A combination of two different classes of drugs approved for the Alzheimer's disease may offer improved protection, new U.S. research suggests.

Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders found that the longer patients receive combination therapy with memantine and cholinesterase inhibitors, the less the level their rate of decline would become

In a bid to eradicate malaria deaths globally by 2015, world leaders including the World Bank and the Gates Foundation on Wednesday pledged $3 billion to help eradicate the disease that kills approximately 1 million people a year.

The funding will support a new Global Malaria Action Plan to wipe out the disease in Africa by 2015. The plan will emphasize the introduction of a vaccine against the deadly disease, and provide better access to bed nets, indoor spraying, improved diagnosis and treatment and preventative measures for pregnant women

Drug-coated stents cut death rates for heart attack victims and are safe to use, new study has found.

The 7,217-patient study found that 10.7 percent people with drug-coated versions died within two years, compared with 12.8 percent who had bare-metal devices. Also, the drug-coated stents are 16 percent more safe over older, bare-metal versions, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, offering fresh evidence about their safety

A woman has died in Spain of the human version of mad cow disease, following the death of her son in February of the same disease, Spain's Ministry of Health says.

This marks the first time that two members of the same family have died of the disease, health researchers say

Introducing fish in the diet of babies as early as nine months can help to fight off eczema, according to new research. The type of fish could include lean, white fish or oily types, such as mackerel and fresh tuna.

Researchers from Sweden's Queen Silvia Children's Hospital sent questionnaires to 4,921 families six months after the birth of their baby and again when the child was 12 months old