WASHINGTON (AFP) - Diabetes drug Avandia faces a moment of truth Wednesday, when a committee will decide whether to recommend pulling it from the market because it has been associated with increased heart problems.
MADRID (AFP) - A Spanish court has for the first time ordered a firm to pay millions of euros in compensation to residents whose health was harmed by exposure to asbestos from one of its factories.
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - From slimming supplements to prescription drugs, pharmacies are full of products destined to help lose weight, but their use can come at great expense, both financially and health-wise.
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Losing a lot of weight at once is the best way to permanently slim down, studies presented at Stockholm's International Congress on Obesity showed, going against accepted wisdom even among doctors.
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Asian countries are failing to provide adequate care for the dying despite rising standards of living across the region, according to a study released Wednesday.
GENEVA (AFP) - Experts advising the World Health Organisation on whether to end the year-old swine flu pandemic alert could now meet as late as August, the agency's chief said on Wednesday.
LONDON (AFP) - Britain leads the world in the quality of care it provides for the dying, leaving many developed nations lagging a long way behind, according to a study released Wednesday.
BEIJING (AFP) - Wan Yanhai, China's top AIDS activist, said he suffered years of harassment from authorities which eventually came to a head earlier this year when he fled to the United States with his family.
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean doctors will be allowed to remove life support from terminally ill patients after confirming their wish to die, under new medical guidelines on mercy killing, officials said Wednesday.
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Asian countries are failing to provide adequate care for the dying despite rising standards of living across the region, a study released Wednesday said.
