HEALTH & MEDICINE

The first suspected Ebola patient in Australia is 57 years old, and had put herself at risk by volunteering to serve in Sierra Leone.

Human trials will start on cancer-fighting berry found only in Queensland after researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane finished an eight-year study on the fruit.

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina has a possible hope for men who are suffering from congenital abnormalities on their penises or underwent trauma on their private parts. The hope comes in the form of male genitals grown in laboratories.

Ebola has claimed thousands of lives in West Africa. The disease has now travelled to the U.S. after doctors in Texas confirmed the diagnosis. Here are few tips to prevent contracting the disease.

Nestle Fitness launched a campaign to remind women to have regular check-ups to help prevent breast cancer. By hiding a secret camera in the female model's bra, the company discovered that males too are "checking out" the model's mammary glands by way of stares or hidden glances.

According to a new Cancer Research UK analysis, 46 per cent of cancers are detected at an advanced stage.

Maisy Vignes, who was born with a haemoglobin level of zero has started going to primary school and impressing her teachers.

Cases of Ebola infections in Liberia and Sierra Leone could reach millions as early as January 2015.

The first-time mother, who was given an epidural before her surgery felt unbearable pain while the operation was being carried out.

While pronouncing the verdict, the judge ruled that Mikael Halvarsson, suffering from sexsomnia was in a state of sleepiness and unconsciousness.

Governments across the globe are taking measures to examine and contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.

Although a climax or orgasm is considered one of the greatest pleasures in life, when a person comes 100 times a day, it becomes painful and makes life difficult. Such is the "hard" life that 37-year-old Dale Decker from Wisconsin is suffering the past two years after he suffered from a slipped disk in his back in September 2012 when he got out of a chair. Doctors diagnosed his ailment as Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome (PGAD).

According To World Alzheimer Report, limiting smoking, detention and control of blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular risks reduce the risk of dementia.

Reports of death or injury doing the ALC Ice Bucket Challenge, whether real or hoax, usually involved the challenger being hit by the frozen water container or slipping on the icy water. However, a Kentucky firefighter who only helped college students with the dare died on Saturday.

Hepatitis Australia has requested the government to act quickly to prevent the spread of new infections of hepatitis B and C

Richard III received two blows on the back of his head during the battle at Bosworth Field in 1485, causing his death.

A former NHS nurse has become the first volunteer from the U.K. to undertake the Ebola vaccine trial on humans.

The surgery to remove the tumour from the brain of George, the goldfish, took 45 minutes with a cost of $200.

The UN needs U.S.$1 billion to contain the rampaging Ebola outbreak. Death toll has now reached 2,461.

The Ebola outbreak will last 12 - 18 months more.

As people age, they feel different kinds of body pains, but yet they need to continue with their daily routine, including having sex. Since sexual activities normally involve pelvic or hip movements, some lovemaking positions that were easy to engage in during their younger days become more difficult and cause back pain.

Sleeping optimally helps you to enhance your efficiency and turn in quick, quality work.

Biker Lance Armstrong used to be the poster boy of testicular cancer recovery, but his sports scandal has diminished his credibility and effectiveness since stories written about the athlete often focus on his doping problem and stripping of medals and relegate his beating the ailment to a small portion of the article. Thomas Cantley, a 31-year-old survivor of the same ailment, hopes to create awareness about the disease, sans a controversy, that could perhaps draw the proper attention to the ai...

The Ebola virus is on the rampage, especially in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

John Mauremootoo married Julie Macfarlane to keep his promise to his wife Clare Mauremootoo, who died of motor neurone disease.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy wants to go beyond the legalisation of marijuana but would recommend on Tuesday, Sept 16, the decriminalisation and regulation of the use of most other illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has reached 2,296, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, with the tally expected to still increase in the coming days.

The Oakley Trinity Housing Association set aside its plan to operate a 24-bed facility for alcohol-dependent people on its Nazareth House site in Bishop Street. The group scrapped the idea due to negative response from residents who opposed the project.

Fresh data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showed that on an average day, 3.2 million young adults used marijuana, 57,304 used heroin, 51,319 used cocaine, 46,179 used hallucinogens and 17,868 used inhalants.