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A missing mental health patient who disappeared from a psychiatric unit in south Auckland on Wednesday night, has been found.Matiu Whiu, 22, was found earlier today and was back in the care of the men...

The popular PSA test saves few lives and seems to expose men to unnecessary treatment, two new studies say.

An elderly man learns of his terminal cancer from a solicitor's letter.

Queensland Health says it is concerned that the outbreak of type-four dengue fever in Innisfail, in far north Queensland, is growing, with six cases of the mosquito-borne disease now confirmed in the town.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey regulators have temporarily suspended the medical license of a doctor who health officials suspect is linked to a hepatitis B outbreak....

A decade-long study following more than 75,000 men found that prostate cancer screenings led to more diagnoses but did not reduce the number of deaths from the illness.

Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. It is usually sporadic, but a small proportion of cases are familial, linked to mutations in the AAY precursor protein , presenilin 1 or presenilin 2 genes.

A new study published in the Lancet follows over 900,000 people and proves conclusively that being overweight shortens your lifespan. Severe obesity can take 10 years off you life, the same risk as a heavy smoker. Moderate obesity (up to 50 pounds overweight) can take 3 years off your life. It is now perfectly clear that being overweight ages your body faster, resulting in early death.The researchers looked at BMI, a relationship between height and weight. A normal BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. In this study group men and women whose BMI was between 22.5 and 25 lived longer. For those with a BMI over 25, every 10 to 12 pound increase translated to about a 30 percent increased risk of dying. In addition, there was a 40 percent increase in the risk for heart disease, stroke and other vascular disease, a 60 percent to 120 percent increased risk of diabetes, liver disease or kidney disease, a 10 percent increased risk of cancer, and a 20 percent in

As many as 1 in 100 black men and women develop heart failure before the age of 50, 20 times the rate in whites in this age group, according to new findings from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has recorded 33 deaths caused by dengue fever this year, a 50-per-cent increase from the same period last year, the Health Ministry said Thursday. The number of cases of the mosquito-borne disease also rose by 48 per cent to 1...