The Canadian Medical Association warned air pollution-related deaths in the country may total 800,000 by 2031.

A majority of the victims will be senior citizens who are more vulnerable to heart ailments, the CMA said. According to the CMA study released Wednesday, this year 21,000 Canadians will die from short- and long-term exposure to air pollution. By 2031 the annual death toll could rise by 83 percent to 39,000 fatalities. A majority of the elderly victims will expire from heat and lung conditions brought by decades of inhaling dirty air

A cheap drug developed to prevent brittle bone disease is touted as a breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer, British and Finnish researchers say.

The drug, zoledronic acid, when used with a common chemotherapy drug, doxorubicin, stops tumors from growing and even keeps the cancer cells at bay after the termination of treatment, the Mail Online reported

Low levels of Vitamin D may contribute to chronic pain among women and taking an extra daily dose of the sunshine vitamin may prove beneficial, studies suggest.

The same, however, does not hold true for men as they have different hormones, British researchers say in a study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

The Philadelphia VA Medical Center is investigating its treatment of 114 cancer patients on suspicion they might have received the wrong radiation doses.

The hospital admitted its error Tuesday, saying it's reviewing records of prostate-cancer patients who underwent brachytherapy during the past six years. The men may have received radiation dosages below the recommended levels. The treatment involved implanting radioactive rods or seeds in and around the prostate to destroy cancer cells in men who have low-risk prostate cancer

Despite suffering from testicular cancer, U.S. Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau will beat all odds to swim in the 200-meter breaststroke prelims Tuesday morning here.

The athlete, who finished with a second place in the U.S. trials, is putting off treatment to compete in the competition. Shanteau was diagnosed with the cancer on June 19, a week before leaving for the U.S. Olympic trials