Many U.S. hospitals and birthing centers, particularly in the South, are not providing maternity care that is fully supportive of breastfeeding, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

A CDC study published Thursday analyzed responses from nearly 2,700 birth facilities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

The National Health Service of the United Kingdom said for the years 2006 to 2007, it spent more on Scots than Englishmen.

Average per capita health spending hit $4,567 (2,313 pound)per resident of Scotland, while it reached only $3,781 (1,915 pound) in England

Today's teenagers appear to be more behaved than their counterparts 16 years ago. According to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention report, lesser adolescents now indulge in drinking, smoking or sex.

But some ethnic groups are more prone to juvenile delinquent behavior, particularly Hispanics, the study said. The CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which covered public and private high school students every two years since 1991, indicated Hispanic youths have greater tendencies to take drugs, get drunk on school premises and attempt suicide

Hispanic teenage students are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors, including drug use and attempted suicide, as compared to their white or black counterparts, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

Black and white students are reporting less sexual activity, using fewer drugs and smoking fewer cigarettes than those in years past, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found

A new study says it has debunked a widely accepted theory in the medical community that a sedentary lifestyle leads to obesity. Instead, the research has connected excess weight with overeating.

The basis of this new medical claim is a study by Prof. John Speakman of the University of Aberdeen, who compared energy levels of Americans and Europeans in the past two decades