Having a stressful childhood can shorten an individual's life by decades, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They found the link between stressful experiences in childhood with diseases related to heart, lungs, liver and other medical conditions. Full story

70,000 dead mothers all over the world is the price the world pays when women resort to clandestine and unsafe abortions. Thus, despite an overall improvement due to the use of contraceptives and a decreasing number of abortions, unsafe abortions remain a deadly enemy of the mankind. Full story

Scientists from the University of California claim we don’t have to control our salt consumption. They say our body regulates sodium intake naturally so there is no need to restrict the consumption. Full story

Women who suffer from excess weight or obesity are more likely to develop asthma. Moreover, having a normal weight but a large waist greatly increases the risk for developing asthma. Northern California Cancer Center study found that bigger women were much more likely to suffer from asthma Full story

The health benefits of bacteria enriched yogurts are actually a fake, according to European Food Safety Authority (ESFA). 2006 large-scale study showed that out of 180 supposedly healthy ingredients, 10 are not beneficial at all while the health benefits of the rest 170 have not been confirmed. Full story

Scientists from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia discovered what color protects from UV light best. In the experiment they first analyzed protection properties of three major colors (red, blue and yellow) Full story

Chronic, raging stress may harm the immune system, increasing your chance of developing various diseases. Occasional stress, however, can boost anti-tumor activity, according to the authors of study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Full story

It's in our nature that we don’t want to get old. So it comes as no surprise that over the history scientists has been endeavored to find sources of prolonged youth or reaching immortality. Austrian scientist extracted yet another elixir of youth from human sperm. Full story

According to BBC, Harvard scientists have succeeded in engineering a fully functional cardiac muscle. During the experiment, they identified which heart stem cells produce muscle cells, fat tissue cells and the cells of cardiac conduction system. Full story

If you drive a convertible at speeds of 50-70 mph (80-120 km/h), you should know that you are exposing yourself to the noise levels nearing those made by pneumatic drill. Long and repeated expose to noises of engine, street traffic and wind can cause irrevocable hearing loss, experts warn. Full story

Majority of Americans are unaware of the Department of Health national exercise recommendations. Despite 14 years of educational campaigns, only one-third of Americans know about recommendations for a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity a day, while fewer than half follow the guideline. Full story

Financial slump brings in its wake many a health hazard, true, still there are ways in which it can be very much beneficial for health. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences lists a number of factors whereby the periods of economic recession making away with excessive strain and worry help maintain health. Full story

According to a study published in British Medical Journal, women who had normal weigh between 18 and 50 years old and were not obese at 50 are more likely to maintain their health by the time they reach 70. Full story

People whose thighs are less than 60 cm (23 inches) in diameter are at risk of premature death and heart disease. But bigger thighs have no protective effect on health, according to Danish scientists. Full story

Cancer sufferers receive considerable alleviation from vitamin D, the Sun vitamin, as recent research showed. Such is the conclusion reached in two studies published in the British Journal of Cancer and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. They are the result of a joint research conducted by specialists from Leeds University in conjunction with the US National Institutes of Health. Full story

According to a recent study, stress associated with divorce has a negative effect on cancer patients, as family breakdown leads to weaker immune system and thus makes it harder for the patients to fight cancer. Full story

A number of studies showed that green tea extract has positive effect on the cardiovascular system in adults and prevents fatty deposits from building up in the liver. However, some scientists recently discovered that green tea weakens bones. Full story

A tragic death of British schoolgirl Natalie Morton was the first lethal accident connected to a vaccine against cervical cancer called Cervarix. Doctors say that the cause of death was the girl’s "individual reaction" to the shot. Full story

A recent study in Cancer Research reports that a new medication made up of a well-known diabetes cure Metformin and an anti-cancer agent may become the best cancer inhibitor so far. Full story

A recent study in the September issue of the Environmental Health journal links living near noisy roads with high blood pressure. The research into the issue was conducted by Lund University Hospital in Sweden whose specialists concluded that the noise coming from busy streets leads to more intense stress Full story