Regular use of over-the-counter medicines such as Ibuprofen lowers a person's risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.

The findings support earlier studies which have suggested that inflammation-fighting drugs can prevent Parkinson's and, perhaps, other neurodegenerative diseases as well

A drug used by those with Alzheimer's to improve memory may soon provide comfort to women who suffer chronic migraines every month.

Dr. Andrew Charles of the UCLA Headache Research and Treatment Program said five percent of women have a headache more than 15 days per month and suffer from migraines three times more than men

The Health Ministry of Nicaragua on Thursday raised alarm over the outbreak of leptospirosis, a deadly illness prevailing in tropical countries and can be transmitted to human beings by a bacteria present in rat urine.

According to Health Minister Maritza Cuan, 10 people were already killed and 2,700 more cases were reported in some regions of this Central American country

A new device may make headaches after drinking red wine a thing of the past.

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new device that can help avoid the headache caused after the consumption of red wine

Leptospirosis, also known as seven-day-fever, has taken toll of nine lives in Nicaragua. The waterborne disease, which spread through animal urine, has also sickened more than 1,600 in the country, health officials said Monday.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Sunday that the bacterial disease was spread by flooding caused by a month of intense rains and category-5 Hurricane Felix. Felix hit northeastern Nicaragua last month