A new personal health project called Survivorship A to Z says don't panic after you are diagnosed with a life changing disease or condition. Survivorship A to Z comes to provide practical information for living successfully after a diagnosis that may change person's lifestyle.

Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have taken over from infectious diseases, including diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, as the leading causes of death around the globe, a new UN report says.

Google Health was launched yesterday, "your" database for all your health records in (what else) beta form. Personally, I have little interest in spreading more of my personal information around for people / companies to accidentally leak, but I took a look anyway.

Google Health finally has been launched and if you have to ask what Google Health is? it is an extension to your heath record information. You can store your health information with Google Health and manage it as you want. It's completely free. All you need to get started is a Google account ( Google username and password). If you have that you are set to go.

When people go to the doctor, they're usually at a heightened level of anxiety; either they're not feeling well or they're quite worried about something.

The United Nations has warned that global warming and its effects, including a rise in air and sea temperatures and extreme weather patterns, not only endanger the planet but also pose a "major threat" to human health.

From this month - April 2008 - there will be a dramatic expansion of UK patient choice in the NHS.

It seems that people have 54 percent chance to live up to and beyond the age 90. It also turns that while some things are genetic, there are other things that we can do to live longer, according to the research published in Archives Of Internal Medicine.

Fresh from taking first place in the Master's Super Heavyweight Division in the First World No Gi Championships, fast-rising Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter Jory Malone takes some time to talk about his conditioning, his teaching, and his favorite new super-anabolic protein snack, the Supreme Protein bar.

Staying on top of your game throughout eleven long years in the NFL is a remarkable achievement for any player. Especially at wide receiver, where the fleet, nimble and youthful tend to enjoy a distinct advantage. Achieving statistical career bests in your eleventh year, however, is virtually unprecedented. While Ike Hilliard's astonishing late-career resurgence has caught many of his NFL peers and fans by surprise, the Tampa Bay Buccaneer flanker just takes it all in stride.

Britney Spears was taken to hospital last night: apparently while she was arguiing with the police over returning the children to her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, she was underthe influence of an "unknown substance". We do assume that it wasn't an excess of uxorial feeling.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an Air Pollution Health Advisory through Friday due to elevated levels of fine airborne particulates for most of Minnesota, with the worst air quality occurring in the Twin Cities and Rochester. Stagnant winds overnight are helping trap fine particles and allowing them to build.