Health
The controversial blood collection and splashing ritual by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), seen as waste by many, has prompted a significant number of people to donate blood for medical use, Thai Red Cross said.
Britain's first dedicated technology addiction clinic offers help to youngsters who are hooked on computer games, the internet and mobile phones.
Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures would like to see cinemas, across the U.S., selling healthier snacks in order to help the American public "meet an urgent health need."
Israel is launching a pioneering "organ for organ" donation programme: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. The new law is aimed at boosting organ supply in the country.
British health experts have slammed cheap copycat versions of Ugg boots as disastrous and warn they might cause backache and pains in feet, knees and hips.
American women are more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than women in 40 other countries
According to a new report by Amnesty International on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., American women are at greater risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes than women in 40 other countries.
Doctors say viewers of 3D television sets could experience health problems while watching the screens.
About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, and more than 80 percent are unaware of the infection, U.S. health officials said.
Six people, including a baby died last week from the influenza type A(H1N1) in Thailand, Thailand's Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit. Most victims already suffered from chronic illnesses.
Legco worries over health subsidy plan
Legislators have expressed reservations over a government programme that seeks to divert patients with chronic diseases to private doctors.
Bacteria living in the human intestine may help cause obesity and a range of health-threatening symptoms that go along with it, researchers reported on Thursday.
A British prisoner, convicted of drug trafficking, is hoping to father his Thai girlfriend's child from behind the bars if officials allow him to enrol on an artificial insemination programme, the Daily Mail reported.
Dieting company WeightWatchers has signed a deal with fast food chain McDonald's to promote "rebranded" healthy meals in New Zealand and Australia.
The president of China's leading sports university urged the government on Thursday to invest in the physical fitness of Chinese youth or else the youngsters will not be able to fight the Japanese in a future war.
New gene test may help choose your diet
According to a new study, genetic testing may help dieters the ideal type of diet, thus maximizing weight loss, Interleukin Genetics Inc. reported on Wednesday.
Pledge to curb medical insurance profits
The Health Secretary, York Chow, has pledged that companies taking part in the government's proposed voluntary medical insurance scheme won't be allowed to make excessive profits.
3 more die of A(H1N1) flu inThailand
Three more fatalities related to the influenza type A(H1N1) have been reported by Thailand's Ministry of Public Health. The total number of deaths now adds up to 212.
When everyone around expect them to feel the happiest in the world, some moms shed tears when learning the baby they have been waiting for so long, turns out to have the opposite sex of what they had dreamt of.
Patients were routinely neglected by staff at a Mid Staffordshire National Health Service facility where at least 400 deaths have been linked to appalling care, a report revealed.
21-year-old Nikolas Evans was assaulted in a fight last year outside a bar in Austin, Texas. He was knocked off his feet and struck his temple on the ground. He died of subdural hematoma 10 days after the violent attack. Now his mother is hoping t...