According to a new study, physical abuse may lead to poor heart health decades later and middle-aged women who were child abuse victims at increased risk for heart disease and diabetes.
According to researchers, contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year and could reduce maternal deaths by an addition 30 percent if needs are met globally.
Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, affects between 50 and 100 million people in the tropics and sub tropics each year.
After many a reports and researches on the ill effects of skin getting sunburned, here is something quite contrary to the previous findings.
Researchers found that overweight and obese people did not have an increased risk of death when compared to those with normal weight.
After a federal review legal drive against pain killer Oxycodone makers is being implemented
After non-melanoma skin cancer it is breast cancer that is the most common cancer among women in the United States.
You might want to add an extra fruit to your diet - strawberries. According to a new study, strawberries could surprisingly have some added some extra benefits to your health.
A conference in Dublin heard on Wednesday that the Tobacco industry is rapidly targeting women and young girls, hoping to encourage them to smoke.
Nearly 1.4 million homes and businesses in the eastern United States remained without power amid a heat wave on Tuesday, and storm damage forced many Fourth of July celebrations to be canceled.
According to a new UCLA study, men and women suffering with advanced heart failure and obesity are at significantly less risk for adverse outcomes.
Research at the National Institute on Aging conducted a study that revealed that loneliness in older adults may cause serious health problems and even death
Generally, after losing a child, bereaved parents get into a state of numbness and at times even denial. It could be accompanied by feelings of extreme anger, guilt, or fear.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among U.S. women. Combined with strokes, it is responsible for almost one in three deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A 2009 data from Office of National Statistics reveal that twin and triplet babies are five times more likely to die before their first birthday when compared to single born babies. According to the statistics, out of 706,248 live births, 3,180 single born babies were reported dead before one year, which counts to an average 4.5 deaths per 1,000 births. In case of multiple births, there were reportedly 20.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.