Gaining popularity in recent years, lemon water is claimed to have many health benefits.

Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked to vaping.

Here are four reasons to refrain from zero-carb diets.

New York state is considering banning so-called virginity tests after an American rapper sparked outcry by saying he takes his daughter to a gynecologist every year to check her hymen is still intact.

Hot weather can cause a spike in the number of babies being born early, a phenomenon that may harm infant health and is likely to get worse as temperatures climb due to climate change, scientists said Monday.

Awareness of and taking steps to address climate change can also help manage “eco-anxiety”, a type of anxiety over the potential for ecological disasters and environmental threats that has been emerging recently.

If you’re not careful (or too busy jamming), cycling or running on the road while wearing headphones or earphones can lead to unwanted accidents.

Ahead of World AIDS day, Indonesian LGBT+ rights activists warn that escalating “moral panic” is discouraging vulnerable populations from accessing HIV prevention and treatment.

English doctors have developed a urine test to screen for prostate cancer, which can be done at home. With the new test, the scientists are hoping to make it easier for men to avoid more invasive and time-consuming diagnostic methods such as digital rectal examination.

In an ever more religiously conservative Indonesia, LGBT people are living in fear for their safety, yet they still have hope deep inside for a more tolerant community in the future.

According to Communications and Information Ministry data, 182 out of 1,224 hoaxes spread between August 2018 and March 2019 were medical hoaxes.

Evidence shows that aging alone is not a cause of major problems until you are in your mid-90s.

Natural ingredients can be use to create alternative cleaning products. Here's how.

With a raging fever, vomiting and diarrhea, Gregory Rodriguez thought he had some kind of bug when he checked himself into the emergency room at a New York hospital in September.

In my work as a music therapist, I’ve noticed the impact music can have on anxiety.

The new research suggests that for your health it could be better to move your feet before you eat.

The United States topped the list as the country where the drugs were most expensive, closely followed by Japan. At the other end of the scale, Thailand was where access to the treatments was cheapest.

New American research has studied the extent to which yoga and physiotherapy can be effective against back pain and sleep disturbance, with a view to reducing the use of painkillers. 

For some people, fermented foods might cause serious health issues.

What makes us sweat, why do we do it – and can some conditions prevent us from doing it at all?

Omega-3 fish oil supplements can improve attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) just as much as drug treatments, but only in those whose blood levels of omega-3 are low, trial results showed on Wednesday.

An Australian judge will rule this week whether Johnson & Johnson hid the risks of its vaginal-mesh products and damaged the organs of women, in the latest ruling in worldwide litigation against the US company over the devices.

Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and making lifestyle changes, US researchers reported on Saturday.

The Nairobi Summit ended on Thursday with a road map of actions to transform the world for women and girls as promised in Cairo, Egypt 25 years ago.

Apple Inc on Thursday launched an app that will let users of its devices to enroll in three health studies, allowing them to share health-related data for medical research.

Over 800 women die each day from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth while some 232 million women want to prevent pregnancy but are not using modern contraception.

Spanish health authorities confirmed Friday a case of a man spreading dengue through sex, a world first for a virus which until recently was thought to be transmitted only by mosquitos.

At least one in five people could not afford science's 'ideal diet' designed to feed 10 billion people without hurting the planet, according to a study published on Friday.

Heavily pregnant Rachel Gokavi spends most days shut away in her New Delhi home, desperate to shield her unborn child from the toxic air blamed for soaring miscarriage rates and infant deaths.

Psychology can be a huge factor in your diet's success.