China’s Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qun’an has labeled a foreign media report that says organs of executed prisoners are being traded in China as "irresponsible".

Women who want to keep their bones strong may want to keep their cola consumption to a minimum, a new study suggests.

The China Ministry of Health has moved to dissuade people from undergoing leg-lengthening surgery following recent reports of patients’ legs becoming disfigured.

Understanding what kids (ages 8 to 12), tweens (9 to 14) or teens (12 to 17) are up to — online or off — is a tall order, but MindShare gave it a good try in its "Kids, Tweens, and Teens and Technology" report.

Sewer gas can be used to induce ’suspended animation’ in mice, according to US scientists, and may help to preserve organ function in critically ill patients.

Pity the poor merlot. Once an ascendant star in the California wine universe, the red wine grape with roots in Bordeaux is now an albatross, literally hanging – unsold and unpicked – in some North Coast vineyards. All because of a movie.