Breast cancer survivors who exercise have higher body esteem and better moods than survivors who lead a sedentary life, says a new study. This is particularly the cases with older women.

Health Minister John Hutton today announced the publication of Modernising Pathology Services, a document which aims to support the NHS in implementing change in pathology services. Key m

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has achieved an average of more than 70 per cent cure rate among children with all types of cancer who are treated at an early stage, Health Minister Dat

After carrying out new tests, the WHO has confirmed that the present bird flu cannot be passed from human-to-human. They carried out DNA tests on a Vietnamese woman to see whether she had

Global surveillance guidelines WHO has today issued on its website guidelines for global surveillance aimed at monitoring the spread of H5N1 infection in human and animal populations. The

A new study followed 32,826 healthy women for ten years. The women had given blood samples at the beginning of the ten years. At the end of the ten years 698 women had Type II diabetes.

If you have a Vitamin D injection every year you could be protecting yourself from fracturing your bones (caused by osteoporosis). In a clinical trial in the UK, thousands of people have

Russia - A week after the government issued an order allowing veterinarians to use the narcotic ketamine as an anesthetic during animal surgery, vets' representatives (Russia) say they are still n

A new survey has revealed that almost half the population of the United Kingdom has high cholesterol levels. This makes them more vulnerable to heart disease. According to the UK Nation

A recent study suggests that we have been under-estimating the number of children who are intolerant to wheat. According to a study carried out by Bristol University (UK), 1% of children

Joint needs assessment paves the way for peace and development in LiberiaUS $ 44 million needed for priority health and water projects over two years NEW YORK (USA) -- The people of

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a so-called centre subsidy to two research centres which are currently being established. Each centre will receive a

ACCRA (Ghana) - Ghanaian women's rights groups have called for stronger laws against female genital mutilation (FGM) following two landmark rulings in northern Ghana against the traditional practi

USA - In a report set for publication in the journal Biology of Reproduction, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Davis, describe a technique that yields

New findings may pave way for improved pain relief methodsAlthough physicians administer radiation therapy to relieve bone cancer pain in more than 100,000 patients each year in the Unite

A subtle structural change that may play a role in the molecular machinery for making HIV-1 (the virus that causes AIDS) has been identified by scientists from the National Institute of Standards

China has rejected a report by a British scientific magazine that it is the source of the deadly bird flu sweeping Asia. The respected British weekly New Scientist cites unidentified heal

A study (Glasgow, Scotland) has found that toddlers are not getting enough exercise. Researchers said that this is cause for great concern. A toddlers weight, future disease risk, psychological

Data on fractures promising, but concern about adverse cognitive effects increasing.Launching what the Wall Street Journal yesterday said could be a year of a statin backlash, researche

6.6 million Americans had plastic surgery in the USA the traditional way last year - doctor visits, the cutting, the bandages, the healing and the bruises. A blend of new and old technol

Contact: Dr. Donna StewartDonna.Stewart@uhn.on.ca416-340-3846Center for the Advancement of Health Both men and women in a recent study of heart patients said they wanted mo

Helen Crawford knows from previous research that some people can use hypnosis to eliminate or ameliorate pain. Her quest now is to determine why those people can--and others can't. Crawf

Findings suggest that enzyme may be manipulated phamalogically to control brain receptor Canada - The discovery of a molecular 'addiction switch' in the mammalian brain has the potential

Investigation of cases of acute respiratory illness are continuing in Viet Nam with support from WHO staff. The investigation has been undertaken in response to concerns over the laborato

Passengers aboard a plane which carried two flight attendants suspected of having the SARS virus were at not at risk of infection, health authorities said today.The two women, who retur

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have discovered a key protein that cells use to repair their DNA and protect us from cancer, a report in this week's edition of Science* reveals. When cells

About 30 percent of the anticancer drugs used in the United States have not been approved by the Japanese government and thus cannot be administered to patients in Japan, a group of medical resear

Nature - http://www.nature.com/nsu/040105/040105-6.htmlResearchers may have pinpointed the cause of Alzheimer's disease - a rogue protein called amyloid beta (Aß) that forms plaques in th

The latest figures reveal that over 270,000 people were told they had cancer in 2000 - up 3,000 on the previous year. Cases of skin, uterine and prostate cancer have increased sharply whi

China's first SARS patient in six months said he has never eaten or touched civet cats as concerns mounted Wednesday over an ongoing slaughter of the animals suspected of spreading the disease.