Drinking up to six cups of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee daily is associated with a somewhat smaller rate of death from heart disease, a new study shows.

Raising doubts about the old myth that coffee is associated with increased deaths in men or women, the new study finds that both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption is actually beneficial for health

An experimental skin patch containing E. coli toxins may protect travelers from diarrhea, an illness that sickens millions each year.

The new patch, developed by U.S. biotechnology company Iomai Corp., has been found to reduce the likelihood of contracting traveler's diarrhea among people going to high-risk areas like Mexico

Americans are becoming more health conscious when it came to snacks they prepared for the kids. According to findings of the NPD Group, a market research company, fruit topped the list of break-time food given to children below 6, followed by cookies.

Twenty years ago, cookies were number one and fruit came in second only. There was also a marked decrease in carbonated soft drinks, ice cream, candy, cake and fruit juice given to the young

Catering to the food requirements of the growing number of Americans with various kinds of food allergies has become a multi-billion industry in the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are 12 million people in the U.S. with food allergies, while another 2 million suffer from celiac disease in which their body's immune system attacks itself if they eat gluten

Today's teenagers appear to be more behaved than their counterparts 16 years ago. According to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention report, lesser adolescents now indulge in drinking, smoking or sex.

But some ethnic groups are more prone to juvenile delinquent behavior, particularly Hispanics, the study said. The CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which covered public and private high school students every two years since 1991, indicated Hispanic youths have greater tendencies to take drugs, get drunk on school premises and attempt suicide