A drug taken by more than a million people with osteoporosis could double their risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus, according to a new study. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of th ...

Long-term use of bone-strengthening drugs may boost the risk of oesophageal cancer, a study suggests. ...

Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost. ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no spec ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. ...

NOWSHERA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by cons ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study s ...

LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one o ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. research ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows. ...

British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share of the expense to employees ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The estrogen-like compounds found in soy could help postmenopausal women get a better night's sleep, according to a small study. ...

A man and woman are arrested on suspicion of helping a disabled man from South Tyneside take his own life. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by cons ...

School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests. ...

The Scottish government says drinkers should spend a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol they buy. ...

Fish oils could save the lives of 10,000 heart failure sufferers every year, research has shown, and be prescribed as part of their daily treatment. ...

Young people who rob themselves of sleep by spending all night surfing the internet and playing computer games are tripling their chances of developing a mental illness, according ...

Tony Blair's drink revelations are hardly that - but they are a sales tonic, says Iain Hollingshead . ...

Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions ...

Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions ...

Hospitals around the country are offering "sub-standard" care to hip-fracture patients who face a postcode lottery in treatment, according to a nationwide audit published today (TH ...

Senior NHS managers could receive pay-outs topping £100,000 in a national severance scheme just approved by ministers. ...

Our health sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide. ...

The fight is on over how to solve our food crisis, but if we choose the wrong food policy at this juncture there could be no going back, says Rose Prince. ...

In this new series in which Telegraph writers test ways to keep in shape, Tracy Corrigan stretches herself. ...

Many women having cosmetic surgery believe that it is other people having work done who are motivated by vanity, it is claimed. ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. ...

One in five elderly people with broken hips do not get surgery quickly enough, a survey shows. ...

People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer but experience a more rapid decline once the disease sets in, a study suggests. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by cons ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The common diabetes drug metformin may hold promise as a way to keep smokers from developing lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests current ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Aggressively lowering blood pressure did little to prevent kidney damage in blacks, unless protein in their urine showed evidence of damage in the first place, r ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A less active thyroid may mean more years added to your life, hints a new Dutch study. ...

Brain training games, crosswords and puzzles help maintain a healthy mind in the elderly but can eventually speed up dementia late on in life, new study claims. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Cell therapy companies in China and Germany who were criticized by British experts warning of the dangers of "stem cell tourism" defended themselves on Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women scheduled for gynecologic surgery are very likely to undergo unnecessary tests before their operation, new research shows. ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An altered version of the cancer drug Gleevec could form the basis of a new class of drugs that block the development of brain-damaging plaques in Alzheimer's d ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying the autoimmmune disease lupus have found that blood platelets are key in its development and say their findings in the lab suggest blood-thin ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women should only have a cesarean delivery if there is a medical reason for it, and doctors should not switch a vaginal birth to a cesarean section soon ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An antibiotic that gets its microbe-fighting power from insect proteins was effective at attacking a common infection that afflicts blast victims in war zones, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding to evidence that men with early prostate cancer can safely put off surgery, a new study finds that patients who delayed surgery by over a year ha ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has halved the number of women who die during childbirth, but experts warned on Wednesday a lack of facilities is likely to stop the country from meetin ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow banned night-time sales of vodka and other spirits on Wednesday, part of a nationwide drive to curb crime and disease linked with Russia's national drink. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to "aggressively pursue" pharmaceutical companies that illegally market drugs for uses that have not been approv ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by buying common but vital medicines which are already unaff ...

An elderly woman dies from salmonella after an outbreak of the bug at a wedding in Greater Manchester. ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nearly 100 million children in China will be vaccinated against measles this month to help eliminate the disease, a leading cause of avoidable death and disab ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get ...

Millions of homes could be hit by an explosion in the bedbug population, after pest controllers reported infestations of the parasite rose 24 per cent in a year. ...

Iain Hollingshead got his fingers burnt trying out his girlfriend's hair straighteners, but millions of men don't. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and potentially dangerous stem c ...

A Northern Ireland medical negligence case is still not been settled after 27 years while 55 others have been ongoing for longer than 15 years. ...

The number of hospital admissions caused by alcohol has risen by two-thirds in the last five years because society is "turning a blind eye" to Britain's drinking culture, public he ...