Autism scientists are seeking more brain samples for research.   They announced Thursday a new network collecting brain specimens around the country. They say the more they get, the better...

Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market.   Chinese scientists compared...

The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries in America last year — triple the number just four years...

The Malta Independent on Sunday will be publishing a Special Health Report: COMBATING CANCER on 12 May.  Edited by Isabel Warrington this special report looks at the science, research, treatment,...

The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots are not preventing HIV infection.   Nor did the shots...

A tiny magnetic bracelet implanted at the base of the throat is greatly improving life for some people with chronic heartburn who get limited relief from medicines. It's a novel way to treat...

A treatment pulled off the market 30 years ago has won Food and Drug Administration approval again as the only drug specifically designated to treat morning sickness.   That long-ago safety...

The Down Syndrome Association has set up of an Adult Down Syndrome Clinic to monitor the health of adult persons (16+ years) who have Down syndrome. The Ministry for Health and the Down Syndrome...

Recent high-profile attacks on tourists in India, Brazil, Turkey and Mexico — including rapes — have raised questions about personal safety for overseas travel, especially for women. But...

As people lay badly bleeding in the smoke of the Boston Marathon bombings, rescuers immediately turned to a millennia-old medical device to save their lives — the tourniquet.   Using...