Britain's highest court has ruled in favor of a hospital that gained court approval to withhold treatment from a terminally ill man despite the family's opposition.   In a unanimous...

U.S. malaria cases are at their highest level in four decades, mostly from Americans bringing home an unwelcome souvenir from their travels.   Malaria is not a big problem in the U.S....

Vivian Corporation together with Roche Diagnostics gathered local and foreign Diabetes Care experts to exchange knowledge on creating awareness and improving diabetes management on the occasion of...

Slapping a 20 percent tax on soda in Britain could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000, according to a new study.   Though the number works out to a modest drop of 1.3 percent in...

For the 6th time the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre at Mater Dei Hospital had organized a free blood glucose testing to the general public for the occasion of the world diabetes day that is celebrated...

Doctors may one day be able to control a patient's HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest.   In monkeys, that strategy sharply...

What do Siberian tigers and older women have in common?   That is among the questions related to fighting diseases that affect both animals and people that physicians and veterinarians are...

Should children have the right to ask for their own deaths?   In Belgium, where euthanasia is now legal for people over the age of 18, the government is considering extending it to children...

The burden of diabetes is increasing worldwide, it is a pandemic that is set to overwhelm healthcare resources globally. Causes are complex, but in large have been linked to rapid increases in...

Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is prompting a new look...