Herpes simplex virus that causes genital herpes has infected more than half a billion people and nearly 24 million new cases happen per year, World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new study.

In the first global estimate of the prevalence and incidence of this incurable disease by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection, researchers found that 536 million people aged 15-49 are infected with it, which makes it 16 percent of people in that age range

Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) do not face an increased risk of heart attack, a new study confirms.

Though the breast cancer experts recommend avoiding or limiting hormone replacement therapy, but a new study by Danish researchers suggests that if a woman uses a cream or skin patch or takes alternate hormone combinations, the risk of heart attack is less

With a large number of children waiting for heart transplants, researchers have now developed miniature pumps known as ventricular assist devices to help them bridge the gap to transplantation.

The device, which has been successfully used in children younger than 5, takes over for a damaged heart and helps keep the patient alive as they wait for a long time until a donated organ is available, a study found

- A new study has found that children who start drinking alcoholic beverages early in life are more likely to continue drinking through their adulthood.

The Times of London reported that the study shows that children and teens who drink alcohol, even in small doses at dinner time, as is done in some European families, tend to be fonder of drinking as adults, and the idea that allowing kids to drink will make them more responsible drinkers is not the reality. According to the study, it is just more likely to make them drinkers for life

Individuals who carry a particular type of the gene have more fat in their livers and carry a greater risk of developing liver disease, new studies have found.

The gene, known as Patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 or PNPLA3, is more common in Hispanics in comparison to Caucasians and African-Americans thus leading to increased instances of Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the former