Memory loss in one's later years appears more likely in those with the AB blood type, says new research by the University of Vermont and published online in Neurology, journal of the American Academy of Neurology
Workplace accidents suffered by individuals are a new focus of the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which has re-worked reporting guidelines for work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye, as well as death.
Marketing claims made about one of its colon supplements is creating tension between Bayer Corporation, the American subsidiary of giant aspirin manufacturer Bayer AG, and the United States Department of Justice.
As the research battle continues over whether coffee is actually a health benefit or deterrent, a marketing outfit from the United Kingdom has identified the 10 professions that drink the most of the dark brown brew.
In a breakthrough that scientists say will help them better understand, and capitalize on, the abilities of those sleeping, a new out of Europe says the human brain plays with language, even when the body is at rest
With media still buzzing over a "selfie" its comet-chasing Rosetta mission took days ago, Europe's main space agency will reveal next week where the probe's lander will settle on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Now it's a crime to breed lionfish, at least according to wildlife officials in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted Sept. 10 to prohibit lionfish aquaculture - in other words, activities geared toward reproducing the spiky critters.
Scientists have been able to assemble a detailed record of large mammals that lived in the Nile Valley over the past 6,000 years, thanks in part to depictions of the animals in ancient Egyptian artifacts.
After pushing back the mission for almost two weeks, due to the aborted but unrelated test flight of one of its other rockets, California-based SpaceX has successfully launched a new telecommunications satellite , the AsiaSat 6.
In a matter of days, the International Space Station will receive a new sensor for monitoring ocean winds back on Earth, opening a new chapter of planetary study by the orbiting laboratory.
The advance of a lava flow from Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has shown signs of bslowing, though still posing a risk to a sparsely populated subdivision on the big island of Hawaii.
Scientists say they have evidence the surface on Jupiter's moon Europa has been shaped through the same type of surface-shifting geological activity that's molded the face of Earth.
The potential harm caused to the blood circulation in your legs can be offset by easy - even slow - five-minute walks, says new research out of Indiana University
Bishop Cirilo Flores, the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, has died. He was 66. The diocese confirmed to U-T San Diego that Flores died Saturday in Mission Valley after a battle with cancer.
Amid all the other technical problems that have plagued the federal government's new Affordable Care Act Website since it went live last year, now HealthCare.gov has been attacked by hackers, The Motley Fool reports.
A vacationer from Australia has captured an awe-inspiring video of an explosive eruption from the massive Mount Tavurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea and the remarkable sonic wave that followed.
Though they've been hunted for over a century to near extinction, blue whales have not only returned from the brink of demise, but rebounded to historical levels, say researchers from the University of Washington.
Lava from Kilauea on the so-called "Big Island" of Hawaii, one of the world's most active volcanoes, is slowly creeping toward a rural subdivision, as scientists warn if the molten flow continues on its trajectory, it could reach a small community of homes in about a week.
The nation's only freshwater sanctuary has been given the federal go-ahead to grow nearly ten times its current size and expand efforts to preserve sunken vessels in an area of Lake Huron known as "Shipwreck Alley."
One person takes their own life every 40 seconds - equal to more than 800 000 deaths each year, according to a first-of-its-kind report on suicide causes and prevention, issued by the World Health Organization.
A shortage of HIV/AIDS drugs provided under the government's free medicine program, after some drug makers halted supplies due to delayed payments, has left thousands of patients in India without treatment.
Electronic cigarettes, or, e-cigarettes, which contain nicotine are tobacco products and should be subject to all laws that apply to such products, the American Heart Association has just announced.
Researchers in Oregon working on a vaccine that's shown successes in preventing HIV infection in primates have been awarded a $25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Two new mushroom-looking species have been discovered in the deep waters along the south-east Australian continental slope by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
