Thousands of Americans suffering from arthritis are being made to undergo unnecessary surgery.

According to a research by Brian Feagan of the University of Western Ontario, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a comparison of 178 patients showed that those who underwent arthroscopy had no advantage over those who took medication and went through physical therapy

At least 14 babies, all under 11 months, may have developed kidney stones after drinking powdered milk, Chinese local media is reporting citing doctors at a local hospital.

All infants, from a rural area of northwest Gansu province, drank the same brand of milk formula and were hospitalized in the past two months. Similar cases occurred in Jiangsu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Anhui and Hunan, Xinhua the state-run Chinese news agency, reported

Tiny particles in air pollution can be dangerous for people with heart attack as it can hinder their heart's ability to conduct electrical signals, Harvard University researchers report.

The tiny particles emitted from air pollution can cause ST-segment depression in people with serious coronary artery disease. This dysrhythmia can indicate inadequate blood flow to the heart or inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association

Overweight or obese men suffering from asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalised for the condition as compared to non-obese people, a new study has said.

The first of its kind study, conducted by David M Mosen of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research at Denver surveyed 1,113 asthma patients above 35 years of age, while controlling risk factors like smoking, use of oral or inhaled medications, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, and demographics that might explain the obesity-asthma association

Women who smoke are more likely to develop heart attacks at a much earlier age than non-smoking women, a Norwegian study has found. An average smoker can expect to have a heart attack around the age of 66 - although it can occur at a much younger age for some women, the study said.

The latest study looked at almost 1,800 patients admitted to Lillehammer Hospital, Norway, for a first heart attack from which they recovered and were discharged, or died in hospital between 1998 and 2005. About one in three patients were women, ranging in age from 27 years to 103 year