Health

Watching too much TV can make you sick or even can kill you, warns a new study carried out by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

In what is being termed as a scientific miracle, an 8-year-old California girl has survived rabies without a vaccine, becoming the third person in the United States to overcome the disease.

Charla Nash, the Stamford, Conn. woman who was nearly eaten to death by a 200-pound rampaging chimpanzee, has received a new face, thanks to a ground-breaking transplant surgery she underwent last month at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Is fruit juice a part of your daily regime? Think twice before reaching out for that quick portion of fruit, as a new study states it is too sugary to be included in five-meals-a-day diet plan.

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland have discovered that proteins in the skins of some little-known frogs and toads have the potential to treat a number of ailments like cancer, diabetes and stroke.

Wrinkles, the bane of every woman’s life now come with a new risk, they might predict weak bones.

There is lot of evidence that green tea, the golden liquid the Chinese drink in copious amounts is a healthy drink, which can refresh, stimulate, and also ward off chronic diseases.

Disgusting, as it may sound, but a new study has suggested that eating dirt can be good for belly. The habit of eating clay, mud or dirt, which is known as geophagy, actually can protect the stomach against toxins, parasites, and pathogens, according to an extensive meta-analysis done by Cornell University researchers.

In a novel study, scientists at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil have gathered convincing evidence that early use of cannabis by adolescents can damage their brain cells and impair their mental faculties.

Whether cellphones cause brain cancer is a question that's long been debated. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now come up with fresh evidence that mobile phone use may cause brain cancer.