A new study has found that cases of autism in California continuously rose from 1995 to 2007 despite a ban on a mercury-rich vaccine preservative suspected of causing the disorder in children.

The study conducted by researchers from the state Department of Public Health and published in the January issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry is another evidence rejecting thimerosal exposure as a risk factor in autism. According to the Fresno Bee, doctors said the study "should reassure parents that the disorder is not caused by vaccinations

The seemingly ordinary sea cucumber could produce a drug that impairs the development of malaria, a disease that kills one million people each year.

An international team genetically engineered mosquitoes - which carry the malaria parasite - to produce the same protein in the gut of sea cucumbers when feeding

Health experts in England have called on parents to have their infants, particularly those under a year old, to receive their vaccinations to avoid serious illness such as pneumonia and meningitis.

Data showed that one in six children remain unvaccinated and health officials warned that it could lead to an increase in the number of teens and adults who suffer permanent disability due to pneumococcal infection

Drinking wine could cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. New research involving 1,445 people, aged 65 to 84 years old, suffering from mild cognitive impairment, indicated that taking a glass of wine a day could significantly delay progression of dementia or the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

According to lead researcher Vincenzo Solfizzi of the University of Bari in Italy, this study backs up other observations that "drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may protect the brains from stroke and vascular dementia

Seemingly trivial hits to the head in football are just as serious as the harder ones, say researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill in a new study.

The new information could lead to better guidelines for evaluating head injuries and deciding a player's status, said Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D., chair of the department of exercise and sport science in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences