pandemic H1N1 is causing a brisk flu season in the Southern Hemisphere and U.S. health officials said on Thursday they want to move swiftly to approve a vaccine to battle it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 23, 2009
The confusion surrounding adult vaccination help illustrates some of the big problems looming for Congress as it struggles with healthcare reform legislation, doctors and health officials said on Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 23, 2009
A growing shortage of primary care doctors could place a major burden on the U.S. healthcare system if President Barack Obama succeeds in extending medical insurance to millions of Americans who currently lack it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 23, 2009
Swiss drugmaker Roche gave a bullish forecast for the next two years on the back of its $47 billion acquisition of Genentech and said it would expand capacity for H1N1 flu drug Tamiflu.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 23, 2009
U.S. drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Wednesday said it will pay $2.4 billion to acquire Medarex Inc , a biotechnology company that has been helping it develop a promising treatment for melanoma since 2005.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
Hong Kong reported another thousand confirmed cases of H1N1 on Wednesday, two weeks after it reported its first 1000 H1N1 confirmed cases on July 7.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
Proteins in spinal fluid accurately detect early-stage Alzheimer's disease in patients and could pave the way for better drug research, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
Even among those people who have had pre-cancerous growths on previous colonoscopies, waiting ten years after two negative such tests could be safe, according to a new study.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
Moms-to-be who smoke but quit early in pregnancy can sharply reduce their risk of having a premature or too-small baby, new research in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology shows.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
A small study suggests that obese adults could improve their balance by shedding pounds and boosting their muscle strength -- with weight loss being especially effective.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
Surrounded by corn fields and cattle, the people of southeast Kansas seem far from the Washington debate on reforming U.S. healthcare but many care deeply about the issue and hope that change can come.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
Some of the ideas proposed for U.S. healthcare reform could cost patients thousands of dollars a year out of their own pockets, and premiums could end up being too high, according to two reports.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 22, 2009
A judge on Tuesday ordered actor Jamie Waylett, who plays school bully Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter movies, to serve 120 hours of community service after he admitted growing cannabis at his mother's home.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 21, 2009
