A treatment used for acute heavy-metal poisoning is used on an autistic boy, causing him to go into cardiac arrest on Tuesday.

Abubakar Tariq Nadama, 5, died in a doctor's office after receiving the treatment that some people believe may cure the neurological and developmental disorder, officials say

According to medical research from Spain, roughly one third of all hospitalizations and deaths related to gastrointestinal bleeding can be attributed to the use of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) painkillers like ibuprofen.

Dr. Angel Lanas, at University Hospital in Zaragoza, and his associates evaluated data from 26 Spanish hospitals

Several multinational health organizations are teaming up to eliminate medical mistakes around the world.

The agencies say health care errors seriously harm one in every 10 patients. Such information sharing will enable everyone to learn from the mistakes of others

A study says Tuesday that heroin users cannot avoid the painful withdrawal of breaking their habit by going under anesthesia because doing so can be dangerous.

Publicized as a quick way to withdraw from heroin addiction, the $15,000 treatment involves making the user unconscious and rapidly administering an antagonist drug that neutralizes heroin's effects, Reuters reports

A new study shows that aspirin helps colorectal cancer but only after a decade of use, weakening hopes that low doses of the drug prevents the disease.

A 20-year study of almost 83,000 nurses shows that low doses of aspirin did not lower cancer risk significantly. High doses of aspirin - such as two or more aspirin per day - reduced colon cancer risk by a third but also were linked to dangerous bleeding, according to the study published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association