China bird flu deaths reach 72 this year: government
A total of 72 people died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in China in the first two months of this year, government figures showed, far more than in the whole of 2013.
10 March 2014 13:03
Blood test can predict Alzheimer's
Researchers in the United States say they have developed a prototype blood test that can tell with 90-percent accuracy whether a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years.
Smoking in France, losing its puff?
It was banned in restaurants and al fresco eating became all the rage. It was banned in offices, and business started getting done in huddles on the sidewalk.
US panel debates three-parent embryos
A US advisory board debated a controversial new technique Wednesday that would use DNA from three people to produce embryos free of a particular type of hereditary disease.
28 February 2014 10:19
Michelle Obama to call for nutrition label changes
First Lady Michelle Obama plans to announce a series of proposed changes to food labels Thursday, aiming to make healthy choices easier for consumers in a country where obesity is rampant.
27 February 2014 13:43
Overworked nurses linked to higher death rates
Investigations in nine European countries have given statistical backing to claims that patients' lives may be at risk when nurses are overworked.
US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company
US regulators on Friday banned four types of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, marking the Food and Drug Administration's first-ever oversight action against a tobacco product.
China to provide more baby safe havens
China will provide safe havens for parents to abandon unwanted children across most of the country, despite debate on whether they could see more babies dumped.