An international study, the Concord Report, comparing cancer survival rates in 31 nations for four types of cancer, shows that the U.S. topped survival rates for breast and prostate cancer, while for colorectal cancer, Japan led the men's category and France the women's category.

Canada ranked high in the four categories, indicating the good access rate of Canadian cancer patients to quality health care

Children born prematurely are more likely to have medical and social disabilities in adulthood, new research says. The factors can hinder the preemies from getting a well-paid job and starting a family, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Over the last four decades, the advancement in medical science has led to better survival in premature babies but studies suggest that it may come at the cost of disabilities and hurdles in adult life

A Mediterranean or low-carb diet is better than a low-fat diet if a person wants to lose weight and have a healthy heart, new studies have revealed. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health studied 322 moderately obese employees of a research center in Israel.

The employees were randomly assigned to three diet groups and the results indicated that members of the low-fat group lost an average of 6.4 pounds, while those in the low-carb and Mediterranean groups lost about 10

A combination of two drugs, Enbrel and methotrexate, when given to patients in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis has shown to halt progression of joint damage, a new study has found.

Researchers from the University of Leeds in England analysed 542 rheumatoid arthritis patients in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia for two years. All of the patients took methotrexate pills along with a weekly shot of the biologic drug Enbrel; others got a placebo shot, WebMD reported

It may be a tough task to ask kids to slow down their physical activity in pre-teen years but a new study show childhood activity declines dramatically in teenage years.

Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, tracked children beginning at age 9 and then again at ages 11, 12, and 15. They found that children get sluggish by age 15, with their physical activity dipping well below the recommended 60 minutes a day for good health