The mayor of a small southern town in Brazil said on Wednesday he will distribute Viagra free of charge in a bid to raise the community's population and get more federal aid. Mayor Elcio Berti, mayor

Scientists have discovered why some people never get addicted to cigarettes and why all smokers do not develop tobacco-related cancers. For some people, a common genetic defect reduces their ability

The House has voted 223 to 202, to prohibit the US Food and Drug Administration from using federal money to test, develop or approve any drug that chemically induces

Doctors working in Taliban-held Afghanistan were ordered on Thursday to deny treatment to women not accompanied by a clost male relative, state-run radio Shariat

US researchers have developed a way to take the pain out of injections. Their technique relies on anarray of 'microneedles' - each much thinner than a human hair. The array only penetrates the

European and US scientists have discovered that a group of parasites responsible for human diseases such as malaria share a metabolic pathway essentialto the survival of many plants. The finding

House republicans have unveiled a long-awaited proposal to define patients rights and set uniform nationwide standards for health insurance, especially health maintenance organization in US. The

The latest figures on the global AIDS epidemic are frightening beyond expectations. A country-by-country analysis by the United Nations AIDS program has found that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is

An audit of a District Tuberculosis Control Centre here has led to the discovery of alleged discrepancies in its account books.A two-member audit team- from the office of the joint director, health,

The Union Commerce Ministry has banned imports of certain products being exported from the United Kingdom, Switzerland and other countries of the European Union, which may be prone to Bovine