Healthcare

Brain size may one day be able to indicate if a person is prone to Alzheimer's disease or not. A new study has reveled that the brain of Alzheimer's sufferers starts shrinking 10 years before the onset of the memory-robbing disease.

Spring is in the air, and allergens have been floating everywhere and attacking millions of seasonal allergy sufferers, giving them nasal itching, runny nose, sneezing, stuffy nose, itchy and watery eyes.

While experts around the world say that playing video game can be dangerous to human health, a new research suggests the video games and virtual reality games can be an effective strategy in improving motor and cognitive skills in people who have had a stroke.

Freeze-dried strawberries have the potential to prevent esophageal cancer, according to new but preliminary research.

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca Plc got the green signal from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wednesday, for its new drug vandetanib for the treatment of a rare form of thyroid cancer.

The craving for junk food is not driven by personal failing or lack of resolution, but by powerful chemical reactions in the brain, claims a new study.

People trying to lose weight will not get the desired results from their diets, unless they catch enough shut-eye at night, claims a new study.

The controversial full-body airport scanners are back in the headlines, and this time for a good reason. According to new analysis by U.S. medical experts, airport body scanners pose no significant radiation threat to passengers.

Ever stopped and wondered why the pain of a broken heart can hurt just like the cut of a knife?

Very soon, city transit buses around the country will be shrinking their maximum number of riders and turning more and more people away during peak times.