Medical Researchers

Grant will help develop tests to evaluate experimental malaria vaccines

Advocates for the disabled receive Sarah Palin's pledge of support with the wary optimism of a group accustomed to unfulfilled promises.

There is a potentially deadly side effect of acid reflux. Find out how doctors are lowering patients' risk of developing it without surgery

Levels of chemicals in hippocampus may explain symptoms, study says

No major breakthroughs were announced, and cutting-edge research findings were rare.

The improvements include stricter limits on financial conflicts of interest for committee members, ...

Sirtris, a drug company, has two drugs in clinical trials that it hopes will avert degenerative diseases of aging.

Finding could lead to new treatments for ADD or Alzheimer's, scientists say

...earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university officials...

The women in the top fifth for toenail nicotine content were thinner, less active, heavier drinkers, and more likely to have high blood pressure or diabetes,