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

Scientists at the University of California, USA, discovered the gene responsible for the length of sleep. The discovery was made thanks to the help of a mom and daughter, who stay alert and function well having only six hours of sleep a night. Full story

The smell of freshly cut grass can relieve stress, according to Australian scientists. They discovered that substances released from cut grass affect the amygdala and the hippocampus, brain regions responsible for different responses to stressful situations. Those substances make people feel relaxed and happy. Researchers have integrated scentful chemicals from cut grass into ... Full story

А woman looks familiar to you, but you can't remember her name or where you saw her? According to a new University of California study, the memory about it exists – you simply have no access to it. Using advanced brain imaging methods, the scientists found that a person’s brain activity at the moment of remembering an ... Full story

Showers are becoming more popular, and some people definitely prefer them to taking baths. Yet recent findings have shown that showering can damage your health. Many showerheads being dirty, they spray us with water teeming with bacteria. That may be the reason behind the growing number of lung infections recorded during the last years. Bacteria-infected showerheads had ... Full story

Scientists warn that eating out of time, especially during the night, is a potent factor leading to gaining extra weight. Those who are in the habit of eating late at night or get up during the night and go foraging in the kitchen run a higher risk of becoming overweight and damaging their health. The International Journal ... Full story

According to BBC, more and more Britons are getting obsessed with healthy eating, worrying health professionals. Past few years have seen a multiple rise in the number of people suffering from orthorexia (abnormal focus on eating healthy foods). It’s interesting that orthorexic people tend to go into extremes when choosing foods to eat. And then ... Full story

Over-the-counter painkillers taken by millions of people around the world can become addictive within just three days, according to scientists. The drugs in question include Nurofen and Solpadeine and contain one of the opiates – codeine. They are routinely used to ease headaches, period pain and backaches. The UK authorities have officially announced about thousands of Britons ... Full story

Many temptations of the modern life are robbing us of the precious sleeping time. After studying sleep duration among middle-aged men and women, epidemiologist Diane Lauderdale and her colleagues from the University of Chicago reported that we sleep less than we should, and even… less than we think. Spending on average 7.5 hours in ... Full story

Scottish scientists believe that red wine contains antioxidants and thus protects from exposure to strong inflammatory agents. Such statement was made by specialists from the Glasgow Biomedical Research Center. Full story

It is universal knowledge that obese people are very prone to developing asthma, and that goes for women especially. But now it seems that one of the most relevant factors here is abdominal obesity, or having a too large waist. Full story

A while ago scientific studies suspected tanning beds to be 'probable carcinogens'; unfortunately, further research proves that they are conducive to developing skin cancer. Full story

US scientists report the invention of a vaginal gel that is supposed to protect women from the possibility of a HIV infection during a sexual intercourse. Women are to introduce the vaginal gel in before they engage in sex; Full story

As Tamiflu is being widely used to beat down swine flu infection, scientists are getting more concerned about its possible side effects. Full story