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Scientists discovered the oldest case of cancer to date in a Neanderthal that existed over 120,000 years ago.
A giant African land snail has been spotted in Houston, TX raising concerns over whether or not this dangerous species has invaded the state.
Researchers found that 80-year-old seniors who perform as well as 50 to 60-year-old people on memory tests have thicker cortex and anterior cingulate regions similar to those found in 50-year-old people.
In response to the recent H7N9 bird flu scare in China which has already killed four, Shanghai started culling chickens from the area's poultry dealers on Friday, Shanghai Daily reports.
The FDA announced that it will loosen the restrictions for companies that make nicotine-replacement products, allowing consumers to use the products for over the recommended time period of 12 weeks.
The number of underage smokers in the UK rose by 50,000 from 2010 to 2011.
While a CDC report suggests that 77 percent of men wash their hands when leaving the restroom, new research has found that this figure increased to 86 percent among men who were primed with messages in bathrooms. Maria Lapinski, Michigan State University; Erin Maloney, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Braz, Westchester University; and Hillary Shulman, North Central College published their findings in Human Communication Research from a field study of college-aged men, according to Medical Xpress.
A new study suggests that a diet high in fiber may have the clinical potential to control the progression of prostate cancer in patients who are diagnosed at the initial stages of the disease. The background of the study has that the number of prostate cancer cases in Asian cultures is similar to that in Western cultures, however, while in the West, prostate cancer tends to progress, in Asian cultures it does not. Why?
While currently, doctors asking for the details of number of hours their patient stays active is not a common practice, a movement is stirring to change that. A new national survey has indicated that only one-third of Americans have their doctors asking them about their physical activity or prescribing it.
Holidays are here and in the festive season, it is almost next to impossible to be able to stop one- self from gorging on the delicacies. It is the season of joy and eating and drinking are an obvious part of celebrations. However, experts say that if you are unaware of the fact that may be you have type 2 diabetes, the lovely doses of drinks and food may be risky for you. "As tempting and tasty as it might be, eating high-fat foods with excess calories, carbohydrates and salt will put people who don't know they have the disease at great risk," Dr. Dale Hamilton, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist with the Methodist Hospital in Houston, said in a hospital news release.
A new Danish study suggests that among HIV patients who are receiving well-organized care with free access to antiretroviral therapy, patients who smoke are at an earlier risk of death from smoking-related health issues than to HIV. The findings of the study emphasize the importance of kicking the butt among HIV infected patients in long-term.
A new study has found that eating a lot of snack foods raises the risk of cancer in people who have an inborn susceptibility to colorectal and other cancers. According to the study, these people with a risk of Lynch Syndrome may lower their risk by eating fewer snacks. People who inherit Lynch syndrome have high risks of developing colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, and other cancers at an early age.
The number of obese people is rapidly increasing and more and more research work is done to find a solution for the epidemic that entails many health problems along with it. Obesity is a problem not only in adults but in children as well. From junk food to video games, many factors have been blamed on the additional pounds that people are increasingly adding to their frames. According to a new report, obesity has now become a bigger health crisis globally than hunger. It is also the leading cause of disabilities around the world, the report says.
A new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University has linked childhood abuse to the adult onset of asthma in African-American women. According to the study, those who reported being abused before age 11 were more likely to contract asthma as adults when compared to women who were not abused either in childhood or during their teenage years. For the study, researchers followed 28,456 African-American women. They were asked to answer health questionnaires and were also asked about physical and sexual abuse during childhood up to age 11 or during adolescence, between ages 12 and 18.
Contrary to the earlier beliefs that in order to set a healthy metabolism rate, one must eat smaller meals several times a day, a new study suggests that for obese women, this formula might not work. "Our data suggests that, for obese women, eating fewer, bigger meals may be more advantageous metabolically compared to eating smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day," said the study's lead author, Tim Heden, a doctoral student in University of Missouri's Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
Research Explains Why Some Soldiers don't suffer from PTSD 
Study Finds Autistic People Do Not Hear Pleasure in Human Voices 
Waiting Could Be Better Than Radiation in Treating Early Prostate Cancer 
Red Meat Tied to Increasing Risk of Type Two Diabetes 
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Early Puberty in Girls 
Dr. Oz’s Miracle Green Coffee Does Not Help with Weight Loss, Study Reports 
Blood Tests Capable of Detecting Oral Cancers Caused by Sex 
Hormonal Therapy For Transsexual Patients is Safe, Study 
