NEW YORK - Most American teenagers are not as active as they should be but a lack of exercise does not seem to be to blame for the rising rates of teen obesity, according to a US study.
NEW YORK - Most American teenagers are not as active as they should be but a lack of exercise does not seem to be to blame for the rising rates of teen obesity, according to a US study.
Living with pain is stressful, but a bit of mental training can help you cope. A new study has found that short and simple meditation training can improve pain management.
People with anxious personalities are more likely to have poor oral health, including decayed or missing teeth, says a new study.
Researchers have discovered ways to create tastier and healthier ice-creams.
CHICAGO - Cancer patients who took drugs to cut the risk of anemia were twice as likely to develop blood clots in the lungs or legs as other patients, a decade-long study of more than 55,000 cancer patients has found.
WASHINGTON – Human embryonic stem cells may one day be used to help people recover abilities to learn and remember that are lost after radiation treatment for brain tumors, experiments on rats suggest.
NEW YORK - Extreme temperatures and heavy air pollution boost heart attack risk, according to a major new study.
GENEVA - Despite living six to eight years longer than men, women lack essential health care throughout their lives, particularly as teenagers and elderly people, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of puberty and old age due to social inequalities with men, the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage that often follows such injuries, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.