New study may deal final blow to acne drug Accutane

Teenagers and young adults suffering from severe, scarring acne may ultimately lose the most effective treatment for the condition.

Babies are found to cry in their mother tongue

They may not be old enough to talk, but babies less than a week old know how to cry in their native language.

More than 38 million vaccine doses available against swine flu

More than 38 million doses of vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza are now available, 11 million more than were available last week and...

High hopes for a malaria vaccine

Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300...

Wildlife filmmakers focusing on endangered cats

South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote areas for more...

Gene therapy makes major stride in 'Lorenzo's Oil' disease

In the third gene-therapy success of recent weeks, French researchers have arrested the progression of the rare and fatal degenerative...

FDA seeks to reduce drug dosage errors

In an attempt to reduce the deaths and serious health problems caused by misuse of medication, the Food and Drug Administration is trying to...

Biologist Richard Dawkins on the evolution debate

In the 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin's landmark book, "On the Origin of Species," researchers have accrued massive...

Obesity puts swine flu sufferers at greater risk, study suggests

Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza,...

Family medical history reporting spotty, researchers find

It's one of the first things you do at a doctor's visit -- fill out a family medical history. But does providing this information actually...

Peru's Nazca culture was brought down with its trees

The Nazca people of Peru -- famous for their huge line drawings on an arid plateau that are fully visible only from the air -- set the stage...