A recent report has been claiming that a meningitis strain that had resulted in the death of Brett Shaad, a West Hollywood resident, is not behind other latest outbreaks.

Sources suggested about the death of the brain of a 33-year-old West Hollywood man who was sickened by bacterial meningitis in the start of the week.

Elizabeth Ashford, a spokeswoman for Shaad's family said that Brett was announced brain dead by the hospital. However, he continued to be on life support on Friday afternoon.

According to a new study published in Scientific Journal Intelligence, women have more efficient brains than men. Women have brains that are eight percent smaller than men, but are more efficient to complete a given task than men, which surprised the scientists.

As per recent news, Los Angeles has been affected by tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the homeless population of the county.

The team of physicians and engineers at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) has now brought forward a new tool dubbed Artemis to diagnose prostate cancer.

Till now, doctors used an old technique to diagnose the disease by which it was quite difficult to test the cancer. They relied on biopsy which began 25 years ago and was not a good method to do the diagnosis.

In modern world when smartphones do everything for us from net surfing, paying bills, banking, and entertainment to social networking, why should healthcare remain behind being a part of it?

As per the findings of the MetLife Study of Elder Financial Abuse, it has been found that elderly are more susceptible to frauds. Scammers have looted at least $2.9 billion from the US elderly in 2010, which is considered to be up by 12 % in comparison to the amount prevalent in 2008.

Podium of 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show was effectively been used by sports car maker Porsche. They used the platform to unveil the new 2013 Cayman, which is said to provide a complete new experience.

America is moving towards a smoke-free future with smoking being banned in big cities of the nation.

Some people simply don't like summers because of the humid and hot temperature during the season but let me draw your attention towards an existing belief stating that summers are safer than winters because during winters despite of warm, moderate or cold climates, seasonal influenza is on its peak and therefore it causes severe heart-related problems to those who contract it.