U.S. scientists say they can engineer mice and human cells to produce so-called brown fat, which is a natural energy-burning type of fat that wards off obesity.

The scientists, with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, say they hope to be able to develop the same brown fat for people as a means of fighting obesity and diabetes. Their findings are published in the July 29 edition of the journal Nature.

Women stuck in rocky relationships are more likely to suffer depression, which in turn can lead to a condition making them ripe for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, according to University of Utah researchers.

By contrast, bad relationships affect men's mental health, but that doesn't translate into heart health the same way it does with women, these researchers said.

Relatives of newly deceased obese Britons will have to pay an extra $105.50 in burial fees for their kin to be accommodated in the cemetery at Houghton Regis, Beds which has limited space.

The higher rate will hike the burial fee to $272.80 from the current $181, according to British daily Mirror.

A new study suggests that women who drink four or more cups of caffeinated coffee per day have a significantly reduced risk of having a stroke, compared with women who have one or less cups per day.

Researchers from the Nurses' Health Study analyzed data of 83,076 women who began the study in 1980 with no history of stroke, heart disease, diabetes or cancer.

A U.S. district court issued Tuesday a temporary injunction stopping a New Zealander and a Texan from sending billions of spam e-mails to sell their bogus male-enhancement and other prescription drugs.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois also froze the assets of four companies owned by Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, and Jody Smith of Texas, in response to the petition of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).