Researchers in the US have discovered that a high proportion of people with the debilitating neuroimmune disease Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), have a retrovirus called…

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled several new resources on the federal government’s one-stop resource for flu information — http://www.flu.gov. The Web site now features a new H1N1 Flu Self-Evaluation guide…

An international team of researchers found that antioxidants commonly promoted as being good for our health may speed up early onset of Type 2 diabetes by mopping up Reactive Oxygen Species…

Researchers found that curcumin, a compound found in turmeric, the Indian spice that gives curry its orange-yellow colour, may block nicotine from activating cancer causing cells in patients with head and…

In a study of adults who survived cancer as children, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators found that many survivors lead sedentary lifestyles and are more likely to be less physically…

A derivative of cholesterol is necessary for the formation of brain cells, according to a study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The results, which are published in the journal…

The death of 14-yearl-old British schoolgirl Natalie Morton shortly after receiving an HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer was due to a large malignant tumor in her chest and not due…

A new joint report shows that more than four million people in low and middle income coutries were receiving life-saving treatment for HIV at the end of 2008, representing over one…