Over the past two years, drunken driving arrests made by the Massachusetts State Police have risen by 70 percent. The numbers have steadily increased from 2,869 in 2005 to 3,860 in 2006 and up to 4,879 in 2007.

Col. Mark Delaney, head of the State Police, attributed the higher number of DUI arrests to the addition of sobriety checkpoints from 14 in 2005 to 82 in 2007 and extra efforts exerted by law enforcers

The Home Office has launched advertisements to warn 18- to 24-year-olds about the consequences of binge drinking.

The TV ad that says "You wouldn't start a night like this, so why end it that way?" shows a young man injuring himself, being violent, urinating on his shoes and pouring a takeaway meal on his shirt just before he was about to go out

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