HEALTH

If you thought diet soda is a healthier alternative to calorie-laden regular soda, you may be wrong. The bubbly zero calorie drink might increase your risk of heart disease.

Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered a technique to improve the memory of people suffering from dementia or early Alzheimer's disease disease.

Transgender model could stroll down runway as man or woman.

Two 102-year-old Scottish sisters have set the record for being the world's oldest living twins, as announced by Guinness World Records on Tuesday.

Katie Champagne claims Orlando adventure park staff humiliated her by kicking her off Kraken rollercoaster.

Controversial commercial goes viral on web.

The management at Planet Nutrition on University City Blvd in Charlotte is having a hard time coping with the continuous demand for raspberry ketone fat-burner supplement .

The secret to successful weight loss isn't starving yourself nor is it limiting your food choices or following a rigid pattern of eating. It is simply about your fruit choices!

Lords increase pressure on coalition to drop controversial health bill amid concerns that reforms already gone too far.

British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports that 90 percent of its readers believe the coalition government’s health reforms should be withdrawn.

Teenage girls in schools in Southampton have been given contraceptive implants, without their parents' knowledge. This has happened following the government's decision to try radical measures to reduce teenage pregnancies.

A baby boy, weighing 15.52 pounds (7.04kg), born in central China on Saturday, is believed to be the biggest and heaviest in the country's history.

Katie Piper, the former model and television presenter, who was left partially blind in one eye, after an acid attack, has had her sight restored following stem-cell surgery.

Gamers and staff at internet cafe fail to notice dead player for nine hours.

Romanian model's shocking figure dubbed hourglass but critics say it promotes harmful message.

Women's and health rights groups rally for International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.

Hans Feldmeier, a German retiree, received a tub of lard from the U.S. Aid program in 1948. It was still lying around, unopened, 64 years later, when he opened and ate it.

Researchers and orthopedic consultants from the University of Bristol have found that patients with implants could face increased risk of cancer and certain other genetic damage.

The World Institute of Pain’s (WIP) 6th World Congress is being held, from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6, in Florida, U.S.

Study finds children under age of three who watch too much TV at higher risk of developing attention deficit disorders.

Middle aged and elderly urged to take more notice of safe sex message as sex medicine use and divorce numbers grow.

Holidaymakers fall ill at beachside resort in Calpe and 14 others in hospital with symptoms.

Nearly third of 35 infected people ate potentially contaminated fruit in few days before infection.

Researchers from the University of Manchester have discovered for the first time that suicide rates have come down after the authorities introduced 24-hour crisis teams and other health measures in England and Wales.

Prime minister quotes Tony Blair in defence of health reform bill branded disaster by Labour.

Unnamed tattoo artist puts pet sphynx cat to sleep etching into its chest.

Scientists believe that they have now found a way to decode and reconstruct what brain-damaged individuals think and put it into words based on the brain waves of the patients.

Anna Watson, the muscly female cheerleader from University of Georgia, is the latest in a line of attractive woman who are choosing to bulk up.

Pregnant women who are both overweight and smoke endanger the heart of their babies, according to a study published online in the journal Heart.