PANAJI: Goan adults are far more overweight than other Indians and this is causing a serious concern among health professionals. And when it comes to being obese, Goan women outdo the men.

The influenza season of 2007-2008 saw the highest incidence of flu in recent years for Indiana County, Pennsylvania. In preparation of the 2008-2009 season, the Indiana County Community Emergency/Disaster Planning Committee and the Health and Human Servic

Alcoholism among women in Sweden rose by 50 percent between 2003 and 2007 as beer, wine and spirits have become more accessible in the country long known for its restrictive alcohol policy, a report on Saturday said.

The Constitutional Court this week denied the Registrar of Medical Schemes leave to appeal against a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment confirming the right of a short-term insurer to offer you gap cover medical insurance policies.

Yeast, a model organism heavily relied upon for studying basic biological processes as they relate to human health, mutates in a distinctly different pattern than other model organisms, a finding that brings researchers closer to understanding the role of