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Mandela 'improving' as Obama lands in S.Africa US President Barack Obama arrived in South Africa on Friday to pay homage to his hero Nelson Mandela, who was said to be showing "great improvement" in hospital.

29 June 2013

Lithium greatly reduces suicide risk: study The mood-stabilising drug lithium reduces suicide risk by more than 60 percent among people with depression.

29 June 2013

Gene clues show which children will grow out of asthma A gene scorecard may one day help predict which youngsters are likely to grow out of childhood asthma and which will have the disease in adulthood.

28 June 2013

Obama's 'hero' Mandela hangs on US President Barack Obama flies to South Africa Friday hoping to pay homage to the legacy of his critically ill hero Nelson Mandela.

28 June 2013

Mandela on life support, Zuma cancels foreign trip Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African icon's clan said Wednesday, all but extinguishing hopes for his recovery.

27 June 2013

Breast is best for getting ahead: study People breastfed as infants have a 24 percent better chance than their formula-fed counterparts of climbing the social ladder.

25 June 2013

Mandela in critical condition Nelson Mandela is in a critical condition in hospital, South Africa's presidency said late Sunday, marking a sudden and significant deterioration in the health of the former leader and anti-apartheid hero.

24 June 2013

H7N9 bird flu kills about 1/3 hospitalised patients: study The H7N9 bird flu that hit China this year killed over a third of hospitalised patients, said researchers Monday who labelled the virus "less serious" but probably more widespread than previously thought.

24 June 2013

Mandela ambulance to hospital broke down: presidency The ambulance that rushed Nelson Mandela to hospital two weeks ago broke down and another had to be called, but the mishap did not endanger the anti-apartheid hero.

24 June 2013

Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers More than 150 doctors from the United States and Britain have written to President Barack Obama urging him to grant independent medical care to hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees.

20 June 2013

Bi-weekly iron dose same as daily in pregnancy: study Pregnant women who take an iron supplement twice a week receive the same health benefits as expectant mothers who take a daily dose of the essential mineral.

20 June 2013

Nelson Mandela 'doing very well', daughter says Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for 10 days suffering a lung infection, is "doing very well".

18 June 2013

US study links pollution to autism risk Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas.

18 June 2013

Study blames men for menopause Men and their preference for younger female mates may have led to the phenomenon of menopause in women, according to a controversial study by Canadian researchers published this week.

16 June 2013

Survivors of childhood cancer prone to adult illness: study Patients who successfully battled cancer during childhood face an extraordinarily high rate of chronic illness during their grown-up years.

12 June 2013

Singapore fights back against worsening dengue outbreak Singapore is fighting back against a rapidly worsening dengue epidemic by distributing insect repellants to every household and recruiting hundreds of disease control officers.

12 June 2013

US to allow morning-after pill for girls of any age The Obama administration said Monday it would comply with a judge's order to allow women and girls of any age to purchase emergency contraception, ending its efforts to restrict the drug's availability.

11 June 2013

Recurrent pneumonia not common: lung expert Pneumonia is one of the most common of lung infections among the elderly but concerns of underlying conditions arise when it recurs.

10 June 2013

Salvadoran's case used to legalize abortion: Church El Salvador's Catholic Church accused activists Sunday of using the case of a woman who delivered a baby with cerebral malformation to "open the door" to legalized abortion.

10 June 2013

Britain's Prince Philip turns 92 in hospital Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip will on Monday celebrate his 92nd birthday in the London hospital where is recovering from exploratory abdominal surgery.

10 June 2013

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