A study has found genes being responsible for the less or high immunity of people, as some recover from the flu overnight while some can take weeks to recover, ABC report said.
As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
Researchers have based their findings after comparing green and black tea to soda and orange juice in terms of their short- and long-term erosive effect on teeth, the latest issue of the 'General Dentistry' journal reported.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said India has a long way to go towards controlling the incidence of diabetes in the country, which has assumed dimensions of a 'tsunami'.
Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population, will not follow the Malaysian move to ban Muslims from practicing yoga, the country's top clerics have said.
A Toronto University study shows that well-educated people have a greater sense of control over their lives and careers.
Chronic vitamin D deficiency may be a culprit in heart disease, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome, a new study has suggested.
Hectic lifestyles have nearly halved the attention span of average Britons from 12 minutes a decade ago to five minutes and seven seconds, a new research shows.
Fifty years from now, if current trends persist, obesity will be up there with climate change and water shortage as one of the biggest problems facing India.
Uncertainty can be more stressful for some people than a clear negative response, says a new study.- The constant fluctuations on Wall Street can grate on even the toughest businessman's or businesswoman's nerves.
Ban on fast food TV ads could reduce obesity among children by 18 percent, according to a new study.
More than a quarter of children who don't get adequate sleep become either overweight or hyperactive, says a Canadian study.
A new Bod Pod will accurately measure fat and muscle mass with the potential to boost research on obesity and athletic performance.
Residents in the European Union's wealthier nations live in good health up to 14 years longer than their more recent EU neighbours to the east, according to a major study published on Monday.
Have you laughed today? Good thing if you have because most people take life too seriously.
A simple yet cost effective way to reduce stress or anxiety is chewing sugarfree gum, according to a study.
Heart failure patients who regularly exercised felt better than similar patients who did not work out regularly, say Duke University Medical Centre researchers after a new study.
A Canadian study says babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression in their adult life.
A therapy developed by Liverpool University and Pakistani scientists will be a boon to millions of depressed women in developing countries.- Obese women tend to be more impulsive than their normal weight counterparts, according to a study.
Latest research suggests that crying is not only a stress-buster, but is good at healing too.
Current dosage for treating rheumatoid arthritis might be too weak to slow down or halt joint damage.
Sex therapists, who put overwhelming emphasis on foreplay, may have been getting it wrong for a research now suggests that it has little or no significance when it comes to the likelihood of having an orgasm.- Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.
