No one wants blisters while showing off their new shoes, so you may want to prepare the shoes and your feet before walking with them.

Checking your phone right before bed may expose you to the threat of a sleeping disorder.

A blood test that may be able to detect breast cancer up to five years before symptoms develop could be available by 2025 if development is fully funded, UK researchers said.

A ban on smoking in Austrian bars and restaurants took effect Friday, making it one of the last European countries to stub out the habit in indoor public places after years of protracted debate and protests.

Google agreed Friday to buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion in a move giving the US tech giant a fresh entry in the wearable technology space and helping it ramp up its challenge to Apple.

A young woman in Texas who remained awake for her brain surgery was able to speak to doctors during the procedure – and viewers form around the world looked on, as part of the operation was livestreamed on Facebook.

New preliminary research has found that tucking into an avocado on toast could help lower levels of "bad" cholesterol.

Evidence is weak for whether medicinal cannabis treatments can relieve mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and psychosis, and doctors should prescribe them with great caution, researchers said on Monday.

New Australian research has found that young mothers appear to be more likely to have a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

If going to the gym sounds too much, yoga is said to be one of the best workouts you can do to prevent osteoporosis.

The 75-year-old Joanna Perez Osuna spends up to six hours a day walking the streets of of Badalona, chasing after digital ghosts, dragons and monsters of Pokemon Go.

A new German study using epidemiology, psychology, neural imaging, and geo informatics shows that green spaces in cities help preserve their population’s mental health.

The deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains an "urgent" global health emergency, The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday at its Emergency Committee meeting.

Remember that anyone can experience mental health issues at any point of time, irrespective of gender, age and ethnicity.

When Ashwini Sivananthan felt a lump in her right breast, she knew almost instinctively that something wasn’t right. 

Based on data from the Basic Health Survey (Riskesdas) in 2018, hypertension affects 34.1 percent of Indonesia’s adult population, with kidney failure the most common result of the disease.

US health officials said on Friday there may be more than one cause behind the nationwide outbreak of serious lung illnesses linked to vaping, and that they have not yet seen a meaningful drop in new cases.

There are many dreadful ways to die; preventable tobacco-caused lung and heart diseases rival the Inquisition. They’re the biggest killers in Indonesia. And the kids are getting hooked. The number of under-18 smokers is rising.

New UK research has found that if a woman experience stress before or during their pregnancy her baby’s brain development could be affected.

To help you take care of your own mental health, today and throughout the year, here we round up four lifestyle changes that can be easily made to help boost our mental well-being.

A stigma is still attached to mental illness in the minds of many Indonesians, but volunteer groups are seeking to change that.

Breast cancer awareness community Pink Shimmerinc shares the struggles of survivors and emphasizes the importance of breast self-examinations.

The image of Britain's Princess Diana shaking hands with AIDS patients at a London hospital in 1987 was hailed as a milestone in the battle against the stigma surrounding people with the virus.

Around 20 percent of each batch of haj pilgrims are flat-footed or have the pes planus deformity, which means they are likely to walk slower and become more easily exhausted.

A French man paralyzed in a night club accident can walk again thanks to a brain-controlled exoskeleton in what scientists said Wednesday was a breakthrough providing hope to tetraplegics seeking to regain movement.

The number of patients suffering from probable lung injury associated with e-cigarette use has surged to more than a thousand, US health authorities said Thursday, while the death toll from the outbreak now stands at 18.

American researchers have attempted to determine if being addicted to one's smartphone can lead to depression or if people who are subject to depressive symptoms are more vulnerable to this type of addiction.

The youth representatives that attended the international family planning conference in Yogyakarta want to be involved – not just heard – regarding the development of sexual and reproductive health programs that target them.

The teen years may, if not handled right, turn into a period of conflict between parents and children. A new campaign aims to bring them together.

Russians might have a reputation as a nation of hard drinkers, but a report by the World Health Organization published Tuesday showed their alcohol consumption has dropped by more than 40 percent from its peak in the early 2000s.