A University of Utah physician and his research team will be honored this weekend for demonstrating how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used during atrial fibrillation (AF) procedures.

Dr. Nassir Marrouche, Dr. Marcos Daccarett and their colleagues will be presented the Eric N. Prystowsky Fellow Clinical Research award at the Heart Rhythm 2008 conference this weekend in San Francisco

Chemicals present in baby bottles or plastic food wraps can lead to problems like obesity in children when they grow up, three new studies have found. Experts believe that the new revelations could change the view how obesity is viewed and dealt with.

The studies from United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Tufts University were presented Wednesday at the European Congress on Obesity in Geneva. Researchers found that when mice were exposed to these chemicals during early development, it lead them to become obese in later life

Girls and young women who exercise regularly between the ages of 12 and 35 can substantially cut their risk of developing breast cancer, according to a major new study.

Remaining physically active until the age of 35 can reduce the chances of developing the disease before menopause by up to 23 per cent, researchers found. The study, conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University in Boston, analysed 65,000 women

Health Canada will launch a study by fall to probe the link between the lack of Vitamin D and major ailments like cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosis.

The study was triggered by mounting pressure from the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Pediatric Society on Health Canada to look deeper based on the claims by the two medical societies that it has strong evidence on the benefits of taking large doses of Vitamin D

The value of bed rest on human health will be the subject of a four-month study by NASA scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Participants will stay in a special research unit for the duration of the study and eat a controlled diet