Extra pounds don't cancel benefits of quitting smoking
Quitting smoking sharply reduces the risk of heart disease -- even if kicking the habit comes along with a few extra pounds.
What have we learnt from SARS?
A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.
Scientists use brain electrodes to treat anorexia
Scientists said Thursday they had, for the first time, helped women with severe anorexia through electrodes implanted into their brains.
Kazakhstan to sue Austria over sick cattle
If the Austrian party does not voluntarily reimburse for caused damage, we will sue them: Kazakhstan Minister.
State to pay for exterminated sick cows in north Kazakhstan
The state agreed with KazAgroFinance on reimbursement of costs to the Kazakhstan farms, including the expenses for food and care, as well as the salaries of the farms' employees.
Extermination of sick cows started in North Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan veterinary services will exterminate 700 Simmental cows diagnosed with virus diarrhea and Schmallenberg virus.
US regulators approve bionic eye
US regulators approved a so-called bionic eye on Thursday, giving hope to people with a rare genetic disease.
Mass cattle import to Kazakhstan should be suspended: Ex-Minister
Former Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister expressed his opinion on cattle import to Kazakhstan.
Hungary did not supply sick cows to Kazakhstan
Hungarian embassy has refuted the statement of Kazakhstan Agricultural Ministry that sick cows were imported by a Hungarian company.
Kazakhstan Agriculture Ministry accuses Austrian veterinary services of negligence
When the cattle supply to Kazakhstan was organized, Austrian veterinary services already knew that almost all its cattle had the disease: Kazakhstan Ministry.
Austrian cows could get virus diarrhea with vaccines in Kazakhstan
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety insists that the cows exported to Kazakhstan were infected with virus diarrhea after they left Austria.
Supplier to reimburse for sick Austrian cows
All losses will be reimbursed by this foreign company from Hungary: Kazakhstan Minister.
Hazardous virus causes extermination of elite cows in north Kazakhstan
An epidemiological team has arrived in Akky region of North-Kazakhstan oblast with all the required equipment for extermination of cattle.
Professional diseases growing in Kazakhstan
The level of professional diseases remains high in mining, coal and chemical industries; construction sector remains the leader by the number of injuries: Kazakhstan Minister.
Gunmen kill 10 in attacks on Nigeria polio clinics
Gunmen killed at least 10 people in horrifying attacks on two Nigerian polio clinics on Friday that dealt a new blow to the campaign to wipe out the disease.
Alzheimer's cases to triple by 2050: study
Alzheimer's disease cases in the US will nearly triple in the next 40 years, according to new projections Wednesday that suggest there will be nearly 14 million sufferers by 2050.
Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study
Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB.
EU inaction escalates risk of Schmallenberg virus spread to Kazakhstan
Russian agricultural authority states that the risk of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) spilling from EU to the Customs Union is increasing.
Silicosis suit could crush S.Africa's gold mining sector
Thousands of ex-gold miners suffering from silicosis have launched a class action suit in South Africa, in what could prove the final nail in the coffin of the country's battered but vital mining sector.
Leprosy: an ancient disease thrives in 21st century
It has been called the world's oldest recorded disease, an evil that humans have known for more than 3,500 years, as papyri from ancient Egypt testify.