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

Lawmakers in Mexico have approved a bill that allows terminally ill patients to refuse treatment.

The law is expected to get criticisms from the church in the country which ranks second among the world's largest Roman Catholic countries

Up to 28 million Americans have impaired hearing and for as many as a third, acoustic trauma is a significant contributor, reports the December 2007 issue of Harvard Men's Health Watch. On-the-job noise exposure is the most common cause, but recreational noise - such as loud music - is catching up, the report says.

Most often, noise-induced hearing loss begins with a subtle difficulty hearing high-frequency tones, then slowly begins to encompass lower tones. Usually, both ears are equally involved. Once your hearing is lost, it can't be restored; your only recourse is to wear a hearing aid