In a study on mice, UC Irvine scientists have found stem cells in the brain that can produce new brain cells to replace those lost to disease or injury.

AIDS specialists are calling for a fundamental rethinking of HIV policy after a new report showed that infection with the virus was rising dramatically in the South...

Cigua-what? I had never heard of the word until I was reading about an outbreak of Ciguatera in Palm Beach County, Florida recently. At least 10 people have been...

INTRODUCTION Incontinence affects millions of Americans each year, with a high incidence in the long-term acute care population. Urine and stool can be caustic to the...

How many times have you been traveling and checked into a hotel that advertised a “fitness room,” only to find out their idea of fitness is a low-quality treadmill...

Novice teenage smokers often make repeated attempts to quit smoking soon after they start, but most are unsuccessful, according to research funded by the Canadian...

Wearing a signature scent is a practice that goes back thousands of years. It is one of the most primal forms of self-adornment and can have a huge impact on your own...

Two cups of McDonald’s iced coffee (BUY!) sit on the Fox 5 TV news desk, a punch-you-in-the-face product placement (BUY!) to chase down your morning news. They’ve...

The Food Standards Agency says radical action is needed to cut salt in a vast range of popular foods like Heinz Ketchup, Kellogg’s Cornflakes. Wondering why?...

The tobacco plant - responsible for millions of cancer cases - may actually offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests. US scientists used the...

What Is A Green Spa? A green spa is a center for healing, aesthetics and wellness where reducing the spa’s environmental footprint is a top priority.

Matthew noted earlier the connections between a high meat, high processed food-based diet and climate change; It has also been noted that obesity is an environmental...

The head of the family, Rajinder Garg (54) has donated blood for 136 times so far while his wife Sucheta Garg (52) has offered blood for 35 times in various blood...

Lately a number of medical writers have taken on these commonplaces and old wives’ tales.

The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS raised eyebrows earlier this year when it effectively said that HIV-infected people could safely not use condoms. But now a...

Despite violence and marginalisation, sex workers in Argentina are leading the way on HIV/Aids prevention

Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.

A woman was left disabled after following a “detox” diet which involved drinking large quantities of water.

It’s not necessarily laziness that makes people hit the “snooze” button in the morning. Most likely, your body clock is mismatched with the demands of your life.

People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit...