- Study shows many people willing to make major sacrifices to avoid being obese
- Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 may play role in infection and dry eye
- Signaling pathways required for expansion of insulin-producing beta cells
- FDA statement on Bausch & Lomb inspection
- Valganciclovir may be the drug for chronic fatigue syndrome
- New hope for women trying to conceive
- Sulforaphane shown to inhibit the occurrence of hereditary colon cancer
- Small molecule interactions were central to the origin of life
- Study shows strong association between treatment with TNF-blocking antibodies and development of serious infections
- Vaccine against cervical cancer on track for FDA approval
- Experts concerned over bird flu 'clusters' in Indonesia
- Panel calls for expanded oversight of vitamin and mineral supplements
- In vivo, in vitro, in silico
- Wake-up call - the cost of caffeine in pregnancy
- FDA approves Azilect for the treatment of Parkinson's
- Depression in multiple sclerosis patients clue to better treatment
- Novel animal model of lung adenocarcinoma
- Newly discovered gene MCPIP may lead to treatments for preventing inflammation that cause heart disease
- Environmental tobacco smoke drastically increases an infant's risk for developing allergic rhinitis
- Brain research offers insight into mechanisms of prejudice
- Bedsores and bald hides: novel roles revealed for a "scaffolding" protein
- Closure of holes in heart important treatment for young stroke patients
- MRI provides an early alert for polycystic kidney disease
- Genetic testing can improve newborn screening tests for hearing defects
- FDA gives tentative approval to new generic AIDS drug
- Seven new cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Indonesia
- Cholera update in Angola and Sudan
- Comparative study of ileocecal vs. ileal neobladders in radical cystectomy patients
- Shire brings patent infringement suit against Corepharma
- Effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use on the incidence of erectile dysfunction
- New antibiotic works against superbugs
- New rheumatoid arthritis drugs may put patients at risk of infections and cancer
- NIH panel says little benefit to be gained by taking multivitamin supplements
- WHO says bird flu cluster in Indonesia not due to human-to-human infection
- New drug for Parkinson's gets FDA approval
- Plan B - Lancet has a go at the FDA
- vCJD may have infected far more people than previously thought
- Arthritis drug wins approval for use in children with Crohn's disease
- Increased number of twin births could be down to dairy rich diets
- Bird flu crops up again in Indonesia
- Botox eases lines and depression
- FDA says too much benzene in some soft drinks
- Friendship enriched by bad gossip about others
- New on the web: Independent, updated health information for the general public
- Commonwealth Ministers discuss human resources for health
- Alternative to hip replacement
- Sperm donor passes rare dangerous disease on to four children
- WHO suffers tragic loss of a visionary leader
- Common painkillers could up chance of heart failure in seniors
- Role of partial nephrectomy in the treatment of upper tract transitional cell carcinoma