The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension or DASH Diet was ranked by the U.S. News and World Report as the 2014 Best Overall Diet among 32 popular diets including Weight Watchers and the Jenny Craig Diet, which are endorsed by Hollywood stars like Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Hudson and Jessica Simpson. The DASH Diet was also considered the Best Overall Diet from 2011 to 2013.
Before you go on to read - decide that curly hair is not a curse. Curls are sexy and romantic, and men love them. They are bouncy, voluminous and can be pulled into any hairstyle imaginable. Once you have your curls looking their best, you'll be amazed at all the compliments you'll get. They denote fun, creativity and openness.
Here’s a more interesting reason why any family should get a dog, particularly a dirty one for the household.
The average Australian adult will be expected to gain 1.1 kg over the Christmas holidays, according to the national health statistics. Australians will be 12,895 tonnes heavier in the new year based on total average weight gain.
Sex is not the only thing that leaves couple panting, according to a survey of more than 1000 Australians
It's been used for wrinkles, muscle spasms and even Tourette syndrome. Now Botox may now save limbs from amputation.
According to the latest report of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Australia ranks fourth in the list of the fattest country in the world.
The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) has put forth its recommendations regarding how Australians as a nation consume alcohol and the findings are not good in the least.
A report from The Australian National Council on Drugs reveal that young Aussies drink to get drunk, consuming higher alcohol level that put them in life-threatening situation
Scientists have found that drinking champagne can improve your memory. A study published in the journal Antioxidants & Redox Signaling said some celebratory bubbly could increase one's working spatial memory, an area in the brain vital for undertaking complex tasks and dealing with numbers.
A sample population of Australia's young adults were part of the study to determine their drinking behavior as conducted by the RMIT University. The study aimed to identify the role of alcohol in today's society and possible alternatives to the social activity.
A new survey has shown that Australians don't necessarily worry about issues that are most likely to have lasting effects in their lives. Sexual abuse and road safety were the foremost in citizen's mind. For instance, in terms of road safety, a large percentage was worried about driving under the influence of drugs.
Fruit-flavored tobacco sheesha is the newest trend in social (non) smoking in Melbourne. While it has previously packaged as a less harmful alternative experience to actually smoking, more studies show it is almost exactly like smoking. The fruit flavor is not just an added factor, but actually masks the effects of tobacco.
The flying gynaecologist, Dr Marc Perdu, admires Australia’s successful cervical cancer vaccine program
Who would have thought that the elusive fountain of youth that everyone searches can be found in an actual fountain? Apparently, plain old water can make you look up to 10 years younger. Say goodbye to expensive creams and plastic surgery to delay the signs of aging. Drinking lots of water may improve not just your looks but your overall health.
A compound named AdipoRon is being touted by Japanese researchers as a first step towards making an oral treatment for diabetes a possibility. A study entitled “A small-molecule AdipoR agonist for type 2 diabetes and short life in obesity” conducted by scientists at the University of Tokyo in Japan was published on Oct. 30, 2013 at Nature.com. The results of the study are very promising for the millions of people affected by diabetes worldwide.
November has turned into Movember as a campaign time for growing a moustache which starts Nov.1 in an endeavour to raise funds in battling out men's health issues like prostate and testicular cancers.
Sex burns calories claimed a lot of researches, but a new report by Canadian researchers has discovered just how many calories on an average person burns during sex.
New York City Council on Wednesday voted 35 to 10 to become the largest city in the U.S. to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. This move by the Bloomberg administration is seen as the latest in public health initiatives being implemented in the city; which had earlier raised the legal drinking age to 21.
The case of a 17-year-old Indian college student who hanged herself this week because her parents forbade the girl from spending too much time on her mobile phone and social media sites shocked her parents.
A teenage girl with severe acne shows make-up tricks to conceal pockmarks and pimples on her face. The Toronto-based teen Elaine Mokk bravely appeared in a video uploaded on YouTube with her pimpled face before she applies her favorite cosmetics to hide her scars and swelling.
If you're a woman in your 40's or early 50's, you're probably experiencing some degree of peri-menopause symptoms- one of them being, low sex drive. Having problem with remaining focused, might leave sex boring or unemotional.
According to new study, presented May 15th at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, in San Francisco, the ancient practice of yoga can fight high blood pressure, or hypertension.
People spend countless time, energy and money on finding quick fixes to looking young. Creams, diets and pills are being discovered for every problem and possibly have an effect in the future. But for Susan Reynolds, the secret to maintaining a youthful glow is to skip hot meals and go raw.
Smoking is dangerous to one's health. But for smokers, they don't realize how deadly it is. If passive smoking can affect other people's health, what more for active smokers? Sax Institute in Australia has recently released a new study on the deadly effects of smoking and the results were alarming.
A recent research has found that the most effective cure against hangovers can be beverages, Sprite and soda water. The study was conducted in a Chinese laboratory at the Sun Yet-Sun University in Guangzhou, China.
A fat letter was sent to an 11-year-old girl's parents after the school had a mandatory health screening which includes determining the BMI of the children in the school. The young girl's BMI was allegedly too high.
A Science Fair project done by a high school girl from Sussex suggests that microwaves are bad for human health after photos of her experiment started making the rounds in social networking sites. The post sparked talks about controversial microwave oven stories.
A company called Blizzident introduces a 3D “toothbrush” that can clean your teeth in six seconds. This invention doesn’t actually resemble a toothbrush as we know it, but it is more of a printer based on the mold of one’s teeth. We are advised to brush our teeth at least twice a day and for at least two minutes. Blizzident claims that its invention can give the teeth a full and thorough cleaning within six seconds. That has to go on record as the fastest ever.
A recent study claims that a particular compound present in drinking red wine may actually help in killing cancer cells. Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, can be modified to enter the human body tissues and kill malignant cells.
