Rickets, the childhood disease that once caused an epidemic of bowed legs and curved spines during the Victorian era, is making a shocking comeback in 21st-century Britain.   Rickets results...

Just three years ago, the only thing that Zdenek Majzlik knew about cannabis was that it's good stuff for making rope. Today, the 67-year-old retired nuclear power plant employee is an experienced...

Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, says a new report on the health of the world's newborns.   "It's a pattern that...

A strain of bird flu that scientists thought could not infect people has shown up in a Taiwanese woman, a nasty surprise that shows scientists must do more to spot worrisome flu strains before they...

Britain's highest court has ruled in favor of a hospital that gained court approval to withhold treatment from a terminally ill man despite the family's opposition.   In a unanimous...

U.S. malaria cases are at their highest level in four decades, mostly from Americans bringing home an unwelcome souvenir from their travels.   Malaria is not a big problem in the U.S....

Vivian Corporation together with Roche Diagnostics gathered local and foreign Diabetes Care experts to exchange knowledge on creating awareness and improving diabetes management on the occasion of...

Slapping a 20 percent tax on soda in Britain could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000, according to a new study.   Though the number works out to a modest drop of 1.3 percent in...

For the 6th time the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre at Mater Dei Hospital had organized a free blood glucose testing to the general public for the occasion of the world diabetes day that is celebrated...

Doctors may one day be able to control a patient's HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest.   In monkeys, that strategy sharply...