Spanish police have arrested a man who arrived in Madrid from Panama after they found two packages of cocaine hidden inside his prosthetic leg, police said Wednesday. Officers were scrutinising passengers arriving at Madrid's Barajas airport on Sunday when they became suspicious of the man and decided to search him, police said in a statement. They then discovered two packages containing a total of 750 grams (26.5 ounces) of cocaine hidden inside his prosthetic leg and arrested him, it added.

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A device that plays a melody in an attempt to slow people's breathing didn't lower the blood pressure of people with diabetes, according to a new study. "Given the results and the studies available, you can conclude that there is not enough evidence to use this device," said Dr. Gijs Landman, the study's lead author from the Isala Clinics in The Netherlands.

(Reuters) - Amgen Inc said on Wednesday that its trebananib treatment for ovarian cancer had reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 34 percent in a clinical trial. The company said the drug had met its primary goal in the trial, which is the first of three for the new treatment. Amgen said that while it was working on the primary analysis of overall survival for 2014, it saw a favorable survival trend in an interim analysis. Shares in Amgen were up slightly $98.25 in Nasdaq morning trading.

Singapore is fighting back against a rapidly worsening dengue epidemic by distributing insect repellants to every household and recruiting hundreds of disease control officers, officials said. Two Singaporeans have died from the virus so far this year and weekly cases hit an all-time high of 820 in the period ending June 8, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement issued late Tuesday. More than 9,300 people were infected this year as of Tuesday, fast nearing the 13,984 infections in 2005, the worst year on record, official data showed.