HEALTH

A new study, presented on Nov. 30, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RNSA), links the consumption of fish to brain structure, while focusing on the risk of contracting Alzheimer's.

The Healthy Food Incentive Ordinance approved last year by the city's Board of Supervisors aims at fighting child obesity. The initiatives were introduced to reduce the allure of fast food restaurants and promote healthier food options for children.

For some, it may just be an excuse to be lascivious, but sex addiction has become an epidemic in the U.S., with over nine million Americans classified as sex addicts.

A new survey from Expedia.com shows that U.S. employees get less vacation time that nearly every other country - worse still, Americans don't even use all of it.

A new youth novel aims to teach Native American children about type 2 diabetes, a disease that strikes adults and has become epidemic among the community.

Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the infection under control, increasing the risk that they will spread the disease to others, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

Contradicting the popular belief that men are obsessed with thoughts of sex, it has been found by a new study that men really think about sex only 19 times per day.

St. Petersburg, Fl., is apparently the saddest city in America, with Detroit, Mi. not far behind, according to a study by Men's Health magazine, which used data such as unemployment and suicid rates, antidepressant usage and the number of people who actually admitted to depression.

One in every five HIV-positive Americans are unaware of their condition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. That's 240,000, out of 1.2 million Americans, of whom just an estimated 28 percent have the infection under control.

Authors of a new scientific study speculated that a laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet on the lap near the testes may result in decreased male fertility.

Having an abusive boss is bad enough for one’s work life. A new study from Baylor University suggested that it could also negatively affect one’s marriage.

In people with low blood levels of vitamin D, boosting them with supplements more than halved a person's risk of dying from any cause compared to someone who remained deficient, in a large new study.

Eating a diet based on fish, legumes, vegetables and moderate amounts of alcohol is linked to lower chances of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other vascular events, according to a new study of New York City residents.

At least six people have died of AIDS after evangelical churches in Great Britain told them that God had cured their HIV and that they could stop taking medication, according to a Sky News investigation. Another person thinks he infected his partner after his church told him he could have unprotected sex and start a family.

Secondary pharmaceutical distributors say a major report that accused them of price gouging -- and as a result, worsening the current U.S. drug shortage -- used exaggerated figures to imply so-called 'gray market' vendors charge exorbitant prices for their products.

The Geneva-based fund was set up in 2002 and supported by around 150 donor countries. It works in collaboration with other organizations to promote treatment and large scale prevention programs against three chosen diseases.

A study has revealed that most heart patients prefer long life to quality of life.

Middle-age women who eat a lot of refined carbohydrates and drink a moderate amount of alcohol might offset their risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.

Jordan, the dominant athlete of my lifetime, a global icon, and widely regarded as the greatest basketball player in history, is now fat.

Maggie Daley, who served 22 years as Chicago's First Lady, died shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, at the age of 68.

Mark Pearson, head of the OECD health division attributes the higher prices to lack of ‘an effective government mechanism that acts to keep prices down.’ That's simply not there in the U.S. system. So it's a structural defect, he said.

A judge on Thursday set a $15,000 bond for fake doctor Oneal Ron Morris, a 30-year-old transgender woman who has been accused of running a black market business injecting people with a toxic substance to make them curvier. Authorities have also arrested a second person in connection with the notorious toxic tush case in South Florida.

Former professional wrestler Andre Davis on Wednesday was convicted of 14 felonious assault counts after being accused of having sex with several women without telling them he had tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The medicinal value of cannabis is a controversial topic. The debate centering on the legality of its use in certain situations has been unresolved for decades now, fueled, to some extent, by the U.S. federal authorities refusal to accept its possible medicinal uses. That refusal has hit the billion dollar marijuana industry hard in recent times.

Bacteria lurk on just about every surface in public restrooms, from toilets to faucets to floors, according to a new study. The good news is that most of cataloged microbes were relatively harmless and came from human skin.

Slimmed-down songbird and actress Jennifer Hudson clarified that is she getting married to fiancé David Otunga and even gave dating advice to women who are looking for love in Los Angeles.

Young adults who take oral antibiotics for acne may be more likely to get sore throats, according to a new study.

People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according to new research released on Monday.

Three Former Synthes Inc. officials Monday were sentenced to jail for the unapproved medical trials of a bone-cement drug in spinal surgeries that left three people dead.