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A mysterious disease that causes internal bleeding killed three people, prompting health officials to take precautions against any further contagion.

An American and two Japanese physicists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday for their discovery of tiny breaks in the symmetry of nature's fundamental particles that help explain why our universe exists and the rules that govern it.

Leeds researchers are among the first in the country to use new state-of-the art imaging equipment in a bid to improve the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with a common form of inflammatory arthritis. A team from the Leeds Institute of Molecular medicine at the University of Leeds hope to demonstrate the effectiveness of two novel imaging techniques using a specially adapted MRI scanner. read more

An experimental anti-cancer drug can prevent - and even reverse - potentially fatal cardiovascular damage in a mouse model of progeria, a rare genetic disorder that causes the most dramatic form of human premature aging, National Institutes of health (NIH) researchers reported today. read more

A cleft lip is a separation and probable deficiency of tissue of the upper lip. It is the result of the failure of the tissues to fuse during the first trimester of pregnancy. It can occur on one side only (unilateral) or on both sides (bilateral). It may involve only a notch in the lip or extend into the nose and through the gum line (alveolar ridge). A cleft palate is a separation of the roof of the mouth. It results from the failure of the palatal shelves to fuse during the 10-12th week of pregnancy. It can occur with or without a cleft lip. read more

Improved life expectancy and reduced waiting times for hospital treatments are proof that the health and social care service is making a real difference to people in Northern Ireland. Responding to a Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) report into the performance of the health service, Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey said: read more

LONDON (Reuters) - Police could one day predict the surname of male suspects or victims of crime from DNA alone, British researchers said on Wednesday.

Children under 4 should not be given cough and cold medicines, companies that make those products said Tuesday in announcing new guidelines for their use.

THE smoking ban in bars, restaurants and other public places wasn't just designed to protect the health of non-smokers.

Alarmed by a record rate of suicide in its ranks, the Army yesterday unveiled a unique prevention tool -- an interactive video to be mandatory viewing Army-wide -- in which soldiers will play the role of an anguished infantryman and make virtual choices that lead the character to get help or, in the...