Health & Fitness

Scientists have identified a key gene used by poppies to make morphine, paving the way for better methods of producing…

Drinking the caffeine equivalent of more than four espressos a day is harmful to health, especially for minors and pregnant…

Only about one in eight people with so-called pre-diabetes, often a precursor to full-blown disease, know they have a problem,…

Using data from two long-term studies of women and men, researchers found a potential link between citrus consumption and malignant…

A Liberian has died of Ebola in the first recorded case since the country at the heart of an epidemic…

An Omani man who became Thailand's first case of Middle East Respiratory Sydnrome (MERS) has been declared free of the…

According to a new American study, men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer should favor a diet rich in…

Spinning class is one situation in which forward progress could be all about moving backwards, according to a recent study…

While some smokers consider electronic cigarettes a potential aid in quitting, some people who have already quit see them as…

People who have slightly high blood pressure during their 20s are more likely to have signs of heart failure at…