Smoking during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of placental abruption, a potentially life-threatening condition for both the mother and fetus, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
A seven-legged lamb has been born in New Zealand. Two of the extra legs hang useless behind the lamb`s forelegs. The animal has three hind legs, one of them with two hoofs. It walks using its two forelegs and three hind legs
The number of people killed by the outbreak of Legionnaires` disease in Verknyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, increased. On Wednesday, a woman died in hospital, a REGNUM correspondent was told at the Sverdlovsk Region Healthcare Ministry.
Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may lower the risk of advanced colon cancer, at least for women, Japanese researchers said Wednesday.
Pioneering surgeons said on Wednesday they had implanted electrodes to stimulate the badly-damaged brain of a man who had been lying in a virtually unconscious state for six years, enabling him to speak, eat and recover some limb movement.
Russian researchers are preparing to dive beneath the ice at the North Pole to gather scientific data and back the country`s claim to a vast energy-rich Arctic territory, the Vesti 24 satellite channel said Thursday.
A top U.N. climate change official voiced doubt on Wednesday about a global tax on carbon, but said national taxes were possible and laws to cap global warming emissions were better for business.
Scientists have genetically engineered mice that develop the physical and psychological characteristics of schizophrenia, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Exercise and moderate caffeine consumption together could help ward off sun-induced skin cancer, researchers said on Monday, but cautioned against ditching the sun screen in favor of a jog and a cappuccino.
People once thought nothing of killing the green turtles on these islands for their meat and eggs, decimating the rare species` ranks along the way. But local efforts to save the creatures - through a nesting reserve, a veterinary clinic and even a beach patrol - still aren`t guaranteed to revive the species` numbers, authorities say.
Switzerland, renowned for its clean Alpine air and pristine ski slopes, has named Toyota`s Prius the world`s greenest car.
Women who follow the celebrity trend of excessively losing weight after giving birth could be putting their unborn child at risk the next time they become pregnant, doctors warn today.
Using marijuana increases the risk of one day developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, according to a study that provides some of the strongest evidence yet linking the drug to a mental disorder.
While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their mobile phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a survey.
China has produced the world`s first cloned rabbit using a biological process that takes cells from a fetus, state media said on Tuesday.
Six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV have left Libya for Sofia, officials said on Tuesday, in a move likely to boost Tripoli`s relations with the West.
An independent scientific panel has expressed concern over a decision by oil and gas companies developing Russia`s Sakhalin II offshore fields to ignore noise limits aimed at preserving whales, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) said Friday.
Women who smoke are more likely to begin menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
The Russian government will allocate one billion rubles ($39.4 million) to develop a vaccine for HIV, Russia`s chief doctor said Thursday.
The recent discovery of a huge underground lake in Sudan could spell an end to four years of conflict in the drought-stricken region of Darfur, a US geologist said Wednesday.
Very young babies face a small risk of sudden death when seated, and not only when they are lying down, according to a study published online by Archives of Disease in Childhood, a British journal.
One of the genes that protects us from cancer may also help delay ageing, according to a new study published on Wednesday.
Federal health officials warned consumers Wednesday to throw away certain cans of hot dog chili sauce after the product was linked to the first cases of botulism in commercially canned foods in decades.
Spanish clean-up crews have removed 47 tonnes of fuel that leaked from a freighter which ran aground last week off the holiday island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies.