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Cheryl Cole has shown she is getting back on track by stepping out in public for the first time since being struck down with malaria.

A new study shows that a common sleep disorder may be a sign of dementia or Parkinson's disease up to 50 years before the disorders are diagnosed.

A green stain lights up a protein tied to aging, showing that it is abundant in the hypothalamus region of mice brains.

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A partial set of false teeth made specially for Winston Churchill to disguise his lisp could fetch as much as A 5,000 when they go up for auction.

PART of a set of dentures used by Winston Churchill to disguise a lisp is going on sale.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: How does one eliminate dandruff? I have had it for months and have tried many, many shampoos without making any progress.

Health insurer Aetna Inc. says its second-quarter profit rose 42 percent, as the percentage of premiums the company spent on medical care fell versus a year ago.

Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the province is ready to help pay for clinical trials of the so-called liberation treatment for multiple sclerosis sufferers.

Drinking alcohol may cut the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis and make symptoms less severe, research suggests.

Merck & Co. said Tuesday it will team up with Sinopharm, a huge Chinese distributor and maker of pharmaceutical and other health products, to market vaccines and potentially other drugs.

Fewer women in poor areas in Scotland are being screened for breast cancer compared with better off patients, according to official statistics.

A new 50 million fund has been launched by the Government to give patients access to cancer drugs.

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Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday.

Medical school laboratory rats are pictured in a file photo. Researchers found mice that become fat from eating too much lost about 12 percent of their body weight on this new formulation, compared with 21 percent in similar mice that had taken rimonabant.

The people of Belfast have paid a warm tribute to hometown hero Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins as a book of condolence was opened for the tragic snooker legend.

Recent reports questioning the safety of many sunscreens have experts worried that some people may shun the very products that could save their lives, not to mention their skin.

Maryland could save about $829 million on health care costs between fiscal year 2011 and 2020 because of federal health care reform, according to a model the state released Monday.