The National Sleep Foundation says Americans are not getting enough rest and work may be the main impediment.

A study last month found that being in the hospital was no guarantee of getting prompt treatment for cardiac arrest. In that study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that one-third of patients don't get a potentially lifesaving shock within the recommended two minutes.

Oxford researchers have received a £1.9 million grant for the development of the study of the cognitive science of religion – a scientific approach to why humans believe in God and other issues around the nature and origin of religious belief.

A new study showed that stress can lead to the development of cervical cancer in women. The recent study published in the February issue of Annals of Behavioral Medicine, examined 78 women who were diagnosed with cervical dysplasia (precancerous cervical lesions).

Growing old is a happier experience than many of us imagine - that’s according to the findings of a study conducted at Queen’s University on behalf of the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP).

Doctors are encouraged by the results of a new study using a medication called Rituxan to help patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

It can kill in four hours and more than 300 people in the UK die from it every year — and hundreds more are left with permanent disabilities. Now researchers will work on a potential vaccine for meningitis B, thanks to a £200,000 grant from the medical charity Meningitis UK.

More than 1,000 secondary school pupils in the East of England could soon be learning a new language online with Cambridge University.

Dr Colin Bundy, currently Warden of Green College, has been named as the first Principal of the new Green Templeton College.

Pregnant women have long been warned of the dangers of drinking, smoking and drug use. But now researchers in the United States say caffeine could be just as harmful.

More than 6 million kids in this country have asthma – or do they? New research shows many children are being misdiagnosed. Instead of asthma, they may actually have a much less serious condition that doesn’t require medication. There is a simple test that can show emergency room doctors and parents the difference.

A five-member team of high school students from Housatonic Valley High School in Falls Village, Connecticut, are the winners of the 2007 Canon Envirothon. The winning team was announced on Friday, August 3rd, during closing ceremonies of the weeklong North American environmental education competition held at Hobart & William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y, and sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc.