A new research stated that diabetes raises the risk of depressive disorder.

The study authors stated, "Although it has been hypothesized that the diabetes-depression relation is bidirectional, few studies have addressed this hypothesis in a prospective setting."

As new European laws come into line, hoards of herbal medications, excepting a few popular products for 'mild' illness, will be banished from being sold in the UK market by 2011.

With just 4-months to go before the ban get placed, lots of sufferers are set to mislay access to herbal cures that have been utilized in the UK for years.

Before the age of 13, kids should be enforced healthy lifestyle habits by parents, researchers from University of the Basque Country said.

Drinking wine and junk food consumption are seen to be the prime amongst females and youngsters aged between 19 and 26 and it should be observed and annihilated even in the early years.

Port-au-Prince, Dec 19 - The toll in the cholera epidemic in Haiti has risen to 2,535, the public health and population ministry said.

A total of 114,497 people have been affected by the outbreak, according to the ministry bulletin released Saturday.

Around 58,190 people have been hospitalised due to the disease, of whom 56,463 have recovered and have been released.

As per reports, the Madhya Pradesh administration dismissed thirteen physicians from four medical colleges as their educational certifications were not acknowledged by the Medical Council of India (MCI).

The dismissed physicians were working as lecturers in the state's four medical colleges in Gwalior, Jabalpur, Bhopal and Rewas.

A new study has disclosed that adding up almonds in diet may help prevent diabetes in addition to decreasing the chance of cardiovascular disease.

In a shocking incident, a two-month-old baby died few hours after taking DPT injection on Wednesday.

Daisy Jaswani, the infant's mom, took the baby boy to the MCD-run maternity centre at Trinagar in northwest Delhi for the inoculation in the morning.

Baby's parents said that the kid was fine otherwise, and died because of DPT vaccination.

Washington, Dec 10 - Barack Obama became US president on a campaign of "yes, we can" but he has struggled hard for three decades to stop smoking. Now, going by his press secretary's word, he may have finally kicked the habit.

London, Dec 6 - Cancer can be 'burned up' with a new technique that uses magnetic pulses to heat tumour cells until they die.

Scientists have found they can surround cancer cells with tiny particles of iron-oxide that vibrate when in a magnetic field, causing the cells to heat up.

Washington, Dec 5 - Electronic or e-cigarettes, that vapourize nicotine, are being increasingly used all over the world even though information about their effects is very sketchy.

Researchers from University of California, Riverside, US, conclude that e-cigarettes are potentially harmful and have suggested their removal from the market until their safety is established.