The humble garlic is one of the earliest documented plants used by humans for treating disease and maintaining health. Hippocrates recommended garlic for pulmonary conditions, sores, and cancer and was also held in high esteem by medical practitioners of ancient India, Rome, Assyria, and China.

When it comes to exercise, you may want to keep your friends close. A new study published in Nature Communications revealed that exercise is socially contagious, observing that exercise data shared on social networks influenced the exercise habits of people who saw them. Are you influenced?

Measles are making a comeback in the US and parents who don’t vaccinate their kids are often blamed for the revival of this rather harmless disease. A new study found that exposure to air pollution is significantly associated with measles outbreaks.

Switzerland is poised to become the first country to ban deodorants with aluminium salts over fears they could cause breast cancer. Concerns surrounding aluminium salts were first raised last September when scientists from the University of Geneva found exposure to the antiperspirants could trigger tumor growth.

Have you noticed? More and more people are obsessed with their smart phones. No, obsessed is not too strong a word for it. According to a recent study nearly three-quarters of Americans who own a smartphone sleep with their smart phone!

One serving of orange carrots will provide about 210 percent of the average daily recommended allowance (RDA) of vitamin A. Your body cannot manufacture beta-carotene, so you have to get it from your diet, and carrots contain some of the highest levels.