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Wyeth paid writers to promote hormone therapy: study
Drugmaker Wyeth used ghostwriters to play up the benefits and downplay the harm of hormone replacement therapy in articles published in medical journals, U.S. r...
Sep 08, 2010 9:44AM
Long-term weight loss may be harmful to health
Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers sai...
Sep 08, 2010 9:42AM
Judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds
A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back k...
Sep 08, 2010 9:40AM
Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules
China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7, state media said on Wednesday, a...
Sep 08, 2010 9:31AM
Special Report: Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads
It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.
Sep 03, 2010 8:47AM
Drug costs would push millions more into poverty
Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by buying common but vital medicines which are already unaf...
Sep 02, 2010 8:52AM
Best and Worst Movie Theater Snacks
Nothing is more thrilling than sitting down in a cushy movie theater seat anxiously awaiting to see your must-see flick on the big screen. Most of us go to the ...
Aug 30, 2010 9:39AM
How to Cope with a Sugar Addiction
Sugar seems like such an innocent substance. It's often one of the main ingredients in many of our comfort foods, from cake and cookies to ice cream and pudding...
Aug 30, 2010 9:28AM
Esophageal cancer rates rise steeply in men
Rates of esophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obe...
Aug 27, 2010 7:39PM
FDA gets tougher with certain drug trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on use of certain clinical trials that show a new drug is no worse than another already on the market, ac...
Aug 27, 2010 7:37PM
