Food & Health

PITTSBURGH, US: SMS reminders don’t increase flu vaccinations in pregnant women, according to a small pilot study.

Doctors are seeing ever more diseases caused by overeating and a Western style diet. Just 20 years ago, most people were slim. Now being overweight is not unusual; it is almost the norm.

A paper recently published in a leading British medical journal urged doctors and government health officials to set limits on the amount of time children spend in front of screens, whether TVs, ta

Emily Whitehead is kind of a big deal.

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There are more mobile phones on Earth than clean toilets, one of the most vexing challenges facing governments on the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ World Water Day.

As much as 14 percent of chronic childhood asthma may be caused by people living near busy roads and exposed to traffic pollution, a study in 10 European cities found Friday.

LONDON: A book offering advice on how to protect chicken coops from goblins has won the Oddest Book Title of the Year award, organizers of the contest said yesterday.

STOCKHOLM: Swedish furniture giant Ikea said yesterday it had started gradually reintroducing meatballs in its restaurants worldwide after horsemeat was found in the product last month.