Dogs are known as best friends of human beings and now they have been claimed to have the ability to detect prostate cancer in men. Italian researchers have reported that dogs can be trained to sniff out evidence of prostate cancer in human urine with organic chemicals released into urine by prostate cancers with 98% accuracy rate.

The new kinase inhibitor nintedanib has been found quite effective in reducing the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In general, the drug is used in cancer treatment, but has not been approved by US FDA.

A bill yet to be signed into law in the state seeks to ban certain beverages for having sodium in it. The bill, House Bill 5566: An Act Concerning Minor Revisions to the Education Statutes, got approval from the state house and senate earlier this month.

A new study has come up with findings that could be really concerning for infertile men. The study has found that infertile men face a very high risk of dying earlier compared to men with normal sperm.

Some cereals marketed to children are more than 50 per cent sugar by weight, which make them a major source of empty calories, an analysis of more than one thousand cereals by the Environmental Working Group revealed.

The Environmental Working Group analyzed around 1,500 cereals, including nearly 200 cereals that are marketed to children.

A new study has revealed that autistic adults are the ones at much higher risk to suffer from depression, high blood pressure, obesity and additional health problems than those without the disorder. Social isolation because of the disease is one of the other factors responsible for increasing the chances of health woes.

A new study has revealed that breast cancer risk significantly increases due to exposure to everyday chemicals. The study found that vehicles, lawn equipment, smoking and charred food form gasoline an chemicals that are the largest contributors of mammary carcinogens in the environment.

Alcoholism is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US, with approximately 88,000 deaths per year attributable to alcoholism, revealed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

A new study has revealed that many alcohol-related deaths could be avoided with the use of drugs that target alcoholism, yet doctors do not prescribe them.