In a world first, a woman rendered infertile by cancer treatment gave birth after one of her immature eggs was matured, frozen, and then -- five years later -- thawed and fertilized, researchers in France reported.

A violinist helped surgeons avoid damage to her brain during surgery to remove a tumor by playing her instrument, the UK hospital where she underwent the innovative procedure said. 

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announced Jan. 21, 2020 that he has a type of Parkinson’s called Parkin, named after the gene associated with this type of Parkinson’s. Parkin is involved in maintaining the energy-producing area of cells, called mitochondria.

While much of the world is focused on the new coronavirus, Russia in recent days has seen a surge of interest in HIV testing, all thanks to a YouTube star.

Infants exposed to chemicals in household cleaning products could develop asthma as early as three years of age, Canadian researchers warn in a new study published Tuesday. 

Strava, which tracks the sports activity trends of some 50 million people in almost 200 countries, surveyed 25,000 runners and found that half of them say they either hate it or barely tolerate it, while only 8% love it.

New European research has found that the more added sugar we eat, the fewer vitamins and minerals we appear to consume in our daily diets.

Growth stunting – when a child does not grow properly and fails to meet height averages that match their age, resulting in brain damage that causes issues such as low IQ and illness later in life – affects one in three Indonesian children.

Typically, everybody is exposed to two milliseiverts (mSv) per year throughout our lives from natural background radiation.

New research has found that having 10 or more sexual partners in a lifetime appears to be linked to a higher incidence of being diagnosed with cancer.

With much of the 1.4 billion population ordered indoors and gyms closed, people are competing to outdo each other in how many bottles of water they can lift, how many push-ups they can do with their children on their backs or how many flights of stairs they can scale in their tower blocks.

The rise of "fake news" - including misinformation and inaccurate advice on social media - could make disease outbreaks such as the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic currently spreading in China worse, according to research published on Friday.

While envy is a shared human experience, demeaning others’ achievements to make you feel better about yourself is damaging. 

According to new research, walking more increases healthy activity levels but doesn't appear to prevent weight gain.

New European research has found that men who are taller in young adulthood may have a lower risk of dementia in old age.

To avoid the further spreading of the virus and ensure we’re doing our best to stay healthy, among the necessary -- and easiest -- precautions is to wash our hands.

Wall's and Magnum ice cream maker Unilever will stop advertising its food and beverages to children under the age of 12 on traditional and social media, it said on Wednesday, responding to growing concerns over childhood obesity.

New US research has found that having an optimistic partner could help you live a healthier life.

Having genetically higher levels of the sex hormone testosterone increases the risk of developing diabetes and some types of cancer in women, and reduces diabetes risk but raises some cancer risks in men.

One in five Americans who undergo elective surgery receive surprise bills -- despite their insurance covering the procedure -- researchers said Tuesday, with the average debt around $2,000.

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus epidemic jumped on Wednesday, as the chief of the World Health Organization urged countries to work together against the "grave threat" posed by the outbreak.

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted by people who have never traveled to China could be the "tip of the iceberg".

Your choice of alarm sound could have an impact on your level of alertness after waking.

Lung cancer is among the deadliest types of cancer. According to 2018 data from cancer research organization Globocan, 26,095 people in Indonesia die of lung cancer annually. 

Lindsey Main from Massachusetts was an active woman who enjoyed yoga, running and walking her dog, until she suffered a stroke in January 2018 and lost mobility.

French researchers from Inserm and the Université de Paris have developed a vaccine to protect pregnant women and unborn children from malaria.

Gargle salt water, use herbal eyedrops, steam-clean a face mask -- false claims about how to combat a deadly coranavirus epidemic emerging out of China are flooding the internet.

Work has begun at multiple organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, to develop a vaccine for this new strain of coronavirus, known among scientists as 2019-nCoV.

There are several different types of facial clefts. 

A new study on meat consumption has found that people who eat red and processed meat have higher risks of heart disease and early death - contradicting recent research that suggested cutting out meat has few health benefits.