Nigeria is now free of the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization officially declared on Monday. The most populous country in Africa reported 20 cases and eight deaths before doctors were able to eradicate the disease.
Homeless people have allowed an innovative program to lift them off the streets and place them in a community coop farm growing organic fruits and vegetables.
London has opened its first exercise playground for older people, with specially designed fitness equipment to help the capital's aging baby boomers stay fit.
A severely injured survivor of the London train bombings has created a smartphone app to help people with disabilities travel around London more easily.
Two new U.S. Ebola treatment facilities are opening in Liberia this week, completed by the US Army, and new ones are under construction. Meanwhile, there are signs the epidemic might be slowing in that country.
Responding to pressure from public health advocates, Kentucky Fried Chicken said Monday they would stop frying chicken in trans fats, which raise your bad cholesterol and lower your good cholesterol more than other oils.
"There could be an end to the nursing shortage in Kansas thanks to a 10-year, $30 million state funding and matching grant program that was signed into law in 2006, which led to an increase of 507 students."
A Kansas college hopes young doctors will be more willing to practice in small towns if they go to a medical school in a rural area. The University of Kansas will have what it says is the smallest four-year medical education site in the country, with eight students starting taking classes Monday on a satellite campus in Salina, Kansas.
Imagine trying to get a healthy family meal on the table after spending a long day at the hospital with a sick child.
Eating cheese boosts the immune system of older people, according to a new study by scientists in Finland. Researchers found that cheese can act as a carrier for probiotic bacteria, widely regarded as beneficial to immune health.
A child in the township of North Okkalapa learns how to drink water that has just been made safe by dissolving a Procter and Gamble purifying packet and stirring.
More than 2 million Afghan children are currently being immunized in a United Nations-backed three-day polio eradication drive following a sixth reported case of the crippling and sometimes fatal disease in the south of the country this year.
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukemia has the unexpected side-effect of boosting immune responses against many different cancers, reports a new study. The drugs, called p110δ inhibitors, have shown such remarkable efficacy against certain leukemias in recent clinical trials that patients on the placebo were switched to the real drug. Until now, however, they have not been tested in other types of cancer.
A study finds that midday naps lower blood pressure enough to cut the need for so many prescription drugs used to control hypertension.
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People who live in fear of the dentist's drill could be in for a more comfortable future - as new plasma technology arrives. "Drilling is a very uncomfortable and sometimes painful experience. The use of cold "plasma jets", in contrast, is a completely contact-free method that is highly effective," said Dr Stefan Rupf, who led the study.
A thousand people streamed into the University of Maryland's gymnasium yesterday where a "Mission of Mercy" began dispensing a million dollars worth of free dental care. 800 dentists and hygienists are volunteering their time during the two-day mobile dental clinic to serve uninsured adults.
A new UK study suggests that a drop in the rate of dementia for people over 65 is likely due to healthier lifestyles in middle age.
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