Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme has warned that the world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands of plant and animal species.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)

SINGAPORE (AFP) -
The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and [...]

The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands of plant and animal species, Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (seen here on April 22) warned on Wednesday, adding that more than 16,000 known species are [...]

Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme has warned that the world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands of plant and animal species.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)

SINGAPORE (AFP) -
The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics [...]

A general view shows the headquarters of Novartis in Basel January 17, 2008. Switzerland's Novartis AG is cutting prices for its malaria drug Coartem by a fifth to improve access to treatment, especially in Africa, it said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Files

ZURICH (Reuters) -
Switzerland's Novartis AG is cutting
prices for its malaria drug Coartem by a fifth [...]

- MONDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with a single, commonly
used chemotherapy drug causes lingering memory problems and other
cognitive difficulties, a common and unpleasant side effect called “chemo
brain,” a new study has found.

Up to 50 percent of women with breast cancer reported having cognitive
problems a year after chemotherapy treatment ended, according to one
previous [...]

- MONDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) — Contaminated heparin
products have now been found in at least 10 countries, not including the
United States, leading to ongoing surveillance measures to ensure the
safety of the blood thinner, U.S. health officials announced Monday.

In addition, officials said contaminated lots of the blood thinner have
been traced to 12 different Chinese [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Taking in all of the information and
instructions at the doctor's office can be overwhelming. It's important to
review everything once you get home to be sure you understand what was
discussed.

Here are suggestions from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
on what to do after you leave the doctor's office:

Look over all of [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an
illness that causes people to obsess over daily activities. While everyone
has daily habits and behaviors, when they interfere with daily life, it's
a possible warning sign of OCD.

The American Academy of Family Physicians lists these potential
examples of OCD:

Obsessing over whether things are done in order or [...]

- TUESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) — Skin lesions larger than
six millimeters in diameter are more likely than smaller lesions to be
melanoma skin cancer, a new study suggests.

The finding supports the current widespread use of diameter guidelines
to screen for melanoma, researchers say.

This “ABCDE” screening method is based on five features characteristic
of melanoma: asymmetry, border [...]

- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Smog Causes Premature Death:
Report

There's a clear link between short-term exposure (up to 24 hours) to
smog (ozone) and premature deaths, says a study released Tuesday by the
U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

“The committee has concluded from its review of health-based evidence
that [...]