Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the pounds off than women who do not drink at all, according to a study published Monday. Researchers at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston asked more than 19,000, normal-weight US women aged 39 or older how many alcoholic ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With an aim of getting experimental new drugs to people quicker, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health announced a plan on Wednesday to work more closely together. Under the new arrangement, the NIH will better design some of its basic research so that potential new drugs can get into the FDA approval ...

Many people who think they cannot digest dairy products might do all right if they eat a small amount at a time, but surprisingly little is known about just how many have true lactose intolerance, a government panel concluded Wednesday. Lactose is a sugar in ...

Many people who think they can't digest dairy products may do OK if they eat a small amount at a time — but surprisingly little is known about just how many have true lactose intolerance, a government panel concluded Wednesday. Lactose is a sugar in milk, and most babies are born producing enough of the enzyme lactase in the small ...