Schoolgirl Nomasonto Masango giggles as she lists the things she and her friends want boyfriends to buy them.

"If you have an older boyfriend, he can buy you things and it is nice to show your...

A set of surgical tools once used by a Nazi war criminal will be auctioned in Britain this Saturday and is expected to fetch around 2,000 pounds.

Though disguised as a music box, the kit's case...

Pharmaceutical saleswomen in Singapore have no qualms in having sex with doctors in a bid to boost their sales, according to reports.

A 30-year-old saleswoman, known only as Cheryl, has heard of...

Doctors at the trauma centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday said that the health of two-year-old battered infant Falak was improving.

Falak, who has been in coma...

Girls born to mothers over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty faced higher chances of developing breast cancer.

These findings were based on an...

Diabetes can cause erectile dysfunction (ED), which can lead to an even more serious condition, experts have warned.

"Most men do not realize that ED is a warning sign of potential cardiovascular...

The Australian cricket body has ordered the removal of a boundary-rope advertisement of an Indian mouthwash in Hindi after health authorities launched a probe over its similarity with a chewing...

Doctors have for the first time fitted a 3D printer-created lower jaw to an 83-year-old woman's face in the Netherlands.

The transplant was carried out in June, but is publicised only now.

The...

Women born to mothers aged over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

These are the results of a new...

Although the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed widespread gains in combating the spread of HIV, experts at a United Nations meeting were told today that the epidemic is still outpacing the region's...

Last night our safe house in Homs turned into a makeshift field hospital for injured fighters and today funerals are taking place – as residents fear a full-on regime assault. The first...

Most actors perform in movies, TV or theatres, but for others, the stage is an exam room at a medical school. At the University of Maryland School of Nursing, that involves an interactive performance...

I’m afraid there is no evidence that detox diets "cleanse" the body of A so-called built up toxins such as food additives, pesticide residues, alcohol, caffeine, heavy metals,...

Communications giant teams with Health Evolution Partners, a healthcare buyout company, to sell Verizon's data-management technologies to health...

Take an early look at 14 of the most interesting health IT products and services that will be displayed at the annual HIMSS conference, happening this month in Las...

Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with...

But Humpty Doo schoolboy Blair Starr, 10, shocked his mum when he decided to shave to raise funds for cancer research. He has raised $730 in the past five days. "I want to help raise money for...

Sweat Equity looks at fun ’n’ funky classes that get South Floridians in shape. First up, Crunch’s new Pound class, using weighted drumsticks to beat back the...

Labor negotiators for the Jackson Health System and SEIU Local 1991 are scheduled to meet from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday in a session that could result in a new labor agreement for the public hospitals,...

Spanking children may harm their long-term development, making them more aggressive towards their peers, siblings, parents, as well as spouses later in life, researchers from the University of...

AIDS Institute, Phill Wilson, released a letter in light of the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, stating that the Institute will be releasing their 8th annual State of AIDS in Black...

"Economy Class Syndrome" is a myth, your risk of developing a blood clot during a long-distance economy trip by plane is not higher than in first class, researchers report in an article...

Online dating has become a billion dollar industry and is today a common way for people to meet potential mates - however, a new report written by researchers from Northwestern University and...

Maria Medina's life is littered with the destruction of diabetes. Her neighbor had a foot amputated because of the disease. Her mother went blind from it. Her sister died of it.Damage that...

Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the UK. "In...

- The St. Louis Department of Health is urging all residents in the city get their annual vaccination this flu season. According to Pamela Walker, director of the St. Louis Health Department,...

Professor Sir Kent Woods, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), defended the regulator's actions in the lead up to the PIP breast implant scandal. ...

They are also 10 times as likely to stop breastfeeding exclusively by 12 weeks, according to new research by a Durham University expert. The study suggests that women whose pregnancies were not...

E*Trade loses a FINRA arbitration but doesn't get socked with the entire customer loss In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")...

ATLANTA -; An executive with a major U.S. breast-cancer charity has resigned after a dispute over funding for the country's best-known family planning organization and its providing of...

London researchers recently discovered that smoking speeds up the decline in memory, thinking, learning and processing information. It seems to affect men more than women. The study found that it...

opened two facilities in the Valley and plans to open another six to eight across the region this year, including one in Chandler next month. Each facility costs about $1 million. Half of those...

Manama, Feb. 7 (BNA) -- On the sidelines of the opening of the King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) in Muharraq, Bahrain News Agency caught up with Lieutenant Colonel Hamad A Khamis, Head of...

Follow this company has tweaked a product designed for knee replacement and turned it into a new ankle replacement system that allows surgeons to precisely size and align implants during...

Follow this company 's next-generation breast cancer drug will get priority review from the Food and Drug Administration. The South San Francisco-based U.S. unit of drug giant Roche...

Claire Pomeroy Awards for Innovation in Medical Technology. The awards recognize individuals in the nine-county region whose innovative inventions, products or designs have transformed some...

to the BBC , 83-year-old patient had long suffered from a badly infected lower jaw that was considered too risky to operate on with traditional methods. Due to the associated risks, doctors turned to...

Score one for Big Media and the Liberal Elites. If Newt Gingrich needed a handy example to back up his contention that a pack of comfortable leftwingers who dominate the mainstream U.S. media...

A report by the Broward County, Fla., Inspector General's office said the Medical Examiner's office is unable to account for thousands of seized narcotic pills. The report, issued Monday,...

Fighting in Mali has displaced more than 20,000 people and forced aid group Doctors Without Borders to suspend work, an aid director said. A representative for the U.S. State Department said last...

Everton's Landon Donovan tells BBC Radio Merseyside his spell with Everton will ensure he is in peak condition to start the 2012 MLS season with the LA Galaxy when his loan deal finishes at the...

The State has decided to prosecute a Free State male nurse who allegedly raped a terminally ill cancer patient in a Bloemfontein hospital last...

The infections could mean they are suffering from pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, a disorder defined only about 15 years ago, according to Dr Rosario Trifiletti, who made his announcement...

(02-07) 09:02 PST ATLANTA, (AP) -- Trying to cut down on salt? Health officials have come up with a list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet — and bread is No. 1. The Centers...

(Reuters) - Health regulators granted a priority review for an experimental Roche breast cancer drug that in clinical trials added six months to the time before the disease...

ATLANTA (AP) - A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood,...