The number of adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought, a new study has found. 　　An international team of researchers working with the World Health Organization has found that the rates of diabetes... More

　　A breakthrough therapy to modify patients' T-cells into potent tumor-killing agents has helped three leukemia sufferers stay cancer-free for a year, US researchers said Wednesday. 　　The findings are the first to show how gene transfer therapy can make specialized T-cells, which guard the body from infection, that attack cancerous tumors... More

　　People who were hit or spanked as children face higher odds of mental ailments as adults, including mood and anxiety disorders and problems with alcohol and drug abuse, researchers said Monday. 　　The study, led by Canadian researchers, is the first to examine the link between psychological problems and spanking, while... More

　　A third of the world's adults are physically inactive, and the couch potato lifestyle kills about five million people every year, experts said in the medical journal The Lancet recently. 　　"Roughly three of every 10 individuals aged 15 years or older - about 1.5 billion people - do not reach... More

　　Water-borne diseases are spreading in Syria, compounding the problems of hospitals that are perilously short of medicine and doctors after nearly two years of fighting, the World Health Organization says. 　　The country's health ministry has run out of trauma treatments made in factories in opposition areas to help the increasing... More

　　World Health Organization expert plays down fears of pandemic, saying prolonged contact is needed to transmit disease. 　　A World Health Organization (WHO) official has said it seems likely that a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe can be passed between humans,... More

　　Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million by late January 2015, up from the current total of 5,800, according to a new study by a US medical agency. 　　The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on Tuesday suggesting that Ebola cases could increase to between 550,000... More