HEALTH & WELLBEING

AMA calls for a ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs and medical devices.

Donald Acosta Nov 19, 2015

Firefighter Patrick Hardison gets the most extensive face transplant estimated at $1 million.

Donald Acosta Nov 17, 2015

Rebecca Harreman posts a heartbreaking video of her four-month-old baby boy with whooping cough.

Donald Acosta Nov 17, 2015

The global diabetes epidemic has attracted the attention of a number of leading nations and organisations, including Diabetes Australia and the World Health Organization.

Guneet Bhatia Nov 14, 2015

Researchers found that a drug being tested to cure Alzheimer’s could counter old age, a major risk factor of the disease.

Karla Tecson Nov 14, 2015

Aussie couple battles meth use by developing app designed to scare users of ice into stopping the vice.

Vittorio Hernandez Nov 13, 2015

A new surgically implantable, artificial kidney has been developed for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, as a permanent solution to the scarcity in organ transplantation.

Darwin Malicdem Nov 11, 2015

Researchers have found that energy drinks surpass coffee in improving endothelial function, which helps keeps your circulatory system working properly.

Themistocles Stavrou Nov 11, 2015

Enjoy some food, wine and great conversation with Michael Turnbull at a restaurant of his choice.

Ritwik Roy Nov 11, 2015

A survey released by the Australian Psychological Society shows disturbing trends in teens’ health.

Narayani Anand Nov 09, 2015

Sharon Stone follows cleansing and moisturising regularly for her youthful glow, an advice given by her mother.

Barnali Pal Sinha Nov 09, 2015

Australia's Agricultural Minister believes that the World Health Organisation's claim that processed meat can cause cancer is a “farce.”

Guneet Bhatia Oct 28, 2015

The NSW Government has announced cannabis trials for children with severe epilepsy early next year.

Guneet Bhatia Oct 28, 2015

A recent poll found that 91 percent of the Australians would like to see marijuana legalised in the country for medicinal use.

Guneet Bhatia Oct 27, 2015

A 24-year-old female manager at a salon in Las Vegas was found in a full-body cryotherapy machine.

Vittorio Hernandez Oct 27, 2015

Young researchers from the University of Sydney were included in this year’s prestigious celebration of Australian intellectual and scientific excellence.

Karla Tecson Oct 24, 2015

A new Australian research claims that children who get to bed early are more likely to have better health, as well as happier moms.

Karla Tecson Oct 24, 2015

Westmead Hospital in New South Wales is setting up a poo transplantation programme as part of its new treatment to cure the C. diff infection, which causes symptoms of diarrhoea and life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

Darwin Malicdem Oct 23, 2015

Ministers published a secret official study on sugar consumption to pressure PM David Cameron to tax sugary products to battle obesity.

Vittorio Hernandez Oct 23, 2015

The parasitic worm Opisthorchis viverrini was found to be effective in accelerating the healing of chronic wounds, and will help develop a vaccine against its induced cancer in the bile duct.

Darwin Malicdem Oct 22, 2015

The Yabao Pharmaceutical Company of China and Eli Lilly and Company in the US have announced their second strategic collaboration to develop a promising therapeutic approach for both early-stage and advanced diabetes.

Darwin Malicdem Oct 22, 2015

A postgraduate at the University of Leeds is currently developing a liquid crystal eye lens that could restore eyesight in middle-aged adults and thus eliminate the need of wearing an eyeglass.

Guneet Bhatia Oct 22, 2015

The ACCC has found that the country's private health insurance system is cheating on policyholders by offering less coverage.

Susmita Pathak Mishra Oct 21, 2015

The Victoria health department has released a report that shows the worst hospitals for baby deaths.

Narayani Anand Oct 21, 2015

For the first time in Australia, a citizen jury has been formed to recommend practical and workable solutions to tackle rising rates of obesity.

Karla Tecson Oct 19, 2015

A popular aquarium fish, which has become an important model organism for biomedical researches, is now used to analyse rare heart disorders.

Karla Tecson Oct 19, 2015

The decision to undergo these surgeries to live longer might have been an easy choice for Jolie-Pitt, but her mastectomy and hysterectomy took a toll on her health.

Needhi Tewari Oct 18, 2015

A Stanford University research team has developed a skin-like material that can sense touch and accordingly send signals to the brain.

Guneet Bhatia Oct 17, 2015

Lamar Odom's medical condition is likely a result of his taking herbal Viagra, which the FDA had issued a warning about in 2013.

Vittorio Hernandez Oct 16, 2015