There is considerable evidence that physical activity is associated with reduced risk of colon cancer in both males and females, reported the latest issue of Colorectal Disease.

Speaking after a years-long silence imposed by brain injury is "rare," doctors say.

A British pharmaceutical company, based in Kent, is being investigated over allegations that it obtained drugs which were destined for Aids sufferers in Kenya.

Inmates and their handlers in Kenyan prisons will soon have access to anti-retroviral drugs.

A study shows that patients of Japanese ancestry at a hospital in Hawaii have five-year survival rates that are better than the rates in the National Cancer Data Base.

Episiotomy -- a surgical cut routinely done to reduce the risk of tears during vaginal delivers -- offers no health benefits to women, research shows.

A new study finds that E. coli bacteremia -- a potentially life-threatening bloodstream infection caused by a common bacteria also associated with less dangerous urinary tract infections -- poses a significant public health threat in the United States, especially among

According to new research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, football beats hockey and soccer for the dubious distinction of the sport most likely to cause neck injury. The study is the second in a series examining the

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that the presence of specific variants of genes that control clotting and the contractility, or "tone," of blood vessels can double the ability of physicians to predict those heart surgery patients at greatest