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US President Barack Obama will not be going to Indonesia and Australia until June, in order to push his health reform bill forward.

The move, which will delay Obama's effort to intensify US engagement with the dynamic Asia Pacific region, ...  Read more

The GAVI vaccine alliance has pressed for more funds to make life-saving jabs available for the poor.

The Global Alliance on Vaccines Initiative says it has helped boost immunisation levels since 2000 by funding new vaccination programmes ...  Read more

A new study has shown that patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were more than 550 percent more likely to have routine cataract surgery than those who...  Read more

Researchers say that all commercial disinfectants may not be effective in cleansing noroviruses, a group of viruses that are behind half of all foodborne gastroenteritis diseases.

They suggest that only bleach-based disinfectants ca...  Read more

Youth is thought to be over at 35 and old age is thought to begin at 58 , the inbetween years is middle age , according to an average Briton.

These are the findings of a new survey.

To reach the conclusions, academics from t...  Read more

China's food safety watchdog has ordered inspections of cooking oil nationwide as reports Friday said up to one-tenth of Chinese supplies were illegally made and contained cancer-causing agents. ...  Read more

Teenagers who cannot tear themselves away from the Internet, computer games or their mobile phone can get help from a new addiction service, a spokeswoman said Thursday. ...  Read more

Sleep is a basic human need, much like eating and drinking. It is crucial for our overall health and well being. ...  Read more

A new chemotherapy combination comprising gemcitabine and cisplatin shows promise in endometrial cancer treatment, American researchers have reported. ...  Read more

Researchers say, a safe, non-surgical cure for breast cancer has been offered in the form of a method that includes freezing tumors with streams of super-cold gas....  Read more

Chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures, has urged for healthier options to eats available at cinemas.

Lynton urged a convention of cinema owners in Las Vegas to help manage the bulging concerns related to obesity by introducing ...  Read more

London, March 17 (ANI): Anti-obesity drugs fall short of providing long lasting health benefits, researchers have pointed out.

Experts at the University of Liverpool debated the drugs handled the biological consequences of obesity since ...  Read more

The Indian-developed Shan5 combination vaccine, which is used against infections such as diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B, was suspended by The World Health Organization on Thursday....  Read more

A new study has pointed out that fungi is capable of "horizontal" gene transfer and can evolve very quickly.

This discovery, to be published Thursday in the journal Nature, suggests that fungi have the capacity to rapidly change ...  Read more

Nearly 40% of available disinfectants that are commonly employed to clean surfaces are incapable of destroying noroviruses, which are behind the onslaught of food borne gastroenteritis....  Read more

Researchers at University College London (UCL) said that amputees with an artificial limb will be able to feel their prosthetic limb if they are placed in a virtual environment....  Read more

Scientists have named a novel brain receptor, alpha4-beta-delta, as the culprit behind learning deficits that come with puberty.

It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and ...  Read more

A promising breakthrough has been made by scientists working on a treatment for babies born with cleft palates. The first clinical trials are planned for early next year.

Clefts are the most common birth defect in Britain, with one in eve...  Read more

A key cellular mechanism that guides embryonic heart tissue formation-a process which, if disrupted, can lead to a number of common congenital heart defects has been discovered by scientists.

Heart tissue forms in two distinct phases known ...  Read more

Patients with refractory partial and secondarily generalized seizures had a reduction in seizures after deep brain stimulation, a recent study organized by Stanford University researchers has found.

This multi-center clinical trial ...  Read more

According to new research in South Africa, a booster shot has shown promise in improving tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults. ...  Read more

London, Mar 17 (ANI): Besides food and oxygen, mothers also pass fleeting sadness or happiness to their unborn babies, claims a study.

To reach the conclusion, Kazuyuki Shinohara and colleagues at Nagasaki University in Japan showed 10 ...  Read more

Researchers have claimed, blindness from glaucoma starts with an injury in the brain, not the eye....  Read more

Acupuncture treatment may lead to transmission of bacterial infections, hepatitis B and C, and even HIV, health experts have warned. ...  Read more

Blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice, a new research has found.

Inflammation results in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and many other smoking-related ailments. ...  Read more