Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a slower progression of the disease and breathe better when they add tiotropium (Spiriva) to their other respiratory medications, a four-year study has found.

New long-term data collected from almost 6,000 patients in 37 countries has confirmed the inhaler medication Spiriva and a similar drug, Atrovent, decreases the risk of death in COPD patients by 16 per cent over other drug combinations

Using a fan in the room where an infant is sleeping may help decrease the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS, according to new recommendations.

Researchers believe that a fan circulates air while the baby is sleeping thus reducing the risk of SIDS primarily because the carbon dioxide the baby breaths out is re-circulated around the room and not re-inhaled by the baby

A new report reveals that health care in the United States doesn't do a very good job of reducing the severity of disease systems in people who have serious and chronic diseases.

Even hospitals that have specific programs that aim to treat and relieve the severity of a patient's symptoms, rather than treating the disease itself aren't doing a very good job. Palliative care is given to alleviate pain in patient's with serious and chronic diseases, usually given at the end of a patient's life. Counseling is also given

- A new study suggests that the AIDS virus has been around for 100 years.

Researchers published their findings in the journal Nature. They have found through genetic analysis that the virus likely originated in humans sometime between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908

Some popular breakfast cereals consumed by American kids have more than 50 percent of sugar, new study has found.

Consumers International, which publishes Consumer Reports evaluated 27 of the breakfast cereals that are popular among children for not only their sugar content, but also the amount of sodium, fiber, calories, and nutrients in a recommended serving