Comparing Treatments for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

In a large clinical trial, short-term hormone therapy in combination with radiation therapy proved a more effective treatment...
Artificial Human Liver May Speed Drug Development

A scanning electron micrograph reveals the complexities of mouse liver tissue, including hepatocytes (greenish brown) and red blood...
A Way to Burn More Calories?
LAOS: "Unprecedented" drug trafficking heightens risk to youth

Yabaa is sold in tablet form
Seven Estonian cyclists abducted in Lebanon freed in good health – UN envoy

Michael Williams, Special Coordinator for Lebanon
UN welcomes pact to improve access of patented AIDS drugs in poor countries

Agreement signed to increase access to HIV medicines in developing countries
HEALTH: Ancient wisdom, new knowledge

Women turn to traditional healer Fatoumata Kané when their children are ill
Federal report shows drop in adolescent birth rate
The adolescent birth rate declined for the second consecutive year, preterm births declined for the third consecutive year, adolescent injury deaths declined, and fewer 12th graders binge drank, according to the federal government’s annual statistical...
GLOBAL: The vital statistics of hunger

Aid workers and health officials measure a child's height and weight in western Chad
EGYPT: New law targets illegal organ transplants

Most live organs come from the poor who sell body parts to pay debts or start small projects. The man above sold his kidney