Stroke patients do not fare better with brain stents, a study has shown.
2011 has been an unprecedented year for extreme weather, and a new report links the meteorological fury to the long arc of climate change.
In the first randomized controlled study of Weight Watchers participants, family doctors compared the commercial weight-loss program with standard care, and found that Weight Watchers was more than twice as effective.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory has revealed information on late-phase solar flares.
A draft statement from the United Nations on addressing chronic diseases an upcoming summit served as a great disappointment after no mention of how to tackle and treat disease epidemics, an international health group said group Thursday.
Doctors are paid more in the United States than in any other country, a new study has revealed.
One in four Americans respect smokers less than nonsmokers
If you are an amateur sky-watcher, all that you need today is a pair of good binoculars and clear sky and you might get lucky to see the brightest supernova after 40 years!
A seven-ton satellite is expected to re-enter earth’s atmosphere late this month or in early October.
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was deployed by the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-48) on Sept. 15, 1991 to study Earth’s atmosphere. Now a junk, the satellite is falling to Earth.
NASA currently has only 61 astronauts. To meet the demands of the International Space Station (ISS) crew requirement, NASA has to take significant steps to ensure that it maintains a highly trained corps for the upcoming programs.
An astronomer and a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Peter Nugent, last week detected the light of the universe's brightest star, the Supernova.
Middle-aged women, who indulge in moderate consumption of an alcoholic beverage on a regular basis, stand a better chance of staying healthy as they grow older, research shows.
A new study by the researchers of Aarhus University says that dolphins produce sounds in the same way as humans, they do not whistle, but talk to each other using a similar process of communication as humans.
A study published this week in Geophysical Research Letters disproves recent claims that clouds are the root cause of climate change.
A nationwide law enforcement crackdown has charged 91 people with participating in Medicare fraud schemes involving $295 million in false billing.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured never-before-seen images from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites which show the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored the lunar surface.
NASA's defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is expected to plunge on earth in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October, officials said Wednesday. Though the 6.5 ton satellite is expected to burn up as it enters the earth's atmosphere, NASA doesn't rule out the possibility of solid pieces touching the ground.
According to a new research precious metals arrived on the earth when a cataclysmic meteor shower pounded our planet 3.9 billion years ago.
Aggressive use of cardiovascular drugs is much more effective in preventing a recurrence of stroke than deploying a stent to prop open narrowed arteries in the brain, a U.S. government-funded study reports.
Patients who are referred by their doctors to Weight Watchers were found to lose about twice as much weight as those on a standard weight-loss program over a 12-month period as reported in a study in The Lancet.
The sun unleashed an unusually strong X2.1-class solar flare on Tuesday which was four times stronger than the earlier M-class flare that erupted on Sept. 6 at about 0150 GMT.
A study finds that middle-age women who indulge in one drink a day or less on a regular basis may have a better chance of being healthier when they're older.
The NBC news veteran told her audience about her diagnosis Wednesday evening at the end of her MSNBC show Andrea Mitchell Reports.
Two studies released over the last week report that up to half of Americans and 40 percent of Europeans will suffer from a mental health disorder during their lifetime.
A 20-year-old NASA satellite is set to plunge back to Earth between late September and early October and is expected to rain debris over a wide area.
A new report warns that United States is running out of astronauts and NASA's current staffing plans are insufficient to maintain its presence on the International Space Station and prepare for the next generation of spaceflight.
Weight Watchers is more effective to lose weight than seeking doctor’s advice, according to a new study.
Although a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found cigarette smoking in the U.S declined by almost two percent between 2005 and 2010, the rate of reduction is lower than it was throughout the previous 40 years.
A drink a day keeps the doctor away, according to a new study linking alcohol consumption to health in older women.