Pfizer announced last night that it had discontinued research on its m...
Pfizer announced last night that it had discontinued research on its most important experimental drug, a treatment for heart disease. The decision is a stunning development that is likely to seriously damage the company’s prospects through the next decade
The news came to Pfizer’s chief scientist, Dr. John L. LaMattina, as h...
The news came to Pfizer’s chief scientist, Dr. John L. LaMattina, as he was showering at 7 a.m. Saturday: the company’s most promising experimental drug, intended to treat heart disease, actually caused an increase in deaths and heart problems. Eighty-two
A programme which encouraged women not to diet but to take part in exe...
A programme which encouraged women not to diet but to take part in exercise classes found significant improvements in health and mental well-being.
The disease may be the same for all ages, but everything about having ...
The disease may be the same for all ages, but everything about having it is different for its younger victims. Unlike older patients who are typically retired, confined to an assisted-living facility, and whose children are grown, young sufferers are in t
Last Friday was World AIDS Day. People across the planet held hands in...
Last Friday was World AIDS Day. People across the planet held hands in solidarity against a lethal microbe hellbent on finding a warm human body in which to incubate, replicate, and from which to transmit itself to others. The HIV virus has killed 25 mill
How HIV-positive teens in the US are teaching doctors how to treat AID...
How HIV-positive teens in the US are teaching doctors how to treat AIDS among the disease's youngest patients
"Climate sceptics" would do society a favour, argues our env...
"Climate sceptics" would do society a favour, argues our environment correspondent Richard Black, if they would open their claims to scrutiny that science is biased against them.
What do steak, tofu and sushi have to do with cancer? Plenty, it seems...
What do steak, tofu and sushi have to do with cancer? Plenty, it seems, if several new studies served up at the American Association for Cancer Research in Boston are to be believed. And not all bear good news: the latest report from the sprawling Nurse's