A new study indicates prices for the brand name prescription drugs associated with older patients, rose at a pace which was three times higher than inflation during the first quarter.

However, generic drug prices were nearly flat for the same period, leaving many to wonder what made brand name drug prices soar

Men with a Body Mass Index (BMI) above 35 (indicating obesity), face a 2.4-fold higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, compared with normal-weight men according to a report in the medical journal, Urology

Dr. Stephen J. Freedland from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore says, "Obesity may actually be associated with an increased risk of developing prostate cancer, but various features among obese men make it harder to detect the cancer

President Bush signed the "National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005" bill into law.

The Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to establish or improve programs to electronically monitor dispensing of controlled substances

A new treatment strategy shows promise in helping transform HIV into a curable infection.

Preliminary research detailed in this weeks Lancet medical journal, outlines how scientists use an anti-convulsant drug to awaken dormant HIV hiding within the body, where it is temporarily invisible, but remains extremely dangerous

A new study shows that overweight girls reach puberty earlier. However early puberty alone doesn't necessarily lead to pudginess as an adult.

Girls who are overweight before their first menstrual periods are almost eight times more likely to be overweight as women, the study finds. But there is no link between precocious puberty alone and being overweight later in life, The Associated Press reports