Nearly 100 children under the age of five died of pneumonia between January and April in Peru due to a cold wave that swept through the country's Andean region, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. More »Low Peru temperatures kill 94 children since January
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday re-appointed Margaret Chan as its chief, who declared universal health care as her top priority. More »WHO's Chan re-elected for second term
Children exposed to their parents' cigarette smoke are at greater risk of suffering serious cardiovascular health problems later in life, a study showed Wednesday. More »Kids suffer long-term from parents' smoking: study
Lab scientists on Wednesday reported that for the first time they had taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle. More »Lab uses skin cells to help repair heart muscle
More than a third of malaria drugs examined by scientists in Southeast Asia were fake, and a similar proportion analysed in Africa were below standard, doctors warned on Tuesday. More »Third of malaria drugs in SE Asia are fake
Italian doctors in March implanted the smallest ever artificial heart into a 16-month-old baby before the infant received a permanent organ donation, said the hospital that performed the operation. More »World's smallest artificial heart implanted in Italian baby
A cheap off-patent drug that is commonly used for arthritis could be a wonder treatment for amoebic parasites that infect 50 million people each year, 70,000 of them fatally, a study on Sunday said. More »Old drug for arthritis is effective against killer parasites
For the first time ever, white births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau estimates Thursday that underscored the growth of the Hispanic population. More »Minorities overtake whites in US births
Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health. More »'Good' cholesterol doctrine may be flawed: study
A popular antibiotic used for treating bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and sexually transmitted diseases may boost the risk of death, a US study said Wednesday. More »Common antibiotic boosts death risk: study
Better care has cut the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth by nearly half in the past two decades, but there is still a death every two minutes, according to UN figures released Wednesday. More »Maternal deaths cut by half: UN
Scientists in the United States have enabled a paralysed woman to lift a drink to her lips with a thought-controlled robotic arm, boosting hopes that tetraplegics may regain their independence. More »Paralysed woman drinks coffee with thought-guided robot arm
One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key trigger of heart disease, health experts said on Wednesday while underlining the growing number of cases in developing countries. More »High blood pressure affects 1 in 3: WHO
Police in China are investigating after the discovery of a batch of "fake" pigs' ears reportedly made from gelatin, according to state media. More »Fake pig ears latest China food scandal: report
Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories. More »Sugar can make you dumb, US scientists warn
A US aid program aimed at helping foreign countries battle the AIDS epidemic saved 740,000 lives from 2004-2008, according to a US study published Tuesday. More »US AIDS relief program saved 740,000 lives: study
For the first time, US surgeons have used a new type of operation called nerve transfer to restore hand function in a patient who was paralyzed by a neck injury, said a study published Tuesday. More »Surgery restores hand function in US patient
People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found. More »HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: study
"Should I, shouldn't I?" That's the question that 31-year-old Kabo Moeti ponders as he waits outside a clinic in a Botswana village, where he's considering getting circumcised. More »Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight
Preventable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria claimed the lives of nearly five million children younger than five in 2010, a paper in The Lancet medical journal said Friday. More »Preventable diseases still ravage children: study
India's Health Ministry said Friday it had set up an expert panel to review the operations of its drug regulatory agency, accused of colluding with pharmaceutical firms to approve drugs without trials. More »Indian expert panel to probe drugs regulator
Botox may soon become an NHS-approved remedy for chronic migraine in England and Wales, following a recommendation by the health watchdog. More »Botox may soon be used in UK to treat migraine
US health advisers urged regulators to approve Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, as the first preventive pill against HIV/AIDS instead of just a treatment for infected people. More »US experts urge approval of first AIDS prevention pill
A lack of sleep could make you fat, scientists said on Thursday. Not getting enough shut-eye may inhibit a hormone which controls hunger satisfaction and boost an appetite-stimulating hormone, said a paper presented to the European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France. More »Don't lose sleep over weight, scientists say
A panel of experts on Thursday urged US regulators to approve what could be the first new anti-obesity drug on the market in more than a decade -- Lorcaserin, made by Arena Pharmaceuticals. More »US panel gives nod to new obesity drug
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