A TV advertising campaign has warned that regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples mouth cancer risk and doubles high blood pressure risk.

The campaign...

Two-year-old baby Falak, who has been battling for life at the AIIMS Trauma Centre, has been put on ventilator support intermittently since Saturday night.

Doctors at the hospital are monitoring her...

Lovers of red wine were delighted when it was found to contain resveratrol - a compound supposed to improve health and maybe even lengthen life.

But studies have insisted that to see benefits, you...

Newly divorced middle-aged women are more susceptible to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, a new study has warned.

According to Christopher Coleman, an associate professor at the...

Demi Moore, who has not been spotted since her recent health crisis, is reportedly in a treatment facility and not at her Los Angeles home, as was speculated.

She is said to have checked into Cirque...

Using a liquid laser, researchers have devised a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might make a person more vulnerable to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.

This...

World Cancer Day was observed in India on Saturday, and saw the participation of cancer patients and locals in different events aimed at spreading a message of fighting against the deadly disease...

Soy isoflavone supplements have failed to decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study.

Lead researcher Seema A. Khan, M.D., professor of surgery...

A new, extra sensitive test could help detect the spread of cancer through the body.

It is hoped the "fluid biopsy", which tracks malignant cells moving around the body, will help scientists to stop...

Researchers have suggested that regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer.

A study found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements...

It was my last day in Athens after spending several weeks producing two television shows on Greece. My brain was fried. I was concerned I was getting a cold, and I felt that getting sick was...

Sun 5 Feb 2012 In 1968, Mental Hygiene (MH) merged with the sexual revolution of the Talmudic Frankfurt School into a toxic cocktail that nearly deleted millennia-old European culture, religion,...

NEW YORK - Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work...

CHARLESTON - Jobs in health care and construction is expected to see growth throughout West Virginia in 2012, according to state employment officials.With an aging population and the possibility of...

Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun will be away from the team for an indefinite period of time dealing with health issues. (Joe Raymond | Associated Press |...

This week, after watching The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity announce plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, then abandon those plans amid a public furor, Twinney decided she...

Almost three years after a radiation therapy overdose incident at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre (BLCTC), a medical team from the Response and Assistance Network (RANET) of the Vienna-based...

Jim Welna is still haunted by the employee who turned down his offer to help pay for health insurance. The worker was 30 and seemingly healthy. He preferred to use his spare dollars to help family in...

OTTAWA -- Instead of muting the commercials, why not step in place while being pitched a new wrinkle cream or a "five-dollar foot-long" sandwich?A study shows that walking on the spot...

In May 1999, Donnie Kanter Winokur, 43, a writer and multimedia producer, and her husband, Rabbi Harvey Winokur, 49, beheld the son of their dreams, the child infertility denied them. Andrey, a pale...

PLEASANT HILL -- A proposal the City Council will consider Monday would end free health insurance for elected officials but continue a $400 monthly payment for those who decline coverage. Council...

Two doctors on a Madigan Army Medical Center team have been temporarily removed from clinical duties as the Army reviews the team's handling of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses of more...

The Arkansas Department of Health is cutting costs for a program that provides care for frail, recovering and terminally ill patients to avoid a $2.2 million budget deficit at the end of the fiscal...

Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning. A TV advertising campaign is...

Parents who want their children to eat more fruit and vegetables should give them an apron and let them cook, recent research suggests. By teaching our children to cook they are more likely to grow...

MANY people know of Berkeley, Calif., as the birthplace, in the 1960's, of the Free Speech Movement. Fewer people know that Berkeley also played a major role in the disability rights movement. It was...

Regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, a new Government campaign will say. The adverts aim to show that drinking...

EVERY sphere of life, it seems, can be turned into a game - including the way physicians offer medical advice and build a public reputation. HealthTap, a start-up based in Palo Alto, Calif., has...

MEXICO, February 4 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will provide 41 million US dollars to Nicaragua for building a medical centre with the most advanced equipment, Guillermo Gonzalez - President Daniel...

A new government campaign is to warn drinkers that consuming two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples their risk of developing mouth cancer. New adverts aim to show that...

New York Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich and New England Patriots offensive lineman Marcus Cannon have both had to deal with life-threatening illness and came through their treatment to achieve their...

LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while...

Bandar Seri Begawan - A publicity drive started yesterday for World Cancer Day to be commemorated on February 26 at 7arn at the Indoor Stadium, a press release stated yesterday. World Cancer Day,...

Diabetes patients in Alabama may be interested to know that the Food and Drug Administration is warning patients who are taking the drug Actos that it may put them at increased risk of bladder...

London MPP Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care speaks with members of the Windsor Star editorial board February 3, 2012, in Windsor,...

(CBS News) TOKYO -- Call Japan The Incredible Shrinking Country. Fwer babies mean Japan's population could plunge, by 30 percent in coming decades. There are many reasons for this demographic...

"I read one article by another pastor that was picked up by the news that said, 'Christians are the fattest subculture in America,'" he...

Representative Chris Smith thinks that the Obama administration's decision to force religious organizations to purchase health insurance plans in violation of their consciences is an attempt to...

In the tumultuous, emotionally charged rift - and later, reunion - between a renowned breast cancer prevention group and the nation's largest family-planning and abortion provider, all roads...

A new series of studies is being launched by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exploring insight knowledge on how laboratory measures of moral qualities, such as compassion, relate to real-life...

stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, greatly enhancing functional recovery. The study demonstrates, according to leading researcher Dr Toshiya Osanai, of Hokkaido...

Alzheimer's disease . Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD, and team decided to investigate whether dietary supplementation with a standard decaffeinated coffee prior to diabetes onset could improve...

MAITLAND -- If you've been counting calories and slaving away at the gym for your New Year's Resolution, Sunday's Super Bowl could put all your hard work, in the end zone. But News...

Not so long ago, Myles Murphy popped "E" caps like they were candy.He and his two buddies would pool their money to buy 21 ecstasy pills during the week from a dealer in school or on the...

A cycling event has become an education and awareness campaign for good health. Organised by the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the 50km Tour de Gharbiya 2012, which takes place on February...