Daily MailWomen on the pill may live longerThe Associated PressLONDON Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers observed more than 46000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared ....

CNM News Network'Vaccines court' rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test casesLos Angeles TimesThe finding supports a broad scientific consensus that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal does not cause autism, and will likely disappoint parents who are convinced otherwise. By Thomas H. ....

Boston GlobePlavix gets new US FDA warningReutersWASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug because they do not break it down well, US regulators said on Friday. ...FDA warning: some ....

Nanocages that efficiently convert light to heat are the basis for a targeted form of phototherapy that would destroy tumors without making cancer patients sick.

One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, according to initial outcomes published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest syndrome (SCA) is poorly understood, but it's a real danger for the otherwise young and healthy. For no apparent reason, the heart suddenly stops beating, and without treatment death may follow within minutes. It's why some athletes drop dead on the track and why a young man, ....

Cancer and EphA2/ephrin-A1The term metastasis comes from the Greek word for displacement, and it is used to describe the process whereby cancer cells detach from a tumor, enter the bloodstream and spread to other tissues throughout the body. For example, cancerous breast cells can spread to a lung ....

MediaGlobalAmnesty International: In the U.S., Too Many Women Dying While Having BabiesTIMEAmnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories overseas such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South ....

WKRG-TVMore 12-year Old Use InhalantsTopNews United StatesThe recent reports have revealed that more 12-year-olds have used inhalants in a bid to grab high than marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined. These potentially deadly inhalants used to get a high are revealed to include aerosol ....

Scientists have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. The research team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT -- each ....