Acupuncture that calms nerves in the head and neck could relieve tinnitus, or "ringing in the ears."

A University of Michigan (U-M) study suggests that touch-sensing nerve cells in the face and neck increase their activity in the brain after hearing cells are damaged

A British team of scientists discovered that upon the onset of dementia, a person survives only for an average of four and a half years. Other factors such as age, sex, and present physical condition in terms of disability were known to significantly influence the remaining number of years upon diagnosis.

Scientists from the University of Cambridge observed 13,000 people aged 65 and older, and observed the patients for a total of 14 years. Throughout the span of the study, a total of 438 subjects developed dementia, and 356 of them died

There is hope for treating tropical diseases. A U.S.-funded program integrates for the first time treatment programs for tropical diseases that affects 1 billion people, or one out of six of the world population.

The U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program is behind the distribution of medicines to more than 14 million people in four African nations affected with lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma, onchocerciasis, and soil-transmitted helminths

Health experts in England have called on parents to have their infants, particularly those under a year old, to receive their vaccinations to avoid serious illness such as pneumonia and meningitis.

Data showed that one in six children remain unvaccinated and health officials warned that it could lead to an increase in the number of teens and adults who suffer permanent disability due to pneumococcal infection

An estimated 20,000 claimants a year is expected to be reduced among those 'sick' and 'disabled' people who qualify as being unable to work as the government is set to adopt new incapacity benefit tests all over United Kingdom.

Called the work capability assessment (WCA), the tests will be initiated in October 2008. It will replace the personal capability assessment being presently implemented, reported www.inthenews.co.uk