A powerful bomb blast has rocked the Greek capital, gutting a government building in the latest show of violence ahead of critical national elections.

Taken together, waist size and body mass index better predict a child’s cardiovascular risk than either measure alone, a new study finds.

Human rights judges will rule later on whether to allow the Government to extradite radical preacher Abu Hamza to America to face terrorist charges.

Americans are heading north of the border for a weight-loss procedure not available here: the gastric balloon.

Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan has joined a number of medical centers around the country in creating a special emergency room for geriatric patients.

Facebook is to pay $1bn (about £0.6bn) in cash and stock for photo-sharing application Instagram, making its largest-ever acquisition months before it is expected to go public.

The Syrian regime has escalated attacks on civilians as the deadline loomed to begin a UN-brokered peace deal to withdraw forces from urban areas.

Never mind those noble salads.

A last-minute demand by the Syrian government is rejected by the opposition, throwing a ceasefire planned to take effect from Tuesday into disarray.

An appeals panel struck down a judge’s order that New York State transfer thousands of mentally ill adults in New York City from institutional group homes into their own homes and apartments.