HEALTH

How much drinking kids and teens had seen in recent movies was linked to the chances they overdid it on alcohol themselves in a new study from six European countries.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez confirmed this weekend that he had suffered a recurrence of cancer, saying he would need radiotherapy treatment after the removal of another tumor even though there was no evidence of metastasis.

Cardiac cellular therapies are undergoing global clinical trials with encouraging early results and these economical options will soon be available in India which could bring relief to patients who cannot afford the currently available expensive surgical treatments, says Indian American cardiac surgeon Dr Mukesh Hariawala.

Around 910,000 live have been saved globally owing to a six-year policy of collaboration between AIDS and tuberculosis health services, the World Health Organisation mentioned.

Cupcake automats are coming to the streets of Manhattan by summer to offer cupcake-craving consumers the 24-hour spot for sugar satiation--how will the health-conscious Bloomberg administration react?

Saffron extract recently made headlines after television's most popular doctor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, promoted the supplement on his show. Dr. Oz revealed saffron extract as a natural appetite suppressant. Here are six other natural appetite suppressants that can help aid in weight loss.

With plastic surgery addiction on the rise, one celeb doctor asks, has LiLo traded drugs for the knife?

Raw meat and poultry must carry nutrition labels, according to a new USDA rule.

Teens with chronic fatigue syndrome responded significantly better to online therapy than they did to in-person therapy, according to a new study.

While teens are often discouraged from engaging with their laptops before sleep, a new online therapy program has proved to recover fatigue in teenagers over a 6-month period.

The Senate narrowly backed a key plank of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform Thursday by rejecting a sweeping Republican measure that would have allowed employers to opt out of birth control coverage and other medical services on moral grounds.

The FDA approved the first flu vaccine to protect against four strains of the virus.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reversed memory loss in the brains of mice, giving hope for a future treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Beyonce dined with Jay-Z and baby Blue Ivy Carter at Sant Ambroeus in New York City's West Village last Saturday. During the meal, three observers confirmed to Us Weekly magazine that the new mama breastfed her Blue Ivy at the table. Women voiced their support for the singer's act on Twitter particularly with emphasis on how she can and will be a role model for breastfeeding in the African-American community.

Only three weeks after launching the Habit Heroes exhibit at its Florida theme park, Disney has been accused of fat-shaming victims of weight problems. According to USA Today, The National Association of Fat Acceptance accused Disney of using the tool of shame to reach children. Critics have virulently lashed out at the exhibit, calling it ineffective and insensitive and Disney has responded by closing down the anti-obesity exhibit, closing down the exhibit's website f...

Senate Democrats beat back an amendment from Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri that would allow any employer and insurance company to withhold coverage of certain procedures if they can claim a moral or religious reason.

The Senate is expected Thursday to defeat a largely symbolic measure that would exempt employers such as Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and charities from a controversial White House rule requiring free birth control coverage.

Fast-food menu boards often do not provide enough information for customers to make healthy choices, according to a new study.

Added sugars make up too much of children and teen diets and are contributing to the growing obesity problem.

As the Qnexa weight-loss pill awaits approval by the FDA, here's a list of five non-dieting meds people take to cut fat. Warning: these prescription medications are meant to be used to address other issues, but they have been proven in studies to also help people drop pounds.

Almost 1.3 million people will die of cancer in the European Union this year, but death rates from the disease are on a steady decline, according to new research released on Wednesday.

China hopes to cap the number of people living with HIV/AIDS at 1.2 million by 2015, up from around 780,000 at present, partly by promoting increased condom use, the government said in an action plan released on Wednesday.

In a new study, researchers observed for the first time that a universal vaccine could allow for a more wide-scale prevention of flu by restraining the ability of the influenza virus to spread and mutate. According to experts, the new study is a first attempt to understand the population consequences of the next generation of vaccines as regards the epidemiology and evolutionary impact on the virus.

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have isolated egg producing stem cells from human ovarian tissues. The new study is seen as a precursor to solving fertility issues in women of reproductive ages. If made viable, the study could benefit young women undergoing cancer therapy and older women who have to resort to egg donors.

Taking sleeping pills could put you at an increased risk of premature death or cancer, according to a new study.

Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback who several women have publicly asked to make them his girlfriend or take them out, decided that the lucky girl who would get to go on a date with him would be Presli Collins, 10. Tebow recently took Collins, who was born with a rare tumor disorder, on her first date.

Researchers have discovered a new strain of the flu virus in bats.

Just one month after Costa Concordia smashed into a reef and capsized, the Italian cruise company, Costa Crociere SpA faces a new emergency with Cruise Line Allegra stranded without power in pirate infested waters.

Pharmaceutical company Glenmark Generics issued a recall on Friday for birth control pills norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets due to a packaging error that poses a risk for consumers to become pregnant, just months after a major recall from another drug company.