U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. plans to work in conjunction with an Indian firm to develop a drug using benign viruses to kill the deadly E.coli bacteria in cattle, the Indian company confirmed Thursday.

India's Ganganen Biotechnologies developed the drug and signed an agreement last week with Elanco Animal Health, Lilly's animal feed division. Janakiraman Ramachandran, chairman of Gangagen Biotechnologies, says they plan to convert the drug into a cattle feed supplement

The Food and Drug Administration did not issue a safety alert about Guidant's heart devices until five months after it was warned about problems with the product, according to a New York Times article Monday.

As early as February, the FDA received data showing the Indianapolis-based company's defibrillator product, the Ventak Prizm 2 DR, was short-circuiting. However, the FDA did not announce a recall of the device until July 1

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health are infusing sodium nitrite into volunteers in hopes it can prove a cheap, but potent treatment for sickle cell anemia, heart attacks, brain aneurysms, even an illness that suffocates babies.

Those ailments have something in common: They hinge on problems with low oxygen, problems the government's research suggests nitrite can ease

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health are infusing sodium nitrite into volunteers in hopes that it can prove a cheap but potent treatment for sickle cell anemia, heart attacks, brain aneurysms, even an illness that suffocates babies.

Those ailments have something in common: They hinge on problems with low oxygen, problems the government's research suggests nitrite can ease, The Associated Press reports

The latest research by academics suggests a neurological rather than pharmaceutical solution is needed when it comes to achieving orgasms for women.

This is due in part to women being more affected by mood, self-esteem and other issues of psyche than men, researchers say