Church&#39;s drug program flunks SF test Panel of experts finds ...
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A free anti-drug program that teaches children concepts from the Church of Scientology earned a failing grade Friday from public health officials who were asked by San Francisco school administrators to evaluate it.
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THE health ministry yesterday dismissed as misleading, exaggerated and unacceptable, last week&#39;s report by the United States-based Human Rights Watch accusing the ministry of facilitating abuse against homosexuals and persons living with AIDS.
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More research is needed to show that alternative therapies like acupuncture and herbal supplements work, a committee of experts said Wednesday.
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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A surprise finding in a major federal study calls into question a long-held tenet of diabetes care.
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New evidence is raising questions about the tests used to prescribe the breast cancer drug Herceptin, which was initially seen as a model for tailored medicine.
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A report Friday found mixed successes in California&#39;s new program that sends drug offenders to treatment instead of jail. The UCLA study concluded that nearly one third of
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain moved to quench any notion of a sea-change in its attitude to the use of contraceptives, saying remarks by one of its top people had been misunderstood and that doctrine ...
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A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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A visit to church may be good for the  soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#039;s vaccine to prevent  the world&#039;s most prevalent sexually transmitted infection  sailed through a panel of U.S. health experts, despite early  fears of opposition from the Christian Right that it might lead  to promiscuity and a false sense of security.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Federal employees and their dependents in 27 Illinois counties now have the option of enrolling in a Catholic-run health insurance plan that does not cover abortion, contraceptives or fertility treatment.
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The Catholic Church in England and Wales says government money should be spent on Aids drugs, not condoms.
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Many efforts to expand coverage have been blocked in court. More legal tests are likely, starting in San Francisco.
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A scientific panel says a 2002 study that suggested adult stem cells might be as useful as embryonic ones was flawed and its conclusions may be wrong, a finding that raises questions about the promise of a less controversial source for stem cells.
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Dean H. Hamer has received much criticism for his new book, &quot;The God Gene: How Faith is Hardwired Into Our Genes.&quot;. Evangelicals reject the idea that faith might be reduced to chemical reactions in the brain.
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A report to be released on Friday finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of patients who help test drugs in clinical trials, The New York Times reports.