A new device that allows patients to communicate with their doctors, get information about their health status, and find out about their condition has received clearance from United States Food and Drug Administration.

Intel, the world's largest semi-conductor company, has received approval for its health management tool - The Intel Health Guide

The risk of young women getting melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increased over the last 25 years and researchers blame it on the growing trend of tanning.

A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health looked at data from women aged 15 to 39 from a network of cancer registries across the U.S. in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program from 1973 to 2004

California researchers say they have developed molecule-sized "hypodermics" called nanoparticles that deliver drug agents to stop pancreatic and kidney cancer from spreading in mice but have fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy.

A team from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), say that because the nanoparticles target only the cells causing the tumor, such drugs could make for smaller, safer doses for treating cancer growth

Researchers studying more than 100 families linked to autism from the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan said they had identified at least six new genes that may provide families new hope for future treatment.

The finding, published in the July 11 issue of Science, shows that autism is not only caused by the deletion of some genes but also by turning off other genes. These genes cause disruptions in the brain's ability to form new connections in response to experience

People prefer less metal in braces, researchers say, but orthodontists say that stainless steel braces are the most effective and easiest for them to handle.

"The paradox is that the more aesthetic these dental appliances are, the more difficult they are to manage for the orthodontist," senior study author Henry Fields, professor and division chair of orthodontics at Ohio State University, said in a statement Wednesday. "But those are what people like the most