Healthcare

A new research has found that helping chronic fatigue syndrome patients to push themselves and try to overcome the condition brings about greater improvement than having them accept their condition and get used to limited movements.

Here is some heartening news for all those who keep enduring pain and put off total knee replacements (TKR) amid concerns that the quality of the result and the amount of function in the reconstructed knee decreases over time.

The internet world is abuzz with multiple tabloid reports that Apple co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, is stricken with pancreatic cancer and may have just six weeks to live.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday expanded the use of the Lap-Band, a weight loss device made by Irvine-based Allergan Inc. for people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 who have at least one obesity-related health problem like diabetes or hypertension.

Eating berries regularly can lower an individual’s risk of developing Parkinson's Disease (PD), a progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, suggests a new study by US researchers.

The inability to elicit feelings of concern for others, sentiments widely acknowledged as markers of empathy, may be due to high levels of testosterone, the male sex hormone, suggests a new study from the universities of Cambridge and Utrecht.

People generally close their eyes, or look away or grit their teeth while receiving any painful procedure. But a new study has found that injections are less painful if you resist the natural compulsion to look away.

As the US economy comes out of recession, nipping and tucking for cosmetic procedures ranging from “mummy makeovers” for new mothers, facial rejuvenation and tummy tucks, to nose re-shaping and eyelid cosmetic surgery are at a record high in the nation.

Countless studies have linked the consumption of sugar-laden sodas with multiple risk factors for heart disease. Now, a new study also supports these claims.

In a bizarre medical error, a pharmacy in the state of Colorado mistakenly gave a pregnant woman an abortion pill instead of an antibiotic her doctor had prescribed, according to multiple online published media reports.