Vytorin, the cholesterol-lowering drug should be used with caution as the three recent studies are not able to rule out or prove the possible cancer link with the drug, experts at a major cardiology meeting said on Tuesday.

The editor of The New England Journal of Medicine says it is too soon to dismiss concerns about cancer risks even after studying the results from three studies. A study on Vytorin called SEAS was presented at the society's meeting in Munich and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine

A combination of paracetamol plus ibuprofen is better at alleviating childhood fever than only paracetamol, say UK researchers.

Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England say that sick children could be cured from their fever for longer if they are given ibuprofen first and then paracetamol plus ibuprofen

Mothers who drink a few glasses of wine over a short period in early pregnancy may have caused fetal problems to their unborn child, a new study says.

Erhard Bieberich, a biochemist in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies compared cell death in mice following different levels of alcohol consumption

Researchers have identified a gene responsible for regulating hunger that may eventually lead to new targets for obesity drugs. The new study finds that people low on the brain chemical brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may be more prone to becoming obese.

Excessive weight gain is elicited by alterations in energy balance, the finely modulated equilibrium between caloric intake and expenditure. But not all lifestyle factors count, as genetics factors also play a role

Giving an infusion of magnesium sulfate, better known as Epsom salt, to women at imminent risk for preterm delivery cuts the odds of their infants later developing cerebral palsy dropped by almost half, researchers say.

Babies born prematurely account for about a third of all cases of cerebral palsy, a developmental brain disorder that affects movement, motor skills and muscle coordination because of brain damage caused during birth