Women 75 and older do not benefit from regular screening mammograms, researchers reported on Monday, offering some of the first evidence on whether screening makes sense in these women.

There is no robust proof that the coronavirus can be spread by someone with no symptoms of the disease, clinical director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) said. 

Critical care resources in central China are being strained by coronavirus patients needing a month or more on mechanical ventilators, a study finds.

In a first, US researchers have used artificial intelligence to identify a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing several drug-resistant bacteria.

Alcohol-related deaths in the United States rose sharply from roughly 2012 through 2016, with the biggest increases among white and Latino women.

The World Health Organization cautioned years ago that a mysterious “disease X” could spark an international contagion. The new coronavirus, with its ability to quickly morph from mild to deadly, is emerging as a contender.

As chilling as it sounds, traveling in the time of the coronavirus may just be a new reality.

People who use fitness trackers have been frustrated with how they get “credit” for their activities, which drives some users to abandon fitness trackers.

Titled Serangan Maut Mendadak (Sudden Cardiac Attack), the comic also seeks to raise awareness on the importance of healthy living as the simplest way to lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

The expert team, led by Zhong Nanshan, a renowned respiratory specialist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, agreed that chloroquine phosphate can be used to treat more COVID-19 patients, Sun said.

In a world first, a woman rendered infertile by cancer treatment gave birth after one of her immature eggs was matured, frozen, and then -- five years later -- thawed and fertilized, researchers in France reported.

A violinist helped surgeons avoid damage to her brain during surgery to remove a tumor by playing her instrument, the UK hospital where she underwent the innovative procedure said. 

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announced Jan. 21, 2020 that he has a type of Parkinson’s called Parkin, named after the gene associated with this type of Parkinson’s. Parkin is involved in maintaining the energy-producing area of cells, called mitochondria.

While much of the world is focused on the new coronavirus, Russia in recent days has seen a surge of interest in HIV testing, all thanks to a YouTube star.

Infants exposed to chemicals in household cleaning products could develop asthma as early as three years of age, Canadian researchers warn in a new study published Tuesday. 

Strava, which tracks the sports activity trends of some 50 million people in almost 200 countries, surveyed 25,000 runners and found that half of them say they either hate it or barely tolerate it, while only 8% love it.

New European research has found that the more added sugar we eat, the fewer vitamins and minerals we appear to consume in our daily diets.

Growth stunting – when a child does not grow properly and fails to meet height averages that match their age, resulting in brain damage that causes issues such as low IQ and illness later in life – affects one in three Indonesian children.

Typically, everybody is exposed to two milliseiverts (mSv) per year throughout our lives from natural background radiation.

New research has found that having 10 or more sexual partners in a lifetime appears to be linked to a higher incidence of being diagnosed with cancer.

With much of the 1.4 billion population ordered indoors and gyms closed, people are competing to outdo each other in how many bottles of water they can lift, how many push-ups they can do with their children on their backs or how many flights of stairs they can scale in their tower blocks.

The rise of "fake news" - including misinformation and inaccurate advice on social media - could make disease outbreaks such as the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic currently spreading in China worse, according to research published on Friday.

While envy is a shared human experience, demeaning others’ achievements to make you feel better about yourself is damaging. 

According to new research, walking more increases healthy activity levels but doesn't appear to prevent weight gain.

New European research has found that men who are taller in young adulthood may have a lower risk of dementia in old age.

To avoid the further spreading of the virus and ensure we’re doing our best to stay healthy, among the necessary -- and easiest -- precautions is to wash our hands.

Wall's and Magnum ice cream maker Unilever will stop advertising its food and beverages to children under the age of 12 on traditional and social media, it said on Wednesday, responding to growing concerns over childhood obesity.

New US research has found that having an optimistic partner could help you live a healthier life.

Having genetically higher levels of the sex hormone testosterone increases the risk of developing diabetes and some types of cancer in women, and reduces diabetes risk but raises some cancer risks in men.

One in five Americans who undergo elective surgery receive surprise bills -- despite their insurance covering the procedure -- researchers said Tuesday, with the average debt around $2,000.