The European Commission, an executive arm of the European Union has banned the use of sedative sodium thiopental injections for giving death to US prisoners. Any European Union firm which wants to export this sedative would now have to first get it checked from them.

It has been informed by the European Commission that it has issued an investigation over the e-book publishing of Apple Inc and units of News Corp, CBS Corp, Pearson Plc and Lagardere SCA.

According to reports, Europe, US and Canada are delaying committing to ‘actions, timelines and outcomes at the U. N. summit on ‘non-communicable diseases’, which is only a few weeks away.

Sprouts from an organic farm are the reason behind the E. coli outbreak in Europe, claimed the health officials. Europe faces the threat of E. coli outbreak as 31 people have died and around 3,000 confirmed as sickened due to the disease.

A major study has found a new option for preventing breast cancer in millions of at higher than usual risk of breast cancer women.  Pfizer Inc.’s Aromasin more than halves the risk of breast cancer development, without any of the side effects seen in other prevention drugs.

In a recent development, HIG Europe took over the Britain's biggest bed maker, Silentnight which not only rescued the company but also saved nearly 1,250 jobs in the UK and Ireland. Silentnight went into administration when the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) rejected the plan of the proposed Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), which stated that creditors would get condensed repayments.

The Irishhealth. com has been able to successfully develop a Child Immunization Tracker. The tracker will be help in making sure that the children get the required immunization. The tracker was developed in association with the Aptamil.

Since the earthquake in Japan, investors have become more optimistic even while unrest continues in the Middle East and fears keep increasing about the debt situation in Europe.

Generally people refer to ‘best before’ dates to find out if the food is still safe to eat or not but experts believe that tons of good food is thrown away every year just because people doubt about the safety of the food after the ‘best before’ dates whereas a new guideline suggests that it is simply a guide to the food quality.

Opposing the Catholic Church, the European Union (EU) has asked Philippines to adopt a reproductive health policy. Catholic Church has been opposing it as they believe that slower population growth would improve health and reduce poverty.