Chemicals present in baby bottles or plastic food wraps can lead to problems like obesity in children when they grow up, three new studies have found. Experts believe that the new revelations could change the view how obesity is viewed and dealt with.

The studies from United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Tufts University were presented Wednesday at the European Congress on Obesity in Geneva. Researchers found that when mice were exposed to these chemicals during early development, it lead them to become obese in later life

The value of bed rest on human health will be the subject of a four-month study by NASA scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Participants will stay in a special research unit for the duration of the study and eat a controlled diet

ests on two bodies, which dated back to the year 834 and found in a Viking ship in the early 1990s, revealed that the first victims of cancer were from Norway.

According to University of Oslo Anatomy Professor Per Holck, the tests of the two female bodies found buried in the Oseberg showed that one of the women had cancerous tumors in her bones

A new study by Statistics Canada released Tuesday correlated higher income levels with lesser sleep. The survey said those who earned $60,000 or more annually had 40 minutes lesser winks on any given day than someone who earned only $20,000 per annum.

The average sleeping time for females was eight hours and 18 minutes, while males slept 7 minutes less. But there were more women who had sleeping problems compared to men

A new study suggests that folic acid supplementation given prenatally may protect babies from having colorectal cancer.

A team of researchers from University of Toronto studied female rats, grouped them on control diet and folic acid supplementation diet prior to breeding for three weeks and continued until pregnancy and lactation