July 2, 2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Wednesday ordered Pfizer Inc and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to add strong "black box" warnings on their anti-smoking drugs to highlight the risk of serious mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts.

July 1, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Higher-impact exercise, including running and jumping, is the most important type of activity for building stronger bones -- especially around the time of puberty, according to a research review.

July 1, 2009 — NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Heightened concern over the safety of new diabetes treatments is throwing significant roadblocks in front of their use and threatening to discourage development of drugs for the disease.

July 1, 2009 — CHICAGO (Reuters) - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday.

July 1, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with psoriatic arthritis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to findings published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.