NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Two large drug makers, Eli Lilly and
Co and Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, face a critical U.S. decision
this week on their shared blood-clot preventer that could
dramatically boost their bottom lines.

“It's by far the biggest event at Lilly for quite some
time,” said David Heupel, a portfolio manager with Thrivent
Investment Management.

The decision by [...]

People wait after filling a form for a melamine contamination test at the Taiwan Department of Health for milk powder they bought in Taipei September 22, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) -
China vowed to prevent toxic milk from reaching processors and export markets after an infant powder scandal that has made more than 54,000 children sick [...]

A mother leaves a children's hospital with her child in Beijing as China's toxic milk scandal escalated after officials admitted nearly 53,000 children had been sickened by contaminated products.(AFP/Peter Parks)

BEIJING (AFP) -
The Chinese company whose tainted baby milk triggered a food safety crisis that has seen 53,000 children fall ill failed to report complaints about [...]

A doctor examines a breast x-ray in an undated handout photo. (National Cancer Institute/Handout/Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Shorter, more intense courses of radiation treatment work just as well as more drawn-out therapy for early-stage breast cancer patients, researchers reported on Monday.

The treatments took only one to three weeks, as opposed to five to seven weeks for standard [...]

A mother leaves a children's hospital with her child in Beijing as China's toxic milk scandal escalated after officials admitted nearly 53,000 children had been sickened by contaminated products.(AFP/Peter Parks)

BEIJING (AFP) -
The Chinese company whose tainted baby milk triggered a food safety scare that has drawn in 53,000 sick children failed to report complaints about [...]

A Cambodian child receives serum against dengue fever. Nearly two billion people in the Asia-Pacific region will be at risk from dengue fever unless governments do more to fight the debilitating disease, the World Health Organisation said(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

MANILA (AFP) -
Nearly two billion people in the Asia-Pacific region will be at risk from dengue fever [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Creating a birth plan means being prepared
for all of the questions and decisions you'll face during delivery — and
knowing how you want to handle them when they come up.

The American Pregnancy Association lists some factors to consider
before your delivery:

Who do you want to be present during the delivery, and who [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Stomach pain can be caused by factors
including diet and lifestyle, illness and infections.

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the following
actions can help prevent many stomach aches:

Eat smaller, more frequent meals instead of only a few large
ones.
Choose healthy, well-balanced meals that are high in fiber and rich in
fruits and [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — A possible link between melanoma
and a gene involved in vitamin D metabolism has been identified by Italian
researchers.

They examined existing scientific literature on the association between
melanoma (the most serious type of skin cancer) and common variants of the
vitamin D receptor gene Bsml, and concluded that people with certain
variants [...]

A patient receives traditional needle therapy to cure hemiplegia at a Chinese medicine hospital in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province May 30, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer

- MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — Lifesaving treatments for breast
cancer come at a cost — many women experience hot flashes, fatigue, night
sweats and more.

Now new research suggests that acupuncture may [...]