Promoting Mediterranean-style diets could have significant health benefits for young, working populations - according to recent study involving the diets of American firefighters.

Armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic affects many children, including some who have been killed, arrested, abducted, tortured, mutilated, sexually abused, and recruited by armed groups. Child...

Research indicates that cognitive therapy significantly reduced psychiatric symptoms in patients not taking antipsychotic drugs. If verified by future trials this could lead to patients been given...

The US FDA has published an interim final rule to safeguard the health of infants fed infant formula in the USA. The rule sets standards for manufacturers to produce safe infant formula that suppor...

A recent study suggests that women who take aspirin daily may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by 20%. Further research is needed before clinical recommendations can be made.

The number of UK patients receiving prescriptions for insulin increased (almost tripled) between 1991 and 2010. The number of people with prescriptions for insulin for type 2 diabetes overtook th...

Chiari malformation in dogs, specifically of the Griffon Bruxellois breed, has been the subject of recent research which found that dogs affected by the condition had taller foreheads and different...

Research finds that mathematical beauty activates same region of the human brain as art or music, that is the medial orbito-frontal cortex. This study was carried out in London (England) using an f...

Of approx. 8 million cancer deaths globally per year, more than 4.6 million men die from cancer each year, while approx. 3.5 million women die from cancer each year. Therefore global cancer death r...

The Canadian federal government has finalized new regulations that require stronger health warning labels to be displayed on sunbed (also called tanning beds) and related equipment. The labels warn...