HEALTH

On Saturday, Denmark became the first country in the world to introduce a fat tax, surcharge on unhealthy foods that are high in saturated fat for in hopes of curbing bad eating habits.

During this year's breast cancer awareness month campaign, a sea of pink ribbons and supporters gather across the country for a number of events.

On Monday, the Nobel Prize awards committee, in an official Press Release, announced the winners for the prize in Physiology or Medicine. American scientist Bruce A. Beutler, has been declared the winner of the 2011 Prize, along with Frenchman Jules A. Hoffmann, for their discoveries of receptor proteins that can activate innate immunity. In addition to Beutler and Hoffman, the committee also recognized Ralph M. Steinman, for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunit...

More than 1 in 10 parents refuse or delay vaccinating their children mainly because of safety concerns, according to a national survey found.

With October being breast cancer awareness month a research is showing that commonly used blood pressure drugs could cut the risk of breast cancer spreading.

Emergency-room doctors in Washington state are worried a new plan would limit low-income Medicaid patients to three nonemergency visits each year, possibly causing its own emergency, and they are suing.

Men are faced with a higher possibility to have potentially precancerous lesions at an early age when compared to women, says a new study.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, TV's most popular medical expert, wants to keep you looking and feeling your best, so he has posted a shopping list on his Web site with 100 foods to try.

Cantaloupes contaminated with listeria have now killed 15 people and sickened 84 in an outbreak that has lasted for more than two months, the Centers for Disease Control said on Friday.

October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month is all about spreading awareness and support about breast cancer and those whose lives have been affected by the disease.

Fifteen people are now confirmed dead and another 84 sickened in the recent listeriosis outbreak in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi has lost about 17 pounds and recently tweeted her weight loss secret is a result of Zantrex.

Bayer-drug Xarelto, or rivaroxaban, a standard blood thinning therapy, reduced the rate of heart attacks, strokes, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular death in a study involving acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, the company said late Thursday.

Research from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) found that Big Tobacco was aware of the presence of carcinogenic radiation in cigarettes decades before it was announced to the public.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be considering different ways to revamp the state's Medicaid system after a panel on Thursday proposed a possible change allowing coverage of sexual reassignment surgery for transgendered residents under the health care insurance program.

A single, strong dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms may alter a person’s personality for more than a year and possibly permanently says American researchers of a study published Wednesday.

Cornell University researchers have examined more than 500 million twitter posts from 2.5 million users across 84 countries over two years to find out how people's moods differ through the day.

A vaccine called MVA-B that can be the most effective weapon so far against the deadly virus HIV has been reported by Spanish medical researchers.

Spanish medical researchers say they have developed an HIV vaccine prototype that is the most potent weapon against the deadly virus yet.

The use of stimulant medication amongst children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, continues to rise.

NPR article spotlights North America's only tropical fruit; highlights health benefit

Listeria-based illnesses that first spread in early September linked to tainted cantaloupes are already being called the deadliest outbreak in over ten years will likely rise higher in the next month, health officials said on Wednesday.

As of Sept. 27, 72 people from 18 states have been infected with a rare illness called listeriosis stemming from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

People suffering from diabetes mellitus are at greater risk of contracting colorectal cancer, a new study by researchers at the University of California claims.

A single, strong dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms may alter a person’s personality for more than a year and perhaps permanently said researchers of a Johns Hopkins study published Wednesday.

The deadliest foodborne outbreak in the U.S. in a decade has killed 13 people, infected 72 and is spreading through the country, with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention saying that cases have been reported from 18 states.

Prehypertension, which is blood pressure at the higher end of the normal range, appears to be associated with a greater risk of stroke, according to a meta-analysis.

Scientists have given a new meaning to the X chromosome factor makes the female of the species more robust than their male counterparts. The new study says that women are also less likely to develop cancer.

Cytisine, a plant-based drug discovered by the Soviet Union more than 40 years ago, may be the key to lowering cigarette smoking rates in the developing world.