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.

A recent study has found that more than half of young people in Indonesia say they are not happy with who makes decisions in their lives – most of these unhappy respondents were girls.

Cutting back on red meat is standard medical advice to prevent cancer and heart disease -- but a review of dozens of studies has concluded that the potential risk is low and evidence uncertain.

Indonesia's family planning program was once so successful that a Chinese minister disclosed that his country learned from Indonesia.

Indonesia’s family planning program, once the nation’s pride, suffered a critical setback and stagnated following the implementation of decentralization in 2001.

Many of the hundreds of e-cigarette users who have developed lung problems in recent months, some of them fatal, used black market marijuana products, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

An unhealthy heart can be fatal in the long run and despite this, young people in Indonesia tend to overlook the importance of taking care of this organ.

British soccer star David Beckham loves having chamomile tea just before going to bed while celebrity chef Jeremy Pang finds kneading dough and slicing ingredients therapeutic and helps him sleep better.

Sleep is for the weak, some say, but facts show that sleep is the key to success.

Walmart Inc. will stop selling e-cigarettes in its U.S. locations as the country grapples with a string of vaping-related deaths.

A meta-analysis study shows that low to moderate daily alcohol consumption may improve the metabolism of patients with diabetes type 2.

So what do we know for sure about electronic cigarettes?

Black carbon particles typically emitted by vehicle exhaust and coal-fired power plants have been detected on the fetus-facing side of placentas, researchers said Tuesday.

A cancer-causing compound banned by U.S. regulators last year as a food additive has been found at potentially dangerous levels in mint and menthol flavored e-cigarette liquids and smokeless tobacco products, researchers said on Monday.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes besides tobacco and menthol in response to a recent nationwide spate of sometimes deadly lung illnesses that U.S. health officials have linked to vaping.

Kenya on Friday became the third country to start routinely innoculating infants against malaria, using the world's first vaccine to combat a disease that kills 800 children globally every day.

The Trump administration has announced it will soon ban flavored e-cigarette products to deter an ever growing number of young users. It comes amid an outbreak of vaping-linked severe pulmonary disease that has killed six people and sickened hundreds.

Billionaire and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $160 million campaign to ban flavored e-cigarettes in the United States following a spike in vaping deaths.

Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide each year -- more than those killed by war and homicide or breast cancer, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging action to avert the tragedies.

Malaria can be eradicated within a generation and the World Health Organization (WHO) should not shy away from this "goal of epic proportions", global health experts said on Sunday.

A third person has died in the United States as a result of severe pulmonary disease linked to vaping, officials said on Friday, in an outbreak that has sickened hundreds and left several teens in induced comas.