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Some medications cause more health risks than they cure. Now doctors are using these drugs to treat other things they weren't intended for. How safe are these drugs?

Time Magazine includes bionic hand i-LIMB, made in Scotland, on its list of the top innovations of 2008. How the bionic hand developed commercially is charted.

Many medications are associated with adverse effects during pregnancy; some drugs are safe; others might be prescribed in spite of their risks; some should never be used.

This week's MacRobert award winner i-LIMB will be on display at the Science Museum in London from 12 June 2008. How the bionic hand developed commercially is charted.

There is no viable alternative to drug testing in animals. Use of animals is not cruel anymore and ethical guidelines are followed worldwide.

Prurigo nodularis or nodular prurigo is a chronic, intensely itchy skin disease, characterized by hard nodules and bumps, most often on the outer aspect of the limbs.

Bell's palsy is a neurological disorder that strikes the face. Learn the causes for this malady....

Among ten children who developed autism, seven had mothers who took an epilepsy drug while pregnant, and four had specifically taken valproate.

The bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff sweeps away all misconceptions of what it takes to create a deep and powerful sound, sharing his life in a newly released memoir.

A newly identified estrogen receptor (ER-beta) is found in prostate cancer cells. Anti-estrogen drugs act via the inflammatory transcription factor NFkappaB.

Clinical trials are experiments on human subjects--which means that ethical issues are always present. This article surveys historically prominent ethical debates.

There is a current crisis in the U.S., with some of the worst statistics of any developed country for maternal and infant survivability. How did things go so wrong?

Multiple myeloma is a type of cancerous growth of cells produced in the bone marrow. The condition is also associated with excessive production of antibodies.

Behcet's is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by vasculitis, oral and genital ulcers, and uveitis, which can occur in patients with hepatitis C.

Lipoic acid can reduce the symptoms of neuropathy. Alpha lipoic acid can prevent and treat peripheral neuropathy caused by both diabetes and chemotherapy.