MEDICINE

The risk of developing Type 2 diabetes can be reduced by as much as 80% by following a combination of five healthy-lifestyle habits, a new analysis shows.

One in four Americans currently suffers from mental illness

Nearly half of Americans will develop at least one mental illness during their lifetime. Currently, approximately a quarter of Americans have mental illness, stated a recently published report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

There is not enough information to determine whether flu could become pandemic

He leaves behind a young daughter.

Nearly half of all Americans will suffer some form of mental health problem during their lifetime, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, stating must be done to help them.

The Free Speech Coalition, a Canoga Park-based national trade organization to the adult entertainment industry, has recommended that the moratorium on filming be lifted because the first test looks as if it was a false positive.

The hosts of the 46th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon said Sunday that Jerry Lewis retired from the organization and its yearly fundraiser.

The Food and Drug Administration ruled on Thursday that silicone Breast Implants will stay in the market, after two days of discussions and hearings on the implant's safety and aftereffects.

An unemployed Cincinnati man died after a tooth infection spread to his brain. Kyle Willis, a nephew of musician Bootsy Collins, was suffering from a painful toothache for the past two weeks.

It can appear that it is too early to take the flu-shot but experts have announced that it should be taken as soon as possible. The bulk of the immunizations should be arriving in most area doctors' offices in the next couple weeks.

Downtown Oakland was bustling with activity this weekend as people gathered to attend a marijuana street fair, touted as the first in the nation.

New research has revealed alarming statistics of the increasing rates of strokes in children, teens, and young adults in the United States.

Federal and state health officials have said that a new swine flu strain recently sickened two pre-school children in Pennsylvania and Indiana, but they cautioned that the cases appeared to be isolated.

This could be an outbreak of a new Swine Flu strain, with the health officials announcing second case of swine-flu striking in Pennsylvania followed by Indiana case.

It is generally believed that older people are more vulnerable to strokes, but a new study has revealed that even young people, including children and adolescents in the U.S., are increasingly vulnerable to it.

Strokes are commonly associated with older people, however a new study indicates that strokes are hitting at even younger ages, with children and adolescences in the U.S. becoming increasingly at risk.

Incidents of stroke are increasing for teens and young adults, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that appeared in Annals of Neurology.

A number of consumer groups spoke on Tuesday at a two-day Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting to discuss follow-up safety studies for silicone breast implants that have already been approved for sale.

The 24-year-old nephew of musician Bootsy Collins has died at the University Hospital in Cincinnati after a tooth infection spread to his brain.

Coffee lovers believe a cup of hot coffee kick-starts their day but how far is that true? A recent study done in the UK shows that the hit you get from your cup of coffee is all in your mind and the same lift can be given by a decaf.