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The World Health Organization encourages nations to pay attention to the reduction of visual impairment prevalence by 2019 through its Global Action Plan. WHO believes that visual impairment is avoidable.

Ten people were quarantined in Nigeria after coming into contact with a man who allegedly died because of Ebola. Health officials are investigating the case.

Researchers find a genetic clue to why elephants display a significant resistance to cancer. The finding could lead to ways to better protect people against cancer, they suggest.

An estimated seven to ten million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease (PD), which is an incurable and progressive disease of the nervous system affecting movement and cognitive function. More than half o...

The EBOVAC-Salone study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Johnson & Johnson's experimental Ebola vaccine. The clinical trial will take place in Sierra Leone's Kambia district.

Moms and dads pushing firstborns to hit the books hard may be leading to increased cases of myopia, researchers say. Firstborn kids are 10 percent more likely to be nearsighted, they say.

A team of researchers conducted two national studies 15 years apart to track smoking's health effects in a large group of Chinese people. It found that one in three of China's young men is set to get killed by tobacco.

Roche Holdings announced that their newest MS drug was able to treat the disease effectively according to the findings of their clinical trials. Hope for progress in MS treatment is made anew with the drug's success.

Male breast cancer is rare and most cases are typically diagnosed at a later stage but the incidence in increasing in recent years. Health officials estimate one in every 1,000 men is diagnosed with breast cancer.

One in every eight children in the United States is at risk of acquiring measles, a new study says. Researchers fear that an outbreak is looming over the country.

A new study established a link between time spent online and high blood pressure. It added to mounting research that associates heavy Internet use with addiction, depression, anxiety, obesity and other health risks.

A missing boy with a lethal form of jaw cancer is at risk of suffering a painful death if he does not undergo surgery, according to high court judge. The judge also believes that the boy was taken by his parents who pref...

A new blood test can now predict whether a person is at risk of heart attack, according to a recent study in the UK. The blood test can rule out chances of heart attack.

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