A major discovery could open the door to "one-fits-all" cancer drugs that can tackle many different forms of the disease. Researchers have started to unmask an enzyme that plays a major role in the development of nearly all human cancers.

Millions of Americans have pre-diabetes, a condition that raises their risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and many have no idea.

Blood clots in coronary arteries have long been known to be a common cause for heart attacks and strokes, but scientists had largely believed blood clots in veins were unrelated, said Henrik Sorensen, an epidemiologist at Denmark's Aarhus Hospital.

The researchers asked 5,451 children aged 11 to 12 to wear a device around their waist that recorded, minute by minute, their levels of activity for a week. The device also logged the intensity and frequency of physical activity.

Researchers who followed the health of nearly 500 older people for almost a decade found that those who walked more quickly were less likely to die over the course of the study.

"The worst culprits are toys with sound levels automatically set at the highest volume and piercing bangs. Loud rings and squeaks are potentially hazardous too," says McLaren.

All newborns in Utah are tested for 36 diseases, from sickle cell anemia to metabolism disorder PKU to hypothyroidism

Every minute, more than 16 women worldwide die of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke. Each year, it claims more women's lives than cancer, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined

Climate change should be treated as a public health issue, especially by the United States, the world's biggest long-term emitter of greenhouse gases, health and ecology experts said on Tuesday.

South Asia, poor food preparation, poor hygiene in our hospitals, or the fact that roughly 2 billion of us now travel by air all over the globe -- often passively transporting new infections around the world.