HEALTH & WELLBEING

The Cambridge Weight Plan, Australia’s new fad diet, is now being investigated by a government regulator to find out if the product can be legally sold in Australia. Health experts have already warned of serious side-effects such as general feeling of coldness, rash, nausea, leg cramps, hair loss, halted periods and even unexpected pregnancy from following a diet so low on nutrients.

Common prescription drug methotrexate, used to treat medical conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, has been linked to at least seven deaths in Australia since 2000. Researchers have warned of a rise in dosage errors that are leading to avoidable deaths.

California’s marijuana activists believe that cannabis legalisation 2016 has hit a roadblock as advocates are not happy with a pair of bills in the legislature. The bills would impose fees and taxes on medical marijuana to raise costs.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will pledge $20 million to identify the genes that cause childhood cancer.

A Gordonvale resident near Cairns has tested positive to the Zika virus. Queensland health workers have been sent to south of Cairns, in far north Queensland, to check the spread of the virus.

San Franciscans will be able to get high consuming marijuana and at the same time carry out their daily fitness regime at Power Plant Fitness, world’s first marijuana gym.

Scientists claim that their hydrogel-based biochip will help diagnose bowel cancer better. Their method involves simultaneous detection of various substances in a patient’s blood.

Anxious patients who are about to get an eye surgery done may find relief in music. A new study played a particular type of music specifically developed to ease anxiety.

Experts from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have suggested that the popular Paleo diet is more effective in losing weight than the recommended Australian dietary guidelines.

The University of Western Australia (UWA) scientists have revealed that cannabis use may expose a person to serious illnesses by DNA structure alteration that may be passed on to future generations.

A study has revealed that one in 10 people check their phones even while having sex.

Breast Cancer Care, a British charity organisation, has warned that women aged between 50 and 70 are too reliant on mammograms for detecting breast cancer signs.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has lodged an appeal against the size of fine imposed by the Federal Court on Nurofen makers Reckitt Benckiser for breach of consumer laws.

E-cigarettes will be treated as tobacco in Victoria. The Victorian Government is extending the smoking ban to e-cigarettes too.

Health authorities in Tasmania have confirmed three more cases of measles. They were exposed to the illness at Launceston General Hospital’s emergency department. Booster doses have been recommended to stay safe.

In order to combat drug-resistant superbugs, UK farmers have taken the initiative to cut down antibiotics use in agricultural products. A new UK taskforce will reduce antibiotics use in farming.

A South Australian family is desperately waiting for the government to legalise medical marijuana and is not happy with the SA government’s inaction on the same.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat. Experts are worried that lack of new antibiotics may make antibiotics-resistant superbugs kill more people than even cancer if left unchecked.

Researchers are working towards developing migraine sunglasses that will block all light except a pure wavelength green light to help migraine patients.

Scientists fed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with human blood containing either the original Zika virus or the cloned Zika virus. In both the cases, the number of infected mosquitoes was similar.

Molecules in White Rock sea snail eggs not only can tackle normal cancer, but also uterine sarcomas and resistant lymphomas that require the painful chemotherapy.

Holly Brockwell was a bit groggy after getting sterilised but couldn't help but feel “euphoric” for winning the four-year sterilisation fight with NHS.

Recently, a Guy’s Hospital doctor said that Kirsty may have been improperly diagnosed and received chemotherapy and other painful treatments for a disease she may have never had.

A new study states that antidepressants are not as effective as they are thought to be.

Lucy Haslem said that the focus was now on educating doctors about medical marijuana’s benefits. She added that the biggest challenge was to break the misconceptions that people have about cannabis.

Researchers found 25% reduced risk of breast cancer diagnosis in middle age with fruit consumption during one’s teenage years.

The measles virus takes about 10 days to show symptoms. Known symptoms include cough, headaches and fever and after about four days, a rash appears on the body and face.

Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews is delighted to see the cannabis plants in Victoria’s marijuana campus growing. They will be ready for harvest in two months.

Professor Claire Roberts, from the University's Robinson Research Institute, said that six percent of the pre-term births could have been prevented had the women not smoked marijuana during pregnancy.