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Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems or for surgery, concludes a new study.

Can watching TV news or crime shows trigger overeating? According to new research, people who are thinking about their own deaths want to consume more.

With more than $220 million dollars dedicated to malaria treatment and prevention, why is the annual mortality rate from malaria on the rise?

A new study examines the current methods used to control and prevent the spread of malaria.

A new study has uncovered how breast tumors use a particular type of molecule to promote metastasis -- the spread of cancer cells.

Metastasis is the cause of approximately 90 percent of all cancer-related deaths.

More that 1.2 million deaths could be prevented in South Africa over the next five years by accelerating efforts to provide access to antiretroviral therapy, according to a new study.