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Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers - led by a team from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA - say they believe their f…

Sun lotion and clothes may still the best guard against sunburn, but how about protecting your skin by eating the right foods? Two nutrients proven t…

Men who have a vasectomy have a greater risk of developing the most aggressive form of prostate cancer, a study has found. Harvard scientists analysed…

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people having extreme adverse reactions to popular fat-burning supplement 2,4 Dinitrophenol (DNP) - inclu…

People who develop high blood pressure very late in life may find it has an unexpected benefit -  a lower risk of dementia. Those with the highest rea…

Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability among children. Past studies have uncovered various risk factors for the condition, and…

What is a fingernail infection? Fingernail infections occur on or near the edge of the nail. Most of the time, fingernail infections are not serious b…

Cocoa, first cultivated by Mayan tribes as early as 1500 B.C., was thought to be divine and drunk from gold cups. Cocoa and chocolate products live up…

Being overweight is a curse not just on a woman's health, but on her entire life, a new study has found. Researchers have discovered that overweight w…

  Capsaicin has played an important role in folk medicine, often on the basis of using like to treat like, for example, treating burning pain with a s…

 A study suggests babies born in theatre have lower levels of some types of bacteria which are naturally passed from mother to baby during a normal de…

Recently, it has been shown that orally administered ­cinnamon extract protects memory in a mouse model of AD. Several lines of evidence presented in …