Researchers have developed a new drug that can protect healthy cells from anti-cancer radiation. The drug, CBLB502, was shown to protect gastrointestinal cells and bone marrow in mice and monkeys from radiation without reducing the treatment's effectiveness.

The new research could not only improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer but also help prevent radiation sickness after exposure to a nuclear accident or attack

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working with the drug company Merck to investigate a possible link between Merck's asthma and allergy drug Singulair and suicide risk associated with it. Meanwhile, "patients should not stop taking Singulair before talking to their doctor," the FDA said in a statement, adding that doctors should monitor patients for suicidal behavior and mood changes.

The federal agency said that the investigation may take nine months. Currently there is no proof that Singulair can lead to mood changes, suicidal behavior and suicide in patients

A French woman, with rare facial tumor and whose petition for euthanasia was earlier rejected by the court was found dead in her home on Wednesday. No details have been released on the cause of death of Chantal Sebire, diagnosed eight years ago with the rare disease of esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB).

According to the International Herald Tribune, a government official said in anonymity that Sebire died in her home at Plombieres-les-Dijon

A French court has rejected a plea for doctor-assisted suicide by a female schoolteacher suffering from a rare cancer that disfigures her face.

The ruling against 52-year-old Chantal Sabire's euthanasia petition was issued by a court in the eastern city of Dijon on Monday. The ruling was on grounds that doctor-assisted suicide is a crime under French law and that medical ethics prohibits doctors from helping patients to die

Injuries resulting from drowning, suffocation and road accidents are among the leading killers of Asian children. That news comes from groundbreaking research by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which is appealing for scaled-up injury prevention initiatives.

The survey, conducted jointly with the Alliance for Safe Children (TASC) over the past seven years, highlights the fact that the risk of death from injuries rises after infancy. That is because children become more independent and the danger from infectious and non-communicable diseases drops