Certain compounds present in cranberry juice may help boost an ovarian cancer patient's sensitivity to chemotherapy, a new study has found.

Researchers at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. found that pre-treating ovarian tumor cells with the juice increased the cancer-killing power of platinum drugs used in chemotherapy nearly six times

A team of U.S. researchers has found that the two genes associated with the potency of Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, becomes more active if the person consumes more salt.

Presenting the results at the American Society for Microbiology conference, the researchers said that higher salt intake is linked to gastric cancer. Since H. pylori lives in the stomach, it accounts for up to 90 percent of duodenal ulcers and up to 80 percent of gastric ulcers

A new study has revealed that the seemingly harmful coffee can actually ward off Type 2 diabetes and some kind of cancers too. Latest findings suggest that antioxidants present in the coffee can also lower the risk of heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver.

Coffee is also a source of chlorogenic acid, which has been shown in animal experiments to reduce glucose concentrations and also contains tannin, which is beneficial for heart and arteries

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found that taking aspirin and other similar painkillers, may reduce the risk of developing an enlarged prostate by at least 50 percent. Doctors said that Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs reduce men's risk, but would not that recommend all men take the medication.

They said that a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, can make urination difficult or trigger a need to urinate frequently. The result of the study appears in the American Journal of Epidemiology

Health officials stated on Friday that at least one person has died after being injected with a purported treatment for Lyme disease.

The Food and Drug Administration stated that the product is called bismacine or chromocine and it is mixed individually by druggists for use by injections