A new survey shows that Brits are the most negatively health affected people in the world, or rather they are prone to the biggest number of imaginary symptoms and ailments. The survey reveals that even the healthiest person in the UK experiences 17,277 reasons to be sick throughout their lifetime.

Janis Churton of Boots, a pharmacist, carried out the research. She showed that every individual in the UK goes through an average 221.5 bouts of illness, every year

With the temperatures rising this summer, the National Athletic Trainers' Association is advising that athletes and medical personnel follow the association's new recommendations to prevent and treat dehydration, heat stroke and other illnesses due to heat exertion.

Dr. Douglas Casa told Reuters Health, "some of the worst heat problems happen with highly trained athletes in their teens and twenties

Mosquitos in Prince William County tested positive for West Nile. This is the second time the virus was detected in the state this year but the first time it was detected in the county in 2006.

Health officials say that finding the virus so early in the year means a greater chance for more activity later in the year

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a warning against using the Triaminic Vapor Patch marketed by Novartis Consumer Health after reports children over two years old may accidentally ingest the contents.

The warning comes along with a voluntary recall of all Triaminic Vapor Patch products, by its manufacturer, Novartis Consumer Health

A new study by researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus has shown that using a magnetic device that delivers magnetic pulses through the skull to the brain may help prevent the severe headache problem. The results of the preliminary study were reported at the annual meeting of the American Headache Society in Los Angeles Thursday.

According to a report by Reuters Health, in a 3-month study, researchers studied the impact of Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS in preventing or reducing the severity of migraines