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Novartis Consumer Health Inc. on Sunday, voluntarily recalled Excedrin and NoDoz products in the United States because they may contain some stray tablets, capsules caplets from other Novartis products. There may also be some broken or chipped tablets inside the packages.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY), the American pharmaceutical giant that is facing the near-term loss of patent protections on three of its four top sellers, is set to buy U.S. biotech company Inhibitex Inc. for $2.5 billion.

Popular Valley radio personality Bill Heywood is dead. He and his wife were found shot to death in a hotel on Wednesday afternoon, Scottsdale police told the media. Hotel staff found a suicide note and called the police.

Beauty coaching, online wellness, snow showers and sound massages are just a few of the luxury treatments clients at spas around the globe will be experiencing in 2012.

Obese older adults may be more likely than their thinner peers to suffer a potentially disabling fall -- though the most severely overweight may be somewhat protected from injury, according to a U.S. study.

Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas for the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics on Saturday, urging humanity to see through the superficial glitter and commercialism of the season and rediscover the real significance of the humble birth of Jesus.

Looking for a perfect Christmas gift for your furry friend? Here are the top 10 unique Christmas gift ideas to help you choose the best for your beloved canine or feline.

Dozens of adult stem cell treatments are moving through clinical trials and showing early success, raising hopes that some could reach the market within five years.

A rogue surgeon injects stem cells from a fetus into a sick man's brain. The cells morph and form body parts. When the man dies, the pathologist finds cartilage, skin and bone clumped in his brain.

The U.S. Congress has lifted a five-year-old ban on horse slaughter in America, and many believe it's likely that horse meat for human consumption may be available within the month.

The U.S. Department of Justice had charged Merck with illegally pushing its Vioxx painkiller as a rheumatoid arthritis treatment.

Merck & Co will pay roughly $950 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it promoted the painkiller drug Vioxx for an unapproved use, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according to new research released on Monday.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Eylea (aflibercept) has been approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.

Getting an earful of therapy over the phone eases chronic pain as much as treatment with exercise, a new study suggests.

California-based distributors of medical marijuana have been ordered to shut down operations by Saturday. The move is part of a federal crackdown after weeks of conflict between prosecutors and distributors.

'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning.

Wedbush Securities said Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (NASDAQ: LXRX) phase 2a LX2931 for rheumatoid arthritis data presented at ACR confirm safety and support testing of higher doses.

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).

A group of Medicare patients and their families sued the Obama administration on Thursday, saying they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan because of a policy that allows hospitals to avoid admitting elderly people with chronic ailments as inpatients.

Little spheres deliver medicine slowly and keep it inside the knee.