HEALTH officials in the US and UK are examining rare reports of blindness among some men using the impotence drug Viagra.

CHILDREN need a variety of playtime activities just as much as a balanced diet, or they may risk damaging their mental and physical health, according to a new study.

TOP doctors last night attached a "health warning" to new GP performance figures, saying they could be misleading to the public.

MARGARET COOK IT IS all too easy to take freedom for granted until it is removed, piecemeal. It may come as a nasty surprise to some people - as it did to me - to discover that in the United

CHILDREN need a variety of playtime activities just as much as a balanced diet, or they may risk damaging their mental and physical health, according to a new study.

HEALTH officials in the US and UK are examining rare reports of blindness among some men using the impotence drug Viagra.

A DOCTOR who narrowly avoided being struck off after admitting he gave his wife powerful painkillers has been ordered to appear before the General Medical Council again facing the same allegation.

THE curing power of Amazonian plants is well known, but scientists are looking closer to home for weapons against cancer and MRSA, writes IAN JOHNSTON .

UNBORN baby boys could suffer genital abnormalities if pregnant mothers come into contact with chemicals found in a host of everyday products, a new study has shown.

TOP doctors last night attached a "health warning" to new GP performance figures, saying they could be misleading to the public.

SOUTH AFRICA: Deputy president defends anti-AIDS drugs UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - May 27, 2005 http://www.aegis.org/news/irin/2005/IR050592.html [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNES ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The common problem of impotence for men who have undergone radical prostate surgery is often treatable with so-called PDE-5 inhibitors like Viagra. When this doesn't work, adding an injected drug can improve the situation, researchers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Injecting warts directly with any of a number of selected antigenic proteins appears to be a useful way of resolving the problem, researchers report. This form of immunotherapy seems to clear up not only the

LONDON (Reuters) - Not satisfied with your prescription medicine? Then demand a refund.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers in Australia have worked out a way to isolate single cells from a fetus in the cervical mucus of a pregnant woman, and to use these cells to test for genetic abnormalities.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanics with early lung cancer have worse survival than whites, largely due to lower surgery rates and later diagnosis, according to a report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.