Kirsteen Cooper was arrested and put in a jail cell after a hospital wrongly accused her of trying to harm her daughter.

The public needs to be aware of the difference between a demonstrated, scientifically-backed piece of health information regarding the benefits of marijuana and claims that are simply made up.

Could dogs have an inborn ability to understand certain human gestures that aren’t dependent on training?

Grapefruit has always been the very symbol of a ‘diet’ food.

Are airports screening arrivals? Can the virus affect anyone who has travelled to China recently?

For every 1 000 infants born, three have moderate, severe or profound hearing loss, which can mean delayed development in language, learning and speech.

The number of cases of the respiratory illness triples, as it spreads to Beijing and Shenzhen.

Something is missing with many study methods.

For patients with life-altering illnesses or anyone just getting older, it helps to roll with the punches and make the best of the here and now.

Observing how Chinese 2- and 3-year-olds navigated a second language, I wondered whether I could have done this for my children.

Men with early stage prostate cancer did not show benefits from a vegetable-rich diet.

Blue Monday – known as the most depressing day of the year – was made up by a travel company in 2004.

Dogs can do more than provide companionship. They may also reduce the chances of a child developing mental illness later in life.

A new study found that in children of depressive parents, the part of the brain linked to reward, motivation and the experience of pleasure, was smaller than in other children.