A California woman is suing a hospital for wrongful death because her husband fainted and suffered a fatal injury after helping delivery room staff give her a pain-killing injection.

Jeanette Passalaqua, 32, filed the suit against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Southern California Permanente Medical Group Inc. in San Bernardino County state court last week

Researchers at Columbus Children's Research Institute studied injuries associated with mini trampolines as opposed to those previously connected to full-sized ones.

The study finds injuries sustained on small, jogging or exercise trampolines are similar to those found on full-sized trampolines. The findings are published in the July issue of Pediatrics

A Canadian researcher claims spam can be healthy - if its unsolicited messages contain body-bettering tips.

Prof. Ron Plotnikoff of the University of Alberta's Center for Health Promotion Studies and his colleagues studied the effects of the weekly e-mail reminders for 12 weeks

A study conducted by scientists at The University of Birmingham finds caffeine can help athletes by boosting the body's absorption of carbohydrates.

A group of eight cyclists took part in three, two-hour exercise sessions. Before the sessions, each was given one of three different sports drinks: glucose, glucose mixed with caffeine, and water

Two out of three Americans with type-2 diabetes do not have their disease under control and risk early deaths from stroke, heart attack or kidney failure as well as blindness and limb loss.

Diabetes management actually worsened in the past 10 years," Dr. Jaime Davidson, a diabetes expert at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, told a news conference