Around 30 percent of children in the US are obese or overweight, with combined child and adult obesity costing the country an estimated $150 billion in annual medical bills. The issue is so prevalent that, for the first time in US history, children may...

Scientists are having to think again about the spread of common diseases after new genome research cast new light on previously held notions. Up to now many scientists thought that diseases such as cancer were caused by common genetic mutations, but findings...

We've reported on the role of video games in health before, but the session on the Wii laproscopy simulator at the Games for Health Conference really caught our eye. It's just one of the attractions of the event being held in Boston later this...

Anyone with a taste for music will testify to its therapeutic qualities - but scientists are discovering that a person’s album collection may have even greater healing potential than first thought. Researchers around the world are trying to uncover...

With the buzz around the recent launch of the iPad, 2010 has already been labelled the year of the tablet. Now Panasonic has joined the likes of HP, Dell and Apple in supporting this theory by unveiling its ToughBook C1 at HIMSS . The announcement of...

Scientists are studying a new weapon in the fight against cancer - ultrasound. Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered a way to identify melanomas from the popping noise of cells zapped by a laser. The news could save many lives - enabling...

It sounds more like science fiction than science fact - but scientists have discovered a way to blow up cancer cells from the inside using nanoparticles and lasers. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a method for pinpointing...