New light has been shed on how neuronal metabolism relates to the development of Alzheimer's disease in a recent study. The research was conducted by scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...

People living in urban areas tend to report greater wellbeing if they have parks and gardens nearby, says a new study from the UK that suggests green spaces have a positive impact on mental health in cities...

A pill form of marijuana provides greater pain relief than when a person smokes it, according to a new study. The study was conducted by researchers at Columbia University in New York and was published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology...

Forty percent of parents are still giving children under the age of 4 cough medications they should not receive, according to a University of Michigan poll. Despite doctors' advice, many parents still turn to OTC (over-the-counter) cough medicines for their very young kids...

Teenagers are more likely to try out illegal substances than adults or children, they are also more likely to drive recklessly and have unprotected sex. Put simply - teenagers, compared to other age groups are greater risk takers. However, research has demonstrated that teenagers have the ability and the knowledge to make competent judgments regarding risks, just like adults...

Natural components in grapes, called polyphenols, have been found to have properties that can help protect organ damage caused by metabolic syndrome. The research, presented at the Experimental Biology conference in Boston, reveals even more health benefits of consuming grapes. Metabolic syndrome is a major public health concern in the U.S...

Researchers have found that most children become infected with warts through direct contact with family members or classmates, contrary to the popular belief that they are more likely to get them from public places. Warts have a rough texture and are caused by viruses, particularly one of several kinds of HPV (human papillomavirus)...

Research done in test tubes and in mice presented at a conference in Boston in the US at the weekend suggests taking low doses of aspirin on a regular basis may stop breast cancer from growing and spreading. However, cancer campaigners urge caution as the results are very early stage and have yet to be shown in patients...

The "Cinnamon Challenge", which involves trying to swallow a teaspoon of cinnamon without water within sixty seconds, has led to many calls to poison centers, emergency departments visits and hospitalizations of teenagers who require ventilator support for collapsed lungs. Swallowing a teaspoon of Cinnamon within sixty seconds is a nearly impossible challenge...

Smoking just a few cigarettes each day can more than double a woman's risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a new study. The research was conducted by scientists from the Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital and was published in the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy...

An overwhelming number of parents (up to 66%) are controlling and pressuring their teenagers to eat all the food on their plate, regardless of whether or not the teen is obese, according to a new study, published in Pediatrics...

Many weight-loss programs say you should focus on changing diet first, then exercise, but now new research from Stanford University School of Medicine in the US says for best effects you should do both at the same time...

People who are involved in community gardening tend to have a considerably lower body mass index than their non-gardening counterparts, a team from the University of Utah reported in the American Journal of Public Health. Previous studies had shown that community gardeners provide both nutritional and social benefits to neighborhoods, lead author Cathleen Zick explained...

Researchers have identified that when a virus enters the body a naturally occurring protein sets off an immune response that disrupts the virus from entering the body's cells...

Fashion-model talent scouts approach extremely thin girls as they come out of the Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders, Dr. Anna-Maria af Sandeberg claims...

Large servings make us eat more, even when we are are taught about the impact of portion size on consumption, according to investigators from the University of New South Wales, Australia. People who learned how to engage in mindful - instead of mindless - eating still ate much more food than those given smaller servings with no orientation regarding mindful eating...

Almost two-thirds of adults use a cell phone while driving with kids in the car, and one-third text, according to a new survey. The research was conducted by experts in the Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...

Babies become conscious of their environment by the time they are five months old, according to a new study by French neuroscientists. By the time infants reach three months of age, their developing brains have trillions of connections and the weight of those firing neurons triples within the first year of life...

A recent article published in the BMJ reveals that our understanding of what causes obesity may actually be incorrect. The author of the study, Gary Taubes, stresses that if we are to make any actual progress in combating obesity we must further our understanding on what actually causes it...

Since implementing a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program five years ago for females between the ages of 12 and 26 years, Australia has seen a significant decline in the number of cases of genital warts, according to new research in the journal BMJ...