A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public health issue and a huge worry for patients.   A large study in...

New research is boosting hopes that weight-loss surgery can put some patients' diabetes into remission for years and perhaps in some cases, for good.   Longer follow-up from a major...

Love can sometimes break a heart but marriage seems to do it a lot of good. A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than singles, divorced or widowed folks...

There's fresh evidence that a lot of young people in the U.S. could be headed for heart trouble. A large study of preteens in Texas found that about one-third of them had borderline or high...

Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry. But to uncover food poisonings?   U.S. disease detectives are...

A small study that examined brains from children who died found abnormal patterns of cell growth in autistic children. The research bolsters evidence that something before birth might cause autism, at...

Sitting in a tub of warm water can relieve a mom-to-be's pain during the early stages of labour, but actually giving birth under water has no proven benefit and may be risky, say recommendations...

Altadrine fat burners are 100% pure body fat burning tablets containing 6% of synephrine.  Weight loss and fat burning is immediate. Body fat burnt is converted into energy resulting in...

A second American baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment — in this instance, four hours after...

A DNA test of a pregnant woman's blood is more accurate than current methods of screening for Down syndrome and other common disorders, new research finds. If other studies bear this out, it could...