Chicago - Promising advances in research could mean longer, healthier lives for women with breast cancer, the number one cancer in women worldwide,...
Beijing - China's capital seeks to snuff out smoking in indoor public places on Monday with a new ban, unprecedented fines and a...
Washington - Researchers have gained new understanding on the workings of amnesia through research that used light to revive lost memories in mice,...
Miami - A new kind of brain implant senses a patient's intent to move a robotic arm, offering new promise to people who...
Moscow - Russia's AIDS epidemic is worsening and at least two million people are likely to be infected with HIV in about five...
Paris - Drug-resistant typhoid has become an invisible epidemic in Africa, scientists said on Monday after an unprecedented probe into the disease. Writing...
Miami - Hispanics in the United States face a higher risk than whites of dying from diabetes and liver disease, according to the...
Bogota--The virus chikungunya has killed 25 people in Colombia in less than a year, the National Health Institute said Monday. Since the illness...
Paris--Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy, Swedish...
London--Britain's first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7 percent...
Washington--PepsiCo said Friday it was bowing to customer demand and doing away with the controversial sweetener aspartame in its diet line of cola...
Paris--French biotechnology company MedDay on Friday announced encouraging results for a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug trial, saying it decreased its progress and in...
Sydney--An Australian blogger and author who became a hit after claiming she was winning a battle with brain cancer through wholefoods and alternative...
Washington--US regulators assessing homeopathic treatments' safety and efficacy could overhaul rules of the multi-billion-dollar industry, they said Tuesday. Two days of public hearings...
Paris--A form of mental training which helps people recognise the onset of depression, and control it, works as well as anti-depressants in preventing...
Acapulco, Mexico--Authorities in Mexico's Pacific resort of Acapulco are fumigating streets and homes to combat an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, but...
Paris--In the biggest survey of its kind, British researchers reported Wednesday that e-cigarettes are popular with young adolescents, but few who try them...
