A study found that 95 percent of Americans are sexually active before marriage -- a trend that occurred a few generations back.

These findings lead some researchers to believe that spending hundreds of millions in federal dollars to teach young adults about waiting until marriage to become sexually active is waste. But some aren't so sure

A medical scan can now determine the risk of sudden death due to a weak heart in young people. The scan indicates heart scar tissue that can clue-in doctors to dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM, which otherwise will go undetected.

With DCM, the heart is weak and enlarged, and cannot properly pump blood. It is a common form of heart muscle disease with many of those dying children

Tony Clement, the Health Minister of Canada is under fire from families of children with autism and related advocacy groups for not providing a strategy for laying out treatment resources equally across all of Canada's provinces.

Sam Yassine, father of an autistic child and a Families for Early Autism Treatment advocacy group member, tells CanWest News Service, ''Parents across the board, they are tired of waiting," adding that, ''We need action now. Enough time wasted on raising autism awareness

The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with its partners, on Wednesday launched a comprehensive strategy to assist national governments to safeguard their populations from the dangers posed by bogus medicines.

The new strategy was launched at the opening of the first meeting of the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT), and covers legislation, law enforcement, regulation, technology and communication

The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with its partners, on Wednesday launched a comprehensive strategy to assist national governments to safeguard their populations from the dangers posed by bogus medicines.

The new strategy was launched at the opening of the first meeting of the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT), and covers legislation, law enforcement, regulation, technology and communication