SYDNEY - Drinking untreated rainwater is safe for your health, according to an Australian study.
SYDNEY - Drinking untreated rainwater is safe for your health, according to an Australian study.
CHICAGO - Low total cholesterol may be a sign of cancer rather than a cause, as some researchers have suggested, and men who have low cholesterol actually have a lower risk of developing high-risk prostate cancer, two teams reported on Tuesday.
CHICAGO - H1N1 flu can cause severe disease in people of all ages and appears to pose a special threat to those who are obese, according to an analysis of H1N1 cases in California released on Tuesday.
SIAYA, Kenya — A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby’s head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-old who already has malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills a million African children every year.
The more television that a three-year-old watches, the more likely he or she is to behave aggressively, according to a U.S. study.
CHICAGO - A person’s long-term risk of heart disease is better assessed by a pair of studies, as performing only one may miss a dangerous buildup of calcium in arteries, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Bad moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad make people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.
Investing $39 billion in preventing and treating pneumonia, the disease that is the world¡¯s leading killer of young children, could save up to 5.3 million lives by 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations children¡¯s fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
To fight pneumonia, the world’s top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion over the next six years.
Always head to the doctor’s office if you experience a prolonged, racing heart rate or a skipping heartbeat.