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...

What do Siberian tigers and older women have in common?   That is among the questions related to fighting diseases that affect both animals and people that physicians and veterinarians are...

Should children have the right to ask for their own deaths?   In Belgium, where euthanasia is now legal for people over the age of 18, the government is considering extending it to children...

The burden of diabetes is increasing worldwide, it is a pandemic that is set to overwhelm healthcare resources globally. Causes are complex, but in large have been linked to rapid increases in...

Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is prompting a new look...

Small cigars flavored to taste like candy or fruit are popular among U.S. teens, according to the first government study to gauge their use.   About 1 in 30 middle and high school...

London is famed for its historic sites, its double-decker buses and its West End shows, but the city now has a more dubious distinction: Britain's public health agency says it has become the...

U.S. obstetricians are getting more precise about exactly what determines a full-term pregnancy.   On average, a pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, counting from the first day of the woman's last...