NEW DELHI: Highlighting the need for preventive measures to tackle the "diabetes epidemic sweeping" the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that...
CHICAGO: New drugs are making a dent against some hard-to-treat cancers, but some results raise fresh questions about whether the benefit is worth the...
GENEVA: The UN health agency warned countries to bolster their guard against the MERS virus, which has killed 152 people in Saudi Arabia and...
NEW DELHI: Sun Pharma has inked a settlement pact with Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation over cancer drug Gleevec, paving the way for the Indian drug...
BEIJING: Chinese police has accused a British executive of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline of leading a sprawling scheme to bribe doctors and hospitals to use its...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Survivors of peace officers and firefighters will have more time to file for death benefits if they can show their spouse or...
WASHINGTON: Claims that e-cigarettes offer a viable and healthy way to quit conventional cigarettes and do not pose danger to nonsmokers are false, a...
INDIANAPOLIS: Gov. Mike Pence's plan to expand health insurance coverage to low-income Indiana residents involves a combination of health savings accounts, employer-sponsored health plans...
WASHINGTON: Young people who abuse 'smart drugs' to boost their attention span, memory and capacity to stay awake may risk long-term impairments to their...
SANTA ANA, Calif.: California has proposed requiring immigrants in the country illegally to present foreign government-issued identification to obtain a driver's license or go...