Study results from the world's largest cancer conference this weekend highlight both the progress and the frustrations in the fight against cancer.

The iPhone offers lots of apps for fun, organization, and social networking, but have you thought of the potential for mental health apps on the device? Take a look at 100 apps that can feed your brain, offer relaxation, and more.

In the South African language of Southern Sotho, Bophelong means "the place of life." It is a fitting name for a bright day care center full of smiling children in Thembisa township, near Johannesburg, South Africa.

A vaccine that uses cancer cells against themselves significantly slows the progress of a deadly form of blood cancer, a researcher said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Dr. James R. Shannon, former director of the National institute of health declared, "the only safe vaccine is one that is never used."

This internationally recognized expert in the field of radiation has been given the handle, "anti-nuclear nun," for her tireless activism on behalf of the most vulnerable and threatened by radiation: women and children, aboriginals and workers in uranium

Epsom salt has long been considered one of the most versatile household products, but as summer draws near, doctors say theres an important use that isnt as well-known: reducing the itch that comes from mosquito bites, bee stings, mild sunburn, poison ivy

If you're an environmentalist who twitches nervously whenever people start talking about food -- because you never got around to reading The Omnivore's Dilemma or Fast Food Nation -- you're in luck. The now eco-famous authors of those books -- Eric Schlosser

Perhaps instead of eating enriched cereals, we should donate them to grade schools for science class experiments.

Recent research is turning up promising information about curcumin, an active component of the herb turmeric, for relief of symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome.