A landmark investigation which found that hormone treatment for the menopause boosts the risk of breast cancer is riddled with flaws, a new study published on Monday alleges.

The so-called Million Women Study (MWS) unleashed headlines when it was first published in 2003.

Researchers in Australia called for health warnings on caffeine-loaded energy drinks following a spike in the number of people reporting medical problems after drinking them.

Health professionals from the University of Sydney's Medical School and the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre said reports of adverse reactions to drinks like Red Bull and V jumped from just 12 in 2004 to 65 in 2010.

When a group of women from Uganda embarked on a trip of a lifetime to India, little did many of their friends and families at home know that a secret surgical "mommy makeover" was on their itinerary.

The three mothers from the east African nation meticulously planned their month-long tour around surgical procedures in New Delhi that they hoped would enable them to return to their husbands looking trimmer and healthier.

Newborns of mothers on antidepressants are more likely to have dangerously high blood pressure in the lungs, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal.

Taking so-called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- such as Prozac -- after the 20th week of pregnancy more than doubled the risk, the study found.

Pressured to quit his job after telling his bosses he was HIV-positive, Boris Kovacic shares the plight of thousands in the Balkans who face prejudice because of a stubborn stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS.

When he was diagnosed 10 years ago, Kovacic promptly informed the hospital where he worked as a nurse.

Bushmeat illegally imported from Africa and seized at five top U.S. airports often contained potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a new study made public here.

The study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was published by PLoS ONE magazine.

A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.

They also have a greater chance of risky multiple births.

A U.S. university on Thursday accused one of its researchers of widespread fraud by publishing fake studies that touted the benefits of red wine in as many as 11 scientific journals.

Dipak Das, a professor in the department of surgery and director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center, "is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data," a university statement said.

India marked a year since its last new case of polio Friday, a major milestone in a country once considered the epicenter of the disease and one that gives hope the scourge can be eradicated worldwide.

There were 150,000 cases of the highly contagious virus in India in 1985, but the country has now gone 12 months since discovering a new case -- in an 18-month-old girl in the eastern state of West Bengal.

Murder has dropped out of the top 15 causes of death in the United States for the first time since 1965, while the death rate for Alzheimer's disease climbed, according to official data out Wednesday.

Homicide was replaced at number 15 by pneumonitis, a form of lung disease caused by inhaling food, liquids or vomit, said the report by the National Center for Health Statistics, which detailed causes of deaths in 2010.