The U.S. ranks highest in utilization of high-tech imaging compared to other countries worldwide, while Germany and Singapore ranks high in utilization of both high and low tech imaging, a new study shows.

The reasons for the strong correlation between excess body fat and diabetes have been puzzling researchers for some time. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and the University of Umea, Sweden, have now unraveled a mechanism by which

Improved techniques and supportive care have resulted in a growing number of long-term survivors of stem cell transplants, though little is known about the impact transplants have on patients' lives long after treatment. To find the answers, researchers from the

University of Minnesota researchers have demonstrated for the first time how estrogen affects learning and memory. They found that estrogen can activate particular glutamate receptors within the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for many aspects of learning and memory.

Research finds new treatments for alcohol dependence.

A low fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans has twice the cholesterol lowering power of a conventional low fat diet.

The South African AIDS lobby group, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), this week converged on the legislature of Limpopo province to demand better healthcare.

A fake doctor Prince Boima, based in the diamond-mining town of Tongo Eastern Sierra Leone last Friday reportedly injected two children, Peter Sesay and Mamusu Koroma, both one year and four months old respectively which eventually resulted to their death,

A month long training workshop on hygiene promotion in 19 public schools and communities around Monrovia has ended successfully.

Identifying and treating HIV infected newborns is a race against the clock. HIV infected infants treated with one or two antiretroviral drugs within two months of birth were less likely to develop AIDS.

This article from HIVandHepatitis.com makes a strong statement regarding the possible negative effects of interferon combination therapy on the eyes of patients. Although warned of in package and label warnings this report brings the very real possiblity of serious damage...

Research also shows that tobacco smoking releases enzymes that could increase the development of periodontitis.

The amount of bacteria in subgingival plaques may contribute to an individual's risk of a heart attack.

A WORKSHOP is being run today for people who feel self-conscious about the amount they drink.

THE Health Protection Agency's next board meeting will be held in Edinburgh next week, the first time it has been staged in Scotland.

GREEN Lothians MSP Robin Harper will present St John's Hospital in Livingston with a certificate of environmental accreditation on Monday.

MILLIONS of pounds pledged by the Government to improve the care of sick and premature babies is not reaching frontline neonatal services, campaigners say.

POLICE dog handler Graeme Bairden will next month run the 95-mile West Highland Way non-stop.

A BLIND pensioner is to walk ten kilometres to raise cash for a speaking newspaper.