MEDICINE

LONDON (Reuters) - The synthetic hormone Livial, designed as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy, makes it significantly more likely a woman's breast cancer will come back, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK - Giving people with type 2 diabetes the opportunity to help manage their care online can substantially improve their long-term blood sugar control, new research suggests. Clinic visits alone aren't enough for many people with diabetes, Dr. James D. Ralston of the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle and colleagues note in the journal Diabetes Care. The researchers tested whether an In...

So far at least 73 385 Zimbabweans have been infected with water-borne diarrhea disease since August and 3 524 have died, in Africa's deadliest cholera outbreak in 15 years.

American freestyle motocross racer, Jeremy Lusk, 24, died from head injuries after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition Tuesday in Costa Rica.

Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, undergoes surgery for early stage pancreatic cancer on Thursday at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Procter & Gamble Co is seeking to identify potential buyers for its pharmaceuticals brands or other ways to exit the business and is working together with Goldman Sachs Group for this effort, the Financial Times reported.

On Thursday a representative for actor Patrick Swayze denied widespread reports that the actor had halted treatment for pancreatic cancer after doctors told him there was nothing more to be done.

The Worlds second octuplets live are doing well after a Californian woman gave birth to eight babies at the same time, in Los Angeles, CA on Monday.

Obesity can be caught as easily as a common cold from other people's coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists said Monday.

Men who are sexually active in their twenties and thirties are more likely to develop prostate cancer later in life according to a new study.

Pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer Inc will acquire Wyeth in a $68 billion cash and stock deal -- the biggest U.S. merger in three years -- to create a diverse health products company which executives hope will deliver stable growth to investors, the companies said on Monday.

According to HealthDay News, new studies show that three conditions often linked to obesity have also been tied independently to sleep apnea.

Thursday, Grey's Anatomy episode of Stairway to Heaven that was aired in US ABC shows and showed consultant Mark Sloan or McSteamy suffered a Penile Fracture.

20-year-old, Brazilian model and Miss World Brazil finalist Mariana Bridi Da Costa, is fighting for her life after her hands and feet was amputated.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for Geron Corp. to move forward with the world's first study of a human embryonic stem cell therapy for people with spinal cord injuries, the company said Friday.

The Microsoft mogul is behind a $630-million push to force polio into permanent retreat. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is donating $255 million to help eradicate polio.

In his tell-all book, titled: The Wizard of O: My Life with Oprah, ex-lover Randolph Cook, reveals the talk show queen Oprah Winfrey had been a cocaine addict in the 1980s.

On Friday the death toll of the Zimbabwe epidemic had reached an alarming number of 2,225.

A recent study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Durham, High intake of coffee, tea and caffeinated energy drinks could be linked to a greater tendency to hallucinate.

Eli Lilly & Co. pleaded guilty of illegally marketing its drug Zyprexa years ago and reached a deal to pay $1.42 billion to settle civil lawsuits brought by the Justice Department.

She lost half of her size, Paige Schmelzer dropped from a size 22 to a size 0 when she first joined the gym.