Female students in the Chinese city of Xiamen are reported to be eating roundworm eggs in an attempt to shed pounds and look skinny when appearing for job interviews.

As temperature decreased in recent weeks, 14 people have died in the region with confirmed H1N1 flu and another three have died with a strain known as flu type B.

Researchers said men, although would likely not miss the cleavage of a woman, rely on the waist-to-hip ratio to decide whether a member of the opposite sex is attractive or not.

Researchers said in a new study that there is no difference in the school performance of teens who are in sexually active, but exclusive relationships and those who do not engage in premarital sex.

India has dismissed a study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases that warns of a potentially deadly and drug-resistant “superbug” spreading from the South Asian country and neighboring Pakistan.

Elderly people taking calcium supplements to fight osteoporosis may be doing so at the expense of their hearts, a study published on Friday in the British Medical Journal suggests.

Four months after the successful operation of transplanting a full face, the man who was at the receiving end appeared for the first time in public.

The new guidelines indicate that it is safe for most women to have a VBAC, including those who already have two previous caesarian operations and even for those who had carried twins.

A new topical gel that was announced at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria was said to help reduce the transmission of HIV to women.

Researchers have found that low levels of Vitamin D, whose best source are the ultraviolet rays of the sun, are linked to higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.