CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug used to strengthen the bones of women with breast cancer helped cut the risk of the cancer returning by 36 percent, European researchers said on Saturday,

They said Zometa, sold by Swiss drug giant Novartis AG, helped women with early-stage breast cancer who were already taking hormone therapy to reduce their [...]

MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - Rich and Happy Mountain is teeming with people but China’s earthquake survivors are feeling neither prosperous nor joyful.

The hillside park on the edge of Mianyang city has become a temporary home for thousands moved from low-lying areas over fears that landslide-blocked rivers near the epicentre of the quake could burst their [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new documentary that takes a wide-ranging look at steroid abuse suggests an American culture of winning at all costs is at odds with its public condemnation of the performance-enhancing drugs.

“Bigger, Stronger, Faster*,” which opened in the United States on Friday, features interviews with gym junkies, medical experts, U.S. lawmakers and [...]

DUBAI (AFP) - The Gulf emirate of Dubai on Saturday banned the sale of tobacco to anyone under the age of 20 with immediate effect and barred young people from public areas in which smoking is allowed.

The announcement was made in public advertisements in Arabic-language newspapers as part of a “Youth Without Tobacco” campaign.
A spokesman [...]

CHICAGO (AFP) - Consistent reductions in US federal budget allocations for cancer research that have been implemented since 2003 threaten to undermine recent gains in the fight against the disease, scientists said.

The warning came from about 30,000 prominent US cancer researchers gathered in Chicago this weekend for the 44th annual conference of the American Society [...]

CHICAGO (AFP) - Consistent reductions in US federal budget allocations for cancer research that have been implemented since 2003 threaten to undermine recent gains in the fight against the disease, scientists said.

The warning came from about 30,000 prominent US cancer researchers gathered in Chicago this weekend for the 44th annual conference of the American Society [...]

Branding and logos on cigarette packets could be banned under Government proposals to cut smoking.

The Department of Health is also considering introducing minimum pack sizes of 20 to prevent teenagers who can only afford packs of 10 buying cigarettes and a ban on the advertising of cigarette papers.
It has released The Future of Tobacco Control [...]

Branding and logos on cigarette packets could be banned under Government proposals to cut smoking.

Controls including plain packaging, minimum pack sizes of 20 to prevent teenagers who can only afford packs of 10 buying cigarettes, and a ban on the advertising of cigarette papers are all under consideration by the Department of Health.
It has released [...]

LONDON (Reuters) - The government launched a three-month public consultation on Saturday on how to cut the number of people smoking in Britain.

Removing branding and logos from cigarette packets, making retailers sell cigarettes from under the counter and banning the advertising of smoking paraphernalia, such as cigarette papers, are some of the measures proposed by [...]

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The British government launched a three-month public consultation on Saturday on how to cut the number of people smoking.

Removing branding and logos from cigarette packets, making retailers sell cigarettes from under the counter and banning the advertising of smoking paraphernalia, such as cigarette papers, are some of the measures proposed by [...]