The National Academy of Sciences has recommended new ethical guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research, hoping to set common standards for states, universities, and companies.

New research for the first time implicates smoking in the progression of multiple sclerosis.

Ask your doctor," drug ads urge. If you do, you're much more likely to get a prescription whether you need it or not.

Consumer Ads Boost Doctors' Scripts -Study (Reuters Health) Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs seems to increase the likelihood that physicians will prescribe those drugs, according to a study in the April 27th issue of the Journal of the American Medical

Two weeks ago, a large crowd gathered to witness a unique wedding at Likoni, Mombasa. What attracted the crowd was that the two lovers were HIV-positive and had declared this openly.

The new Aids policy for the civil service gives relief to employees suffering stigma, stress and discrimination.

More than 1,000 nurses leave the country annually in search of greener pastures, the National Nurses Association of Kenya said yesterday.

People seeking employment in the civil service will be not be tested for HIV.

Shock therapy, a controversial practice conjuring frightening images of behavior control, still has a place in schizophrenia treatment, a newly updated research review shows.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Neurological Sciences Institute (NSI) have shed light on the brain cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the NSI scientists and their collaborators have demonstrated how proteins involved in brain cell communications, called