MEDICINE

The fate of a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug may become clearer on Wednesday when U.S. advisers vote on whether the widely used pill carries too much heart risk to stay on the market.

GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to pay $460 million to settle thousands of lawsuits over its Avandia diabetes pill, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial vote by U.S. experts on whether the pill should be withdrawn due to heart risks.

A new domestic AIDS policy rolled out by the White House on Tuesday asks states and federal agencies to find ways to cut new infections by 25 percent, get more patients treated quickly and educate Americans about the deadly and incurable virus.

An ambulance patient taken to the Kings County Hospital on Sunday night apparently left a bedbug inside the van forcing the hospital to fumigate part of the emergency room as a precaution against infestation.

Three pharmaceutical companies are vying to get the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval for their anti-obesity pills.

BOTOX or botulinum toxin type A has been licensed worldwide as a preventative treatment for chronic migraine.

A new domestic AIDS policy rolled out by the White House on Tuesday looks for new ways to educate people about the deadly and incurable virus, from social media to scientifically sound school campaigns.

A new domestic AIDS policy rolled out by the White House on Tuesday looks for new ways to educate people about the deadly and incurable virus, from social media to scientifically sound school campaigns.

A heated three-year safety debate about a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes pill reaches a climax this week as opponents and backers face off at a U.S. meeting that will help decide the drug's fate.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public warning on the use of the weight loss herbal supplement Que She.

Two recent studies linking the diabetes drug Avandia to heart ailments prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider withdrawing it from the market.

The California Department of Public Health has reported that whooping cough incidents in the state in June is four times higher than last year and declared an epidemic.

A June survey of 500 GPs across Australia showed that 88 percent are against the government's plan to pay them to treat patients with diabetes.

Australia's top expert on HIV and AIDS has warned of a rolling holocaust facing the world as the pandemic kills two million people each year and many are denied treatment

GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes pill Avandia came under intense scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday, leaving the drug's future uncertain as its maker battles a growing tide of lawsuits.

American scientists have discovered two antibodies that fight different AIDS viruses providing the medical community a potential blueprint for designing a vaccine against the immune system disease.

American scientists have stumbled on a technique to restore the motor skills of Parkinson's sufferers by lighting genetically created pathways in the brain that control body movement.

British researchers are claiming that an unmade bed is good for the health because house dust mites don't survive on it thereby minimizing or eliminating allergens that trigger asthma and allergies.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that a certain blood test can successfully identify lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in some patients, eliminating the need for surgical lung biopsy to make a diagnosis.

Music therapy provided by trained music therapists may help to improve movement in stroke patients, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. A few small trials also suggest a wider role for music in recovery from brain injury.

Cancer specialists in Australia are calling for a national policy on genetic testing of cancer patients in public and private hospitals to identify who can receive particular drugs that work only in the presence or absence of a particular gene.