MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Despite being used widely to lower cholesterol levels, statins don't appear to reduce the chances of death in people at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, British scientists have found.

Statins are used widely to treat and...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Could the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS be a comb, fluff and blow-dry away?

That's the idea behind an innovative new national outreach effort, Hairdressers Against AIDS, which got its launch Tuesday at the United Nations in...

TUESDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Common drug combinations used to treat heart disease raise the risk of bleeding or perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract, new research shows.

Researchers examined data on 78,084 patients aged 60 to 99 from a Department of...