Results showed that within a month, both groups' sleep quality significantly improved

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a new strategy to fortify staple food with micronutrients

Children are growing up in a warmer world that will hit them with more and different health problems than their parents experienced

Measles is a highly infectious airborne disease that spreads easily through breathing, coughing, and sneezing

More than half of child pneumonia deaths are in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia

Practically stress and unwanted tension are some of the major reasons of short term forgetfulness and unfocused behaviour, the experts added

This is a historic step towards ensuring the people who most need it are able to access this life-saving vaccine

The study is scheduled to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2019 -- 16-18 November in Philadelphia

Two cannabis-based medicines, used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, have been approved

Those who are moderately or vigorously active one or two times a week at the first check had a 10 per cent reduced risk if they increased their activity to five or more times a week

The third sample is collected 18 years ago but was difficult to sequence given technical constraints at the time

Patients with severe opioid addiction are being given brain implants to help reduce their cravings, in the first trial of its kind in the US

A Chinese maker of rabies vaccine that was fined 9.1 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) in a quality scandal that set off a crackdown

Osteoporosis is a disease in which bone weakening increases the risk of a broken bone

A sleepless night can trigger up to a 30 per cent rise in anxiety levels, researchers from the University of California said

Scientists from Victoria University, the University of Sydney and the University of Southern Queensland in Australia analysed conference presentations, doctoral thesis and dissertations in a broad range of academic databases to reach their conclusion

A Congolese journalist who had been raising awareness about the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed at his home

A research of more than 200,000 men is one of the first to show strong evidence of two factors that could possibly be modified to reduce prostate cancer risk

According to the study, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, some people carry one or two copies of a genetic variant that is associated with heavier tobacco use

Until now, the only vaccine against the disease is one manufactured by US firm, Merck Sharpe and Dohme

Of all cancer types, liver cancer has had the largest increase in death rates between 2007 and 2017, and the most rapid rise in deaths

Many people with asthma could cut their carbon footprint and help save the environment by switching to "greener" medications, UK researchers say

Responding to a facebook post seeking financial assistance, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has given financial assistance to a kidney patient 

The study published online on Thursday in the journal Science showed that the measles virus cancels part of the immune system's memory in both humans and ferrets

Chinese scientists have developed a nanometer material that can be used for liver cancer treatment

Brain surgery performed awake, although it is in our repertoire, is not routine," he said

The World Health Organization says more than 7 million cases of malaria have been reported in Burundi

A vaccine which could "revolutionise" tuberculosis treatment has been unveiled by researchers

The impact of obesity, however, manifests differently in men and women

For the study, participants are divided into five groups, according to the amount of fibre and yogurt they consumed

Dr Arif Hossain, a Bangladeshi researcher doing PhD in Japan, has been selected as the best young scientist of Japan

The second of three forms of the polio virus has been eradicated, experts have announced

The Japanese Society for Inherited Metabolic Diseases has elected Dr Arif this year’s young best scientist for discovering the mechanism and treatment of Lysosomal diseases

Dozens of people were admitted to the Sadar Hospital with diarrhoea in the last two days

Seventeen years later, he still shakes his head over the surprising enthusiasm of the lecturer, an authority on the topic, for prescribing opioids.

To get the best out of your daily blood pressure medication, take it just before you go to bed

The announcement is a surprise because the drug company earlier this year stopped two studies of the drug when partial results suggested it was not likely to be successful

Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drugmaker blamed for a deadly US opioid epidemic settled a bellwether civil lawsuit with two Ohio counties Monday

British and American scientists are teaming up to search for the earliest signs of cancer in a bid to detect and treat the disease before it emerges