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 |  | | | | |  | | | | October 22, 2008 05:30 PM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to switch on a cell-killing protein in the body, a finding that could lead to new ways to treat diseases like cancer in which cells grow out of control.
| | | October 22, 2008 11:14 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 3 million U.S. children have a food or digestive allergy -- an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday.
| | | October 22, 2008 01:44 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smokers should be vaccinated against a pneumonia-causing germ, along with children and the elderly, U.S. federal advisers recommended on Wednesday.
| | | October 22, 2008 05:06 PM ET
| LONDON (Reuters) - A drug developed to fight leukemia appears to stop multiple sclerosis in its early stages and restore lost function to patients, British researchers said on Wednesday.
| | | October 22, 2008 11:59 AM ET
 | BEIJING (Reuters) - China, fighting a spreading tainted milk scandal, needs a more coherent food-safety system, with unified laws, one overarching watchdog and faster sharing of information, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
| | | October 22, 2008 12:26 PM ET
| LONDON (Reuters) - New international guidelines from two medical societies on treating people with type 2 diabetes no longer recommend the use of GlaxoSmithKline's drug Avandia.
| | | October 22, 2008 01:00 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data on Pfizer Inc's smoking cessation drug Chantix continue to back the product's safety, the company said on Wednesday after a watchdog group called for stronger warnings about risks.
| | | October 22, 2008 03:46 PM ET
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - A broad analysis of genes has turned up 26 mutations linked with the most common form of lung cancer, several of which play a role in other cancers as well, researchers said on Wednesday.
| | | October 22, 2008 03:48 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rather than being an abrupt action, withdrawal of life support often occurs in a sequential or "stuttering" fashion over a period of time, such that the whole process takes longer than a day, according to a new study.
| | | October 22, 2008 01:43 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're searching the Internet for surgery information, you may want to stick with sites run by professional medical groups and other sources free of commercial sponsors, a new study suggests.
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Researchers find trigger for killer protein
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