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GlaxoSmithKline has advised doctors in Canada to stop using a batch of its swine flu vaccine, amid reports of severe side-effects in some patients.

GENEVA - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS - about 33 million - has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer.

MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Problems with the popular arthritis drug Vioxx, including increased risk for heart attack, stroke and death, were known for years before the drug's voluntary withdrawal from the market in 2004, ...

Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new study suggest that women who smoke during their pregnancy are putting their unborn child at an increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes.

GENEVA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES -- The city council here could vote as early as Tuesday on a set of rules for hundreds of local medical-marijuana dispensaries, amid a growing debate about whether many of those pot shops should be allowed to operate ...

MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Men who bottle up their anger over unfair treatment at work could be hurting their hearts, a new Swedish study indicates.

More than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to the World Health Organization. In 2005, an estimated 1.1 million people died from the disease.

WASHINGTON -- With Congress home for Thanksgiving, the Obama administration on Monday provided House and Senate members with something it hopes will make changes in health care more palatable for their constituencies: estimates on how ...

AP - November 24, 2009 6:25 AM ET BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss pharmaceuticals maker Novartis has opened a plant in North Carolina to make flu vaccines using cell cultures instead of egg-based methods.

As I explore in today's Well column, many families gathering around the country this week for Thanksgiving dinner are bracing for the intense emotions of the holiday meal.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Tis the season to be jolly -- as well as pass your flu germs to others at Christmas get-togethers unless you're careful.

Under the legislation, children must stay in a booster seat until they are 8 years old, or 4 feet 9 inches tall. Regulators made the change because without booster seats, shoulder harnesses often hug the neck of a child rather than going across the ...

Nov. 23, 2009 -- A new study of the weight loss drug Meridia is in the hands of FDA regulators, who've released an early communication based on preliminary data: certain patients taking the drug may have a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, ...

The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries.