New York State has recorded its first death from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus.

The Nassau County Health Department said Wednesday a 75-year-old man died from the disease Monday after getting infected on Aug. 5. The victim suffered fever and extreme weakness before dying

The Dalai Lama was taken to a hospital in India on Thursday after complaining of stomach pain but there is no cause for serious concern, a hospital spokesman said.

A statement posted on the Dalai Lama's official Web site attributed the spiritual leader's discomfort to exhaustion and fatigue. The 73-year-old leader was admitted to Lilivati Hospital in Mumbai. Officials confirmed it was an unscheduled visit

The makers of the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta reported Tuesday the deaths of four more people who'd been taking the medication bringing the total to six.

Last week, Eli Lilly & Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s diabetes drug Byetta was linked to two deaths and four hospitalizations. All the patients are reported to have died after developing acute pancreatitis, the manufacturer said. The condition can cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain

Babies born by Caesarean section have a greater risk of developing type-1 diabetes than those who are born via normal deliveries, British research suggests.

Researchers from Queen's University Belfast examined data from 20 published studies on children with type-1 diabetes who were born by caesarean. The results found that that babies born by caesarean had a 20 percent higher risk of diabetes compared with babies born by natural birth. The normal risk of a baby developing type 1 diabetes is three in 1,000

Bacteria and fungi infection in amniotic fluid may cause a significant number of premature births in infants, new study has found.

Using new technology, Stanford researchers in California reported on Monday that they looked at fluid samples from 166 women in preterm labor; 113 of the women went on to deliver premature babies. The women were patients at Hutzel Women's Hospital in Detroit between October 1998 and December 2002