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17:17 13/06/2014Food addiction DOES exist: Some people really do lack any willpower and are 'programmed to binge eat'It is often considered a convenient excuse for people to overeat and gain weight. According to Daily Mail, new research suggests that food addictions could be more than just an excuse for an extra...
18:29 11/06/2014Mysterious kidney disease plagues Central AmericaJuan Salgado was 16 when he started cutting sugarcane, in a town near the Pacific coast of Nicaragua in 1966, CNN reports.
18:04 11/06/2014How a cup of black coffee stops your teeth rottingIf you like a strong cup of black coffee, your dentist has probably told you it is doing your teeth no favours.
09:22 11/06/2014Mobile phone effect on fertility - 'research needed'A review of the evidence, by the University of Exeter, suggested sperm number and movement were affected by keeping mobile phones in pockets.
19:00 10/06/2014Sierra Leone ebola death toll 'doubles to 12 in a week'Sierra Leone says its death toll from the contagious Ebola virus has doubled in one week, with hopes of containing the outbreak fading, the BBC reported.
09:31 10/06/2014'World's smallest' pacemaker fitted for first time in EnglandCurrently, pacemakers, which use electrical impulses to regulate the beating of the heart, are inserted under the skin and connected to the heart via a lead.
09:23 07/06/2014Sleep's memory role discoveredIt is well known that sleep plays an important role in memory and learning. But what actually happens inside the brain has been a source of considerable debate.
09:10 06/06/2014Mad cow disease-related death confirmed in TexasMad cow disease has caused a fourth death in the United States, health officials say, according to CNN.
18:58 04/06/2014Men 'feel more pain after major ops'More than 10,000 patients were monitored after operations, including heart or abdominal surgery, at a hospital in Germany.
09:09 04/06/2014Saudi Arabia reports big jump in MERS cases, including 282 deathsSaudi Arabia reported significantly more deaths from the MERS virus on Tuesday, the same day the country sacked one of its top health officials, CNN reported.
13:07 02/06/2014Armenian Health Minister to meet with Russian counterpart in MoscowArmenian Health Minister Armen Muradyan went on a working visit to Moscow today. As part of the two-day visit, the Minister will meet with Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova. The two sides...
09:20 31/05/2014May 31 is World No Tobacco DayFor World No Tobacco Day 2014, WHO and partners call on countries to raise taxes on tobacco.
19:01 30/05/2014Light bedrooms 'link to obesity'A team at the Institute of Cancer Research in London found women had larger waistlines if their bedroom was "light enough to see across" at night.
09:32 27/05/2014Cats and dogs to be tested for mysterious Mers infectionMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome was first discovered in 2012 and has so far, killed around 200 people globally.
18:03 26/05/20143.3 magnitude earthquake hits Armenia’s StepanavanMagnitude 3.3 earthquake hit Armenia at 2:58 pm local time on May 26, the Emergency Ministry reported.
09:35 23/05/2014Chronic pain 'may be inherited'While environmental factors probably still play a role in the four conditions, genes could account for as much as two-thirds of someone's chances of developing the disease.
18:45 21/05/2014Wireless pacemaker placed in rabbitUS researchers have built a wirelessly powered pacemaker the size of a grain of rice and implanted it in a rabbit, the BBC reported.
09:11 15/05/2014MERS outbreak becomes more urgent, WHO saysThe spread of the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome has become more serious and urgent, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, according to CNN.
09:24 12/05/2014International Nurses Day is marked todayInternational Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated around the world on 12 May of each year, to mark the contributions nurses make to society.
09:07 09/05/2014Constant arguing 'increases premature death risk'Dealing with worries and demands from close family was also linked to a higher mortality risk, the study said.