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Health campaigners say the tobacco industry is delaying or derailing tobacco control efforts to protect billions in profit. The war on tobacco is at a "critical stage," they say.

Restrictions on development of fast food restaurants in Los Angeles did not lower obesity rates. What went wrong?

To study cystic fibrosis, a disease that affects the lungs, a team of scientists recently created a set of functional mini-lungs that could help assist in the discovery of new drugs targeting the disease.

Kyle and Danielle Williams were told by doctors during the ultrasound that they were expecting a baby girl. However, on March 3, 2015, when the C-section was performed on Danielle, much to the family's surprise they had ...

Antipsychotic drugs are often prescribed to ease behavioral problems in dementia patients. Findings of a new study, however, reveal the drug is associated with increased risks for early death.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have successfully created 'mini-lungs' using stem cells derived from skin cells of patients with cystic fibrosis, and have shown that these can be used to test potential new drug...

TB has spread in a high school in Kansas but fortunately the number of cases is small, making the situation easier to control. Health officials are working together to facilitate treatment for those affected.

Two more American health workers have returned from Sierra Leone. They follow an earlier group put under observation following potential exposure to the Ebola virus.

A number of children who died from cerebral malaria, the deadliest mosquito-borne disease, suffered from severe swelling of the brain. The findings could pave the way to improved treatment and save lives.

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(University of Zurich) Clear and realistic expectations are key to successfully hiring heads of departments, say Professor Pierre-Alain Clavien, University of Zurich, and Joseph Deiss, former President of the Swiss Confe...