Obesity is a major health problem in the world. It has been on the rise in the United States and many other countries. It also gives rise to other problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Now, a new study has disclosed that even a moderate weight reduction can be helpful for obese individuals to keep away from various cardiovascular diseases.

Doctors at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston showed that reducing weight virtually lowers the risk of having metabolic syndrome.

Now drinkers have another reason to cheer!

A new study conducted by Australian researchers revealed that alcohol consumption betters men’s performance in the bedroom.

Until now it has been trusted that alcohol use can lead to erectile dysfunction (impotence), often called ‘brewer's droop’.

The researchers think that the study’s outcome will cheer men who worry about the affects of drinking on their sex lives.

As in compliance with an order from the Centre, the heath officials in Sikkim has already culled over 10,160 chickens at the Bird Flu affected area of Rabangla till Wednesday’s evening while more are in the process of being culled.

The recent case of presence of melamine in Chinese milk products has once again put question mark on standards of the Chinese products. 21 people have been under trial for involvement in the scandal of contamination of milk products.

Two men received death sentence while Sanlu's former general manager, Tian Wenhua was given life sentence and fined more than pounds 2 million by a Chinese court on Thursday. Others are waiting for judgment.

Recently, Japanese researchers found that people who have faith in mass media like TV and newspaper are healthier than people who criticize them.

Research team led by Yasuharu Tokuda from St. Luke's International Hospital and Takashi Inoguchi from Chuo University analyzed data collected from 39,000 people in 29 Asian countries.

Data analysis revealed that people in the Maldives had the most trust and good health as compared to people in Hong Kong who more cynical and sickly.

Acupuncture, a technique of inserting and manipulating fine filiform needles into specific points on the body, has been found effective in curing headaches.

Recently it has been found that, even the fake procedures, in which the needles are inserted incorrectly, can be pretty effective.

According to traditional explanations, acupuncture works by tapping into "meridians" or channels which are described in classical and traditional Chinese medical texts, as pathways through which Qi (the vital energy) and "Blood" flow.