These HugJackets are a bit too hippy-dippy for my liking, but their futuristic use of wearable, interactive, infra-red wizardry augers well for future technological developments. The jackets have a quilted pattern of conductive fabric sewn on the front; when two

Methotrexate still appears to be best for treating juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, but a newer medication, Arava, is a very good second choice.

A surgical technique offers improved outcomes for straightening the middle third of the nose, a difficult to manage deformity, according to an article in the March issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

A leading tobacco manufacturer yesterday appealed to the Members of Parliament to discuss the economic consequences the draft Tobacco Control Bill will have on the economy.

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that people who score in the upper 25 percent in anxiety level on a personality test have a moderately increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease decades later. They also found a similar link between pessimistic

After a first psychotic episode, patients who were treated with an atypical antipsychotic medication had less change in brain volume compared with patients treated with a conventional antipsychotic medication, according to an article in the April issue of the Archives

Scientists say they've spotted a gene that may explain some cases of familial cancer. Those are multiple cancers in one family that cannot be explained by inheritance.

South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been appointed Unicef's regional spokesperson on malaria.

Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki yesterday urged Pope Benedict XVI to help Africa get money to fight HIV/Aids.

Heart disease patients may not get any extra heart protection by taking antibiotics.