CHICAGO Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found. The connection goe
WASHINGTON Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers the albuterol that quickly opens airways dur
MADANAYAKANA HALLI, India AFP Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore. As one of the hijra community the c
CHENNAI, India Reuters The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said on Saturday. Adult-onset diabetes has been linked to risk
FRIDAY, Nov. 28 The adult children of people with the rarer, inherited form of Alzheimer's disease are being sought for a new study to better understand the biology of the brain disorder. Three hundred adults with a biological parent diagnosed wi
CHICAGO Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. The disorders include proble