A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analyzing tests of the drug said Tuesday.

The experimental intravenous drug, Peramivir, was immediately released to National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) yesterday to be given to a ten-year-old infected with the H1N1 influenza virus, who was unable to take Tamiflu and Relenza due to severe gastrointestinal bleeding.

Yakult, the well-known health drink, sparked controversy on Tuesday as the drink was found to contain the largest amounts of sugar among all beverages on sale, according to the Hong Kong Consumer Council (CC), Hong Kong media reported.

People who drink at least one sugar-sweetened beverage a day have a greater chance of having larger waistlines than those who don't.

Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids.

The government is sticking to its plan of tightly examining imports of American beef products after the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) blocked yesterday the legislative meeting on revising existing regulations on food safety.

When Australian aid worker Danielle Noble first saw conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna in a Bangladesh orphanage, everyone assumed they would die.

No U.S. ground beef and internal organs have entered the Taiwan market so far while importers and marketers are forced to slash price tags on other American products with no controversies in order to stem sales slide.

Insufficient intake of vitamin D, long known to play a key role in bone health, may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease and even death, a U.S. study said Monday.

Asia will receive a stockpile of 500,000 courses of H1N1 flu drugs by April next year to supplement any shortfall in the region, an official with a Japanese donor agency said on Tuesday.