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(International Osteoporosis Foundation) The IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, the largest scientific conference devoted primarily to osteoporosis, will open on Dec. 3 in Bangkok with a special session focused on four key topics in nutrition and bone health. The Nutrition and Bone health Session, one of four special focused sessions, will be held during the morning of Dec. 3 prior to the official opening of the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis in Bangkok.

(University of Michigan health System) Could eating grapes help fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet? And could grapes calm other factors that are also related to heart diseases such as heart failure? A new University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study performed in animals suggests so.

Expenditures for prescription diabetes drugs nearly doubled over a six-year period, largely due to the increased use of newer and costlier medications, a study shows.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grapes helped lower blood pressure and improve heart function in lab rats fed an otherwise salty diet, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

UK researchers have raised concerns over the monitoring of the safety of single measles and rubella vaccines.

Diagnosed less than a year ago with pancreatic cancer, the actor is defying expectations and putting in 12-hour days as the lead in a television series, "The Beast" on A&E.

Complex diet regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and, just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.

The Chilean health minister resigns after a hospital fails to tell dozens of patients that they have HIV.

AP - The Food and Drug Administration's assurances that a controversial chemical is safe for use in food containers are badly flawed, an independent panel of scientific advisers concluded in a report released Tuesday.

The NHS is failing to get to grips with the growing alcohol problems in England, the National Audit Office says.