Early research suggests that children with a history of severe ear infections or tonsil trouble are at an increased risk of becoming overweight later in life.

Children who get recurrent otitis media suffer damage to the nerves controlling taste and such infections may affect food choices, the researchers said at the 116th annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston

Exercising won't help people avoid gaining weight if they consume foods containing monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as a flavor enhancer, researchers found.

A study done by scientists at the University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill School of Public Health found that people who consumed foods containing MSG were more likely than people who didn't use it to be overweight, even if the two groups exercised the same amount of time and consumed the same number of calories

It isn't just the 47 million Americans that lack health insurance who aren't able to afford to see a doctor anymore, a new survey finds that nearly a quarter of Americans have reduced the number of times they see their doctor to save money.

National Association of Insurance Commissioners researchers found that 22 percent of respondents were cutting back on visiting the doctor to cut costs, often putting their health at risk as a result

Low levels of Vitamin D may contribute to chronic pain among women and taking an extra daily dose of the sunshine vitamin may prove beneficial, studies suggest.

The same, however, does not hold true for men as they have different hormones, British researchers say in a study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

Preliminary studies of the latest outbreak that killed at least 38 Warao Indians in northeastern Venezuela indicate that it may be a type of infectious rabies transmitted by bites from bats, according to indigenous leaders and researchers from the University of California at Berkeley.

Though laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms include fever, body pains, tingling in the feet followed by progressive paralysis point to rabies, said the husband-and-wife team of anthropologist Charles Briggs and public health specialist Dr. Clara Mantini-Briggs. The victims also had an extreme fear of water coupled with convulsions before death