Reliance Life Sciences looks for acquisition. Mumbai Reliance Life Sciences has said it is looking for acquisitions in the clinical research space, but high-valuations are hindering its plans.

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Little Effect on Sales: Study. Drug companies that advertise directly to consumers may not be getting their money's worth, a new study contends.

Wolters Kluwer Health Reaches Agreement to Acquire UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry,..

Early Cell Research Indicates Future Treatment For Down Syndrome. Scientists say they may be able to develop treatments for children with Down's syndrome after the discovery of earliest developmental changes that lead to the illness. Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:34:41 GMT.

Medical Care To Cost 5.7 Percent More In 2009. Health care will continue to hurt the pockets of Americans. Consulting firm Mercer, in a study, forecasts a 5.7 percent rise in health care cost in 2009. Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:36:29 GMT.

Study: Asthmatic People With Obesity Make Frequent Trips To Hospitals. Overweight or obese men suffering from asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalised for the condition as compared to non-obese people, a new study has said. Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:54:52 GMT.

Study: Defibrillator shock can signal more heart issues. A lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests..

Gas prices confine sick people. Sick Americans who travel far or frequently to get medical treatment are skipping or delaying appointments, leaving support groups..

Good News' on marriage: Couples improve with age. Married couples in their later years often show a great deal of affection,says best-selling author Maggie Scarf, 77, who has..

Health care costs expected to rise 5.7% in '09. Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. Between 2003 and 2007, the average deductible for an individual grew to..

Scientists identify brain cancer genes. Scientists have found a group of broken, missing and overactive genes involved in the most common form of brain cancer, the National..

Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism. New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge..

Global study shows telmisartan reduces outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke. August 31, 2008 -- An international study led by Canadian researchers has found that telmisartan, a medication used to lower blood pressure, reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke..

Geske ordered to stand trial for fatal crash. A 45-year-old Ledgeview woman accused of street racing her Porsche and killing two teens in a June 3 crash in Ashwaubenon was ordered Friday to stand trial.

New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective. One of a "new generation" of artery-opening, drug-eluting stents appears equally effective as older models in boosting outcomes for heart patients, a new head-to-head study shows.

Advances In The Management Of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. Disappointing results of latest treatments of blood glucose which have not convincingly reduced problems, apart from sub-clinical micro-vascular disease Current drugs offer little evidence that treatment of..

Pfizer Saves $1,349,432.90 on New Lipitor Ads. He didn't take a cholesterol-fighting drug before his heart attack last year despite a history of high cholesterol, and his ad urges people in similar situations to be more proactive.". According to the WSJ..

FDA staff note deaths in Pfizer bone drug study. Osteoporosis patients given a low dose of an experimental Pfizer Inc pill were more likely to die within five years than others who got a placebo, U.S. drug reviewers said in an analysis released on Thursday.

With no clear link between cancer and Vytorin, medics advise to use the drug cautiously. Results from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with great caution until more is..

Modest brain test benefit seen with brisk walking. Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain.