NIH Head Dr Jay Bhattacharya: Donald Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the first Indian-American in a top Trump administrative role, to...

High arsenic concentration has been found in groundwater in 18 districts of Bihar, as well as its correlation with incidences of gallbladde...

Comparison of crash outcomes revealed significant differences for both drivers and vehicles. Drivers who survived were more likely to have ...

The signs are are not restricted to respiratory problems.

Women who sit for about ten hours a day are more at risk of becoming frail.

New York, March 4 (IANS) Occasional and relatively light use of marijuana may not increase risk of kidney disease in healthy adults below t...

The study also found that those who updated their FBstatus more often reported having worse mental health.

People who update their Facebook status more often reportedly have worse mental health than those who are infrequent users.

Healthy behaviours only partially explain the link between optimism and reduced mortality risk.

The increase in many low-and middle-income countries is partially due to increases in risk factors that are typical of Western countries.

In Asia, the highest prevalence of elder abuse was found among older adults in China, while the lowest was reported among older adults in I...

People who eat at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts daily have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death, says a new study.

Scientists report in a collection of journal articles that up to 41 % of specimens failed to meet quality standards in global studies.

Body mass index, waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio and waist circumference in women increased with increasing exposure to light at night.

The data were obtained from four waves of the Health and Retirement Study, a survey collecting information from more than 22,000 older Amer...

Physicians are slowly beginning to bear the onus of having to disbelieve in a somewhat widely accepted social evil: alcohol consumption. Th...

Regularly getting 5 hours or less of shut eye a night does not appear to have a considerable influence body weight or waist size over time,...