The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Library of Medicine (NLM), has developed Clinical Trials.gov, which offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions.

Last Friday, the FDA cleared a diagnostic test that will be able to quickly determine staph infections and their resistance to antibiotics. Staphylococci bacteria are common in infections, but many are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible (MSSA) and required altered treatment protocols.

Scientists are constantly rising to the challenge when it comes medical mysteries and obstacles, devising new procedures and processes previously offered from the minds of sci-fi authors.

A new European study has identified the emergence of a potentially deadly new strain of salmonella that highly resistant to Cipro, the primary drug used to battle infections of the bacteria.

U.S. scientists for the first time have used a cloning technique to grow embryonic stem cells, a landmark in stem cell research.

Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women should have their implants surgically removed.

The discovery that a protein that triggers milk production in women may also be responsible for making breast cancers aggressive could open up new opportunities for treatment of the most common and deadliest form of cancer among women.