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.
Sanford & Son actor Graham Brown died in New jersey on Tuesday of pulmonary failure at the age of 87. A memorial celebration for Brown will take place on a date to be announced later.
Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said on Monday.
Merck & Co. announced on Friday that its net income grew to $1.69 billion from $372 million in the prior-year quarter, as gains from the company's diabetes and asthma medication offset losses from their Remicade and Simponi treatments for inflammatory diseases.
The craze for McDonald's limited time offer of the McRib has begun again, but consumers might want to take a look at some of the item's ingredients before running out to order one.
In a first, researchers used regenerative stem cells to repair fragile damaged lungs in mice previously infected by a nasty strain of H1N1 influenza. The results could lead to new therapies for asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema in humans.
A Gallup study released on Monday found that overweight and ailing U.S. workers cost billions in lost work productivity each year.
Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the U.S. presidential race has led to a feverish debate about the possibility of having the fattest man in the White House since the corpulent William Howard Taft squeezed behind the big desk in the Oval Office.
The CDC's Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, funded by the Affordable Care Act, aims to develop programs to combat childhood obesity in low-income areas.
Scientists to receive Ig Nobel Prize for improbable research.
Marathon swimmer, Diana Nyad, has ended her third attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after being overwhelmed by lethal jelly fish stings.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Christie has been inundated by a relentless stream of calls to run for the White House.
U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad decided on Sunday to abandon her third attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after being stung overnight in the face and eyes by jellyfish, her team said.
Less than two months after ending her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida because of health problems, Diana Nyad is trying it again. She was about halfway through the swim as of Saturday evening.
Environmentalists can breath a little easier after the Food and Drug Administration announced that it was banning over-the-counter asthma inhalers, citing hazardous chemicals the spray emits.
Primatene Mist, the only asthma inhaler sold over the counter in the U.S., will be phased out by the end of 2011 because it contains chlorofluorocarbons that harm the Earth's ozone layer, the FDA said on Thursday.
A new study by the researchers of the Stanford University states that premature babies when grow up to be young adults, could face slightly increased death rates.
The lives of 115 children, who died between September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011, could have been saved if the children had been given influenza vaccine, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said all 115 flu deaths that took place between Sept. 1, 2010 and Aug. 31, 2011 could effectively be prevented with influenza vaccine.
The Joint Commission has released its 2010 list of top-performing U.S. hospitals.
Travelers to Southern California can breathe easy knowing that the newly renovated Sheraton Cerritos Hotel has introduced PURE Allergy Friendly Rooms.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen and aspirin may increase a woman's risk of miscarriage, researchers found in a new study published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
