A new study reported at the International Conference on AIDS in Toronto on Sunday found that adding a fourth drug to the current triple-cocktail is no better for the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with HIV.

The August 16 issue of the Journal of American Medical Association says, that the addition of a fourth drug, abacavir, did not lower the amount of the virus in patient blood. Earlier studies were contradictory with some for and some against advantages of adding a fourth drug

Indonesia has confirmed reports of its human bird flu death toll now reaching 43. The disease's latest victim is a 16-year-old boy who died last Monday according to health ministry officials.

Indonesia has reported the most bird flu deaths this year

A new Swedish research has reported that water aerobics can help ease the pelvic and back pain that plague many women during pregnancy.

Healthy pregnant women who did water aerobics once a week reported less low back pain and less work missed due to back pain than those who performed land-based exercise weekly

The World Health Organization (WHO) suspects the pneumonic plague is responsible for 100 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to WHO lab tests, an outbreak began in May, and despite quarantine efforts, continues to spread

Eleven is the critical age that dictates if an obese child will be plagued with weight-related health problems during adulthood.

In a study conducted by scientists at University College London, a sampling of roughly 6,000 children were monitored in a span of five years. A quarter of the participants had a weight problem