HEALTH

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, 56, deemed irreplaceable by millions of fans of the operating system, died on Wednesday due to his long battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, beginning in 2004, when he underwent transplant surgery for it.

Sewage is home to thousands of novel, undiscovered viruses, some of which could relate to human health according to a new study.

In Iowa state a pregnant woman has suffered a miscarriage after contracting listeria infection traced to cantaloupes

The toll from listeria-tainted cantaloupes has risen to 18 dead and 100 sickened, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Wednesday.

Study shows hate circuit broken depressed people.

The FDA announced that the drug Avastin may impair fertility in some women. The drug's manufacturer has been battling the FDA for months to keep the agency from revoking its approval of Avastin's ability to treat breast cancer.

Mathematical model shows impact of smoking on the world.

Smoking could be responsible for 40 million excess deaths from tuberculosis between 2010 and 2050, says a new study.

The death toll in the U.S. from a Listeria outbreak traced to cantaloupes has risen to 18, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

Women who use contraception injections double their likelihood that they will contract an HIV infection or transmit it to their male partners according to a new research.

Study suggests that lighter-skinned people take vitamin D supplements.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a dramatic decline in drunk driving incidents, the lowest in two decades, most likely caused by the current state of the U.S. economy.

Study suggests that doctors check with mild stroke patients about depression and other effects.

A breast cancer survivor said she was subjected to a humiliating public pat down at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport even though she offered to produce documentation on her medical implants.

Men who have extramarital affairs are increasing their risk of penile fracture, a new study found. According to the new report from a University of Maryland researcher, there is a link between patients suffering from penile fracture and extramarital affairs.

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, first considering whether Medicaid recipients and health care providers may sue California for cutting reimbursement rates.

The Facebook pages of college students could, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, indicate which of them display symptoms of alcohol dependence and abuse.

Study suggests that those who post drunk photos on Facebook will have alcohol problems in life.

On Saturday, Denmark became the first country in the world to introduce a fat tax, surcharge on unhealthy foods that are high in saturated fat for in hopes of curbing bad eating habits.

During this year's breast cancer awareness month campaign, a sea of pink ribbons and supporters gather across the country for a number of events.

On Monday, the Nobel Prize awards committee, in an official Press Release, announced the winners for the prize in Physiology or Medicine. American scientist Bruce A. Beutler, has been declared the winner of the 2011 Prize, along with Frenchman Jules A. Hoffmann, for their discoveries of receptor proteins that can activate innate immunity. In addition to Beutler and Hoffman, the committee also recognized Ralph M. Steinman, for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunit...

More than 1 in 10 parents refuse or delay vaccinating their children mainly because of safety concerns, according to a national survey found.

With October being breast cancer awareness month a research is showing that commonly used blood pressure drugs could cut the risk of breast cancer spreading.

Emergency-room doctors in Washington state are worried a new plan would limit low-income Medicaid patients to three nonemergency visits each year, possibly causing its own emergency, and they are suing.

Men are faced with a higher possibility to have potentially precancerous lesions at an early age when compared to women, says a new study.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, TV's most popular medical expert, wants to keep you looking and feeling your best, so he has posted a shopping list on his Web site with 100 foods to try.

Cantaloupes contaminated with listeria have now killed 15 people and sickened 84 in an outbreak that has lasted for more than two months, the Centers for Disease Control said on Friday.

October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month is all about spreading awareness and support about breast cancer and those whose lives have been affected by the disease.

Fifteen people are now confirmed dead and another 84 sickened in the recent listeriosis outbreak in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.