Sierra Leone cancels Christmas as Ebola crisis deepens
Sierra Leone said it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm.
Most promising young Kazakh athletes
Kazakhstan's sport is on the rise with many promising young athletes already winning serious international competitions.
Kazakh scientists transplant cow skin on human
Kazakh scientists have demonstrated their new method of healing wounds, burns and other skin defects using cow skin transplants.
Pele thanks well-wishers in video, says recovering
Brazilian soccer legend Pele said he was recovering from the kidney ailment which has forced him to spend the past 11 days in hospital, thanking well-wishers for their support.
Mass poisoning in western Kazakhstan: KPO denies breaching environmental standards
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. denies breaching environemtal standards in recent hospitalization of children in Berezovka village, several kilometers away from Karachaganak oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.
Obesity clips up to 8 years off your life, says study
Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health.
Kazakh businessmen send generator to Kyrgyz hospital after doctors perform open heart surgery with no electricity
Kazakh businessmen have raised money for a generator and sent the equipment to the Kyrgyz hospital, where doctors had to scandalously make a open heart surgery during an blackout.
WHO makes cervical cancer protection easier, cheaper
The WHO introduced new cervical cancer guidelines, making it easier and cheaper to protect women against one of the deadliest, but most preventable, diseases.
Teens turn to text messages for AIDS advice in Zambia
The questions teenagers ask about HIV are brutally honest, anonymous -- and sent in 160 characters or less over mobile phone text messages.
Studies probe why osteoporosis drugs may prevent cancer
International researchers said they have made steps toward understanding why the most commonly used drugs for osteoporosis worldwide may also prevent some kinds of cancers.
29 school students and teachers faint one after another in Western Kazakhstan
25 school children and 4 teachers fainted in a Western Kazakhstan village school one after another.
New bird flu case in Netherlands
Dutch authorities reported a new outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm, but could not say if it was the worrying new strain detected elsewhere in the country.
Sale of antibiotics may be restricted in Kazakhstan
Many people in Kazakhstan are relying on self-treatment and purchase antibiotics in next door pharmacies without a doctor's prescription. The Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan is proposing to restrict the sale of antibiotics in Kazakhstan.
Football: Pele in 'special care' as condition worsens - hospital
Brazil great Pele, 74, was taken into a "special care" unit in a Sao Paulo hospital after his health worsened, three days after being admitted with a urinary infection.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell launches Ebola fashion pop-up
British supermodel Naomi Campbell launched a pop-up fashion shop in east London to raise awareness of the spread of Ebola.
E-cigarettes have 10 times carcinogens: Japan researchers
E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists said.
Infertility of couples in Kazakhstan is due to 'questionable Western values' and promiscuity: expert
Director of Kazakhstan's Center for Healthy Lifestyle Marat Kurmanov said that an alarming number of infertile young couples in Kazakhstan is due to questionable values that was inoculated in the Kazakh society in the 1990s.
Overweight linked to 500,000 cancer cases per year
Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total.
Benefits of regular vitamin D tests remain unproven: study
Experts said regular tests for vitamin D levels are not proven to be beneficial or harmful.
Apple teams with (RED) to fight AIDS
Apple on Monday teamed with the (RED) campaign founded by U2 singer Bono to raise money to fight AIDS.