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England captain Andrew Strauss was optimistic Chris Tremlett would be fit to face India in the second Test here at Trent Bridge despite the fast bowler's "tight" hamstring.

The giant Surrey quick, who suffered the injury during England's 196-run first Test win at Lord's concluded Monday, trained briefly at Trent Bridge here on Thursday -- the day before ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A leading professor of complementary medicine accused Britain's heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and other backers of alternative therapies on Monday of being "snake-oil salesmen" who promote products with no scientific basis.

Edzard Ernst, who is stepping down from his post as Britain's only professor of complementary medicine at Exeter University, also said a long-running dispute with the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Massage therapy may help people who suffer from chronic back pain, although the effects tend to disappear over the longer term, according to a U.S. study.

After 10 weeks, patients who got weekly massage sessions used fewer painkillers and spent less time in bed than those who didn't get any special care, although the ...

A US self-help guru was convicted of negligent homicide Wednesday over the deaths of three people at an Arizona "sweat lodge" ceremony in 2009, a court official said.

James Ray was found not guilty of the more serious charges of manslaughter over the deaths, which occurred after 60 people were packed into a sweat lodge for two hours after a ...

ZISIQIAO VILLAGE, China (Reuters) - This sleepy village nestled in the heart of vast farmland in China's eastern Zhejiang province hides a deadly secret.

A step into the homes of any of the farming families here brings visitors eye-to-eye with thousands of some of the world's most feared creatures -- snakes, many of them poisonous.

Cobras, vipers and pythons are ...

ZISIQIAO VILLAGE, China (Reuters Life!) - This sleepy village nestled in the heart of vast farmland in China's eastern Zhejiang province hides a deadly secret.

A step into the homes of any of the farming families here brings visitors eye-to-eye with thousands of some of the world's most feared creatures -- snakes, many of them poisonous.

Cobras, vipers and pythons ...

Police pursued a nationwide manhunt on Wednesday for a herbal medicine businessman suspected of killing a Chinese university lecturer and his family.

Detectives are hunting 52-year-old Du Anxiang over the killing of lecturer Ding Jifeng, 46, his wife Ge Chui, 47, and their daughters Xing, 18, and Alice, 12, who were knifed to death at their home in Northampton, central ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - From a quick Internet search, you might think there are scores of proven treatments for the distressing crying jags of colicky babies.

But you'd be wrong, according to a new report that takes a piercing look at dietary supplements and other alternative therapies often touted to relieve colic.

"Having now looked at the evidence in ...

CAMP VERDE, Ariz (Reuters) - An Arizona jury on Tuesday heard how participants in a sweat lodge became delirious and passed out in scorching heat at a seminar hosted by self-help guru James Arthur Ray where three people died of heat-related causes.

Ray is charged with three counts of manslaughter in the deaths of three participants in his October 2009 personal ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Massage has become a fairly popular alternative therapy for autism, but there is only limited evidence suggesting it is helpful, a new research review shows.

Researchers say some studies did find benefits -- for instance in language and social skills -- but small patient samples and other problems make the results unreliable.

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a ...