Elderly people who care for others live longer than those who don't, an Australian study has found.
Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organization and the US National Cancer Institute published on Tuesday.
Getting into sweat-breaking exercise only on the weekends, known as "weekend warrior" physical activity patterns, may also be enough to reduce risks for death significantly, a new study said Monday.
More Chinese people online searched for popular and grassroots sports in 2016, according to big data analysis released Thursday.
Children in England consume half of the recommended daily sugar intake before the school bell rings every morning, a report revealed Tuesday.
Eight out of 10 middle-aged people in England weigh too much, drink too much or don't exercise enough, an analysis from Public Health England (PHE) revealed Wednesday.
Just 20 conditions make up more than half of all spending on health care in the United States, a new study that examined spending by diseases and injuries said on Tuesday.
A Chinese martial arts practitioner in northern China's Hebei province has written some 400 guide books in the past 30 years, offering instructions for both 'fist' and 'instrument' forms of the local martial arts styles.
Using commercial mouthwash daily could slow the spread of gonorrhoea, an Australian study has found.
Chinese martial art Tai Chi has helped hundreds of older people in Britain's capital to stay fitter, a report by London Mayor Sadiq Khan revealed Tuesday.