What do all victorious Olympians have in common? The victorious gestures that vary from fist-pumping and chest-puffing to raising their arms in a victory salute.

A new study has found that all these victory gestures are innate and biological rather than learned responses to success and failure. So is the reaction to defeat and failure that is marked by slumped shoulders

A hand-held trans-cranial magnetic stimulation device could be helpful in treatment of most severe migrane attacks, researchers say. When held against the back of the head and turned on, the device delivers two quick magnetic pulses into the brain, which scientists believe short-circuit the electrical storm.

Invented by Medtronic, the device was tested in a trial of 61 patients who experienced on average 15 or more headache days in a month and whose condition did not respond to conventional medicine for three months. The device is put up against the back of the head, and users push a button to administer the magnetic pulse

Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes and another 57 million are estimated to have pre-diabetes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday.

Based on data from 2007, CDC said the number is roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population and represents an increase of about 3 million over two years

The parents of young California girl are awaiting their court hearing on Monday in a lawsuit that they filed against drugmakers, claiming their children's Motrin caused the severe Stevens-Johnson syndrome that resulted in her blindness.

The lawsuit seeks stronger label warnings and punitive damages against drugmaker Johnson and Johnson. The girl, Sabrina Johnson, was 6 in September 2003 when she was sent home from school with a fever. Her parents gave her Children's Motrin drops that afternoon and again that night

Consumption of foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, a survey of published research suggests.

University of Melbourne researchers reached this conclusion after reviewing nine published studies that included a total of 88,974 participants, including 3,203 people with AMD