Health

A new review published online Nov. 7 in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology has concluded that IUD Contraceptive devices may reduce a woman's risk of cervical cancer by about a third.

After one month of acute shortage of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV), resulting into massive snakebite deaths across Nigeria, 5,000 vials of the ASV have arrived into the country.

Sudden cardiac arrest is associated with sexual activity far more often in men than women, research suggests.

But sex is a rare trigger for sudden cardiac arrest.

A new study has claimed that people suffering from financial stress are at 13 times higher risk of having a heart attack.

Researchers say people, majorly in the developing countries, are experiencing a hike in the chronic diseases of lifestyle such as myocardial infarction — a medical condition that develops a blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle.

A new research from Texas suggests that alcohol abuse may be more detrimental to women than men. The research, which was conducted on mice, showed that alcohol abuse killed brains cells and halted the production of new ones—and the effect was more drastic in females.

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston wanted to investigate how long-term alcohol consumption affected the brain. In particular, they wanted to understand how alcohol influenced the development and growth of nerve cells over time.

A new study recently published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has revealed that low-fat diet may lower older women's risk of pancreatic cancer.

The study included more than 46,000 overweight and obese women between the ages of 50 and 79 who ate high-fat diets when they joined a clinical trial between 1993 and 1998.