A universal mystical experience with life-changing effects can be produced by the hallucinogen contained in magic mushrooms, scientists claim today....

Tobacco is on course to kill a billion people this century — 10 times the toll it exacted in the 20th century — if current trends continue, public health officials said Monday. In Canada, 30 pe...

"Deadly Remedy: Strange illnesses lead horse breeder to challenge fluoridation of Pagosa's water" Horse breeder Cathy Justus recently led a successful campaign to stop the fluoridation of the Pagos...

Is Your State Overweight? Only 20 years ago, what you weighed was mainly your own concern. That was before statistics showed that six out of 10 adult Americans weigh too much, and 17 percent of Ameri...

A drug that harnesses the power of deadly sea snail venom has been launched in Britain. Prialt is a strong painkiller designed for patients suffering from chronic pain who cannot tolerate treatment...

We all know to drink more water, but how else can we take the heat off in summer, asks Alex Gazzola...

MOSCOW -- In between answering questions about North Korea's missiles, Iran's nuclear program and relations with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin answered what was for many observer...

RESEARCHERS are hoping that a woman who woke up after a stroke to find her Geordie accent sounding like Jamaican patois could shed some light on “foreign accent syndrome”. Lynda Walker, 60, shows t...

Local officials in the rural Alaskan town of King Cove have put an old school up for sale on eBay, saying they hope to raise $1.8 million. The Aleutians East Borough has put the school in the south...

A Beijing soccer fan refused to let the small matter of his house burning down disturb his enjoyment of Tuesday's World Cup match between France and Spain. A fire broke out in a hutong in the cente...