A U.S. study finds that drinking pomegranate juice may reduce the severity of some brain injuries associated with premature births.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine mimicked hypoxic ischemic birth defects in mice by temporarily lowering brain oxygen and blood flow in the newborns

The Xinhua News Agency in China reports an unauthorized Hepatitis A vaccine has killed one child and sickened more than 200.

Officials say village doctors in an eastern province gave the Hepatitis A vaccine to about 2,500 children two weeks ago without permission. A 6-year-old girl reportedly suffered an infection and breathing problems and died a few days later. Other children suffered dizziness, headaches and breathing trouble

Penn State researchers discover a common virus with the potential to become a powerful cancer fighter.

Laboratory tests showed that the virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), kills many types of cancer cells without harming healthy cells

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a drug, 'BiDil' for the treatment of heart failure in African Americans.

According to The Associated Press report, the FDA defended their stance by calling it a step toward "the promise of personalized medicine

Two medical ethics experts believe that prisoner's medical records may have been used to the military's advantage in Guantanamo Bay, in order to find the best way to get prisoners to talk.

The Pentagon's top health official said the allegation is "an outrageous distortion" of what actually was going on at the prison camp in Cuba