Menopause can create unnecessary hardships during the later stages of women's lives, and hot flashes in particular can be particularly frustrating as they can come on at any particular time. However, according to a recent study, women taking a Chinese herbal formula experienced less than half of th...
Scientists hunt for a reason behind the hundreds of starving sea lion pups that have washed ashore on the California coast.
We all know that smoking isn't the healthiest habit, but smoking immediately after waking up in the morning can put you at a higher risk for developing lung cancer, according to Penn State researchers.
Hormone therapies that include estrogen and progestin could increase the risk of breast cancer for women.
Scientists discovered that the strange green rock discovered last year in Morocco may be from the closest planet to the sun, stating that it is the first meteorite from Mercury.
China's Yangtze finless porpoises, one of the country's national treasures, are getting rarer than the wild giant pandas. Their numbers dropped to 1,000, less than half of what they were in 2006.
A latest study suggests that replacing selected oil blends with canola oil and high-oleic canola oil helps lower abdominal fat.
A recent finding from the Wildlife Conservation Society claims that five large carnivores, including leopards and striped hyenas, are living in a human-dominated landscape.
A California-based study has carefully monitored the impact of traffic-related air pollution and its affect on pregnant women.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has received a nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new drug Invokana (canaglilozin) which is used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Oklahoma health officials will begin testing dental patients in the Tulsa area on Saturday for various blood-borne viruses that cause hepatitis and AIDS, as part of a precautionary measure to deal with what officials call the largest such incident in the state's history.
Scientists are currently studying the adoption of multi-gigabit per second (Gbps) wireless communication chips, over 100 times faster than a speedy wlan network, that operate at the over 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band.