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Last updated: 21 November 2009 0428 hrs (GMT)1228 hrs (SST)

The Great Reaction

Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study

Anger over new age rules for breast cancer tests

Being toothless is nothing to laugh about

Vitamin D deficiency linked to strokes, heart disease: study

Malaria Drugs: Artemisinin-Resistant Strain Appears

Sunbeds: 250,000 English kids at risk of cancer

Most diabetics ignorant of healthy eating

Some men go through 'the change', too

Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study

Skipping is one of the best and cheapest forms of exercise

Stay safe, give it a shot

Switzerland restricts use of GlaxoSmithKline H1N1 flu vaccine

Sleep deprivation a major US health problem: study

Smokers could go virtual to kick the habit: study

'Aura' migraines double stroke risk: study

Not all STDs show obvious symptoms

Gene therapy cures congenital form of blindness

Study shows a few cups of coffee a day keep liver disease at bay

AIDS vaccine data confirms 'modest' breakthrough

Smokers are at a higher risk of going blind

Sniff: women cry more than men, and for longer

Co-sleeping is key culprit in sudden infant deaths

Worldwide abortion rates falling

Chocolate, water blunt pain: study

Exercise caution

Some studies show practising qigong helps to fight against cancer

Millions at risk from high blood pressure in China

Obese mothers more likely to have babies with heart defects

Study links daily sweets for children to violence