A study of over 120,000 U.S. adults by the American Cancer Society has shown that the more you sit around, the shorter your average life span. So, you better get up and do something.  

According to a U.S. study, the chance of age-related macular degeneration, a disease that can lead to blindness, is increased for older women who smoke.

According to a September 12, 2007 news release from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the average U.S. life expectancy has increased to 77.9 years.

A drug called Rapamycin is injected into humans to help lessen the rejection of a new organ. However, U.S. scientists found that it significantly extends the lifespan of invertebrates, and now mammals (mice). They are excited because further research may produce a way to delay the onset of cancer and other aging disease and, thus, produce longer lives in humans.

A new research tool designed to increase the accuracy for determining the link between a person’s occupation and their risks of getting cancer, has been showcased to an international health research conference in the United States by a Queensland company which developed the software.

Lead by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a team of researchers has successfully shown that, in theory, human diseases can be cured using gene therapy and stem cells. There’s much more work to accomplish, but this research is highly important for eventually curing cancers and other such diseases.

According to a U.S. study, a glass of 100% fruit juice every day can lower your risk from several diseases, along with helping you lose weight. Juices involving oranges, bananas, and other such fruits help to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

According to research into the possibility that bed bugs transmit diseases to humans, Mississippi state researchers didn’t find it to be so, based on past scientific studies and research.

A U.S. research team studied the rates of death and incidences of chronic diseases in a large number of women, and compared them with whether the women were optimistic or pessimistic, and either trusting or distrusting. So, do you see yourself mostly happy or sad, and do you trust or distrusts people?

NASA and USAID have expanded their global information system, called SERVIR, into Africa in order to provide African countries with previously inaccessible information on such national concerns as natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and climate change.