A study by the Harvard School of Public Health has found that people who munch on the sweet stuff up to three times a month live longer than those who avoid it entirely - by as much as a year. The

Scientists in Sweden have identified for the first time the parent cells that give rise of many and maybe all of the different cell types in the adult brain. These neural stem cells, as they are

A glass and a half of wine a day could help stave off neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to research published in the British journal New Scientist. Italian

British scientists say in a report that a chemical they have successfully tested on mice could help in the fight against a new variant of the human brain-wasting malady linked to "mad cow" disease.

Unilever will soon be trumpeting its All Free Clear Laundary detergent as an "allergy medicine" in new ads that aim to skirt flack from advertising watchdogs with a cautionary footnote. In a fresh

Oral contraceptives have no long-term adverse effect on health, according to the largest study, undertaken of the pill. Clifford Kay of UK's Royal College of General Practitioners, who started the

The AIDS situation in Nepal could reach "explosive proportions" if the country fails to come up with effective initiatives to check the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, a senior UNICEF

Alarmed over the increasing spread of HIV/AIDS infection from high-risk groups to the general population, the Government has put forward a proposal to hold a nation-wide AIDS awareness week in April.

A indigenous AIDS confirmatory diagnosis kit, which will be superior to imported kits already on the market, is to be launched next month. The kit, developed by Dr Robin Mukhopadhyay at the Cancer

U.S. scientists have developed a sensitive method that can spot cancer cells at a much earlier