A recent study showed celery can help lessen the inflammation of the brain associated with Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

The study, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in its May 27 issue, involved mice made to drink water with luteolin, an antioxidant. The study showed the rodents had reduced inflammation compared with other mice similarly tested with bacteria, Bloomberg reported

A new survey conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri observes a rise in alcoholism among American youth.

At least one-third of the men and one-fourth of the women covered in the survey engaged in the practice of imbibing 21 alcoholic drinks on their 21st birthday

Pesticides were once touted as a tool of the agricultural green revolution designed to help increase crop yields but now are being blamed for causing cancer, reducing the nutritional value of some food crops and failing to boost crop yields.

Researchers have found that pesticides used on crops has damaged the DNA of farmers in India, making them more susceptible to cancer

Following the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease in parts of China, Bahrain authorities say they will provide health advisories to its 11 athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics.

"We will be advising the athletes on good hygiene practice, in addition to precautionary measures like drinking bottled water and not eating outside," Dr.Adel Al Sayyad, head of the Communicable Disease Control Section, told AHN

The French Cabinet is mulling making breathalyzer tests mandatory for people leaving bars and nightclubs across the country in order to prevent alcohol-related accidents.

The proposed decree came on the heels of a fatal Pentecostal holiday weekend on French roads, with at least 17 fatalities reported in seven accidents. In one, four people aged between 15 and 26 were killed when the car in which they were riding went off the road near Forbach, in eastern France