HEALTH & WELLBEING

Every supporter of Obamacare, from the president on down, has spent hours upon hours and expended exhaustive amounts of energy telling Americans what a wonderful law it is and how fortunate we are to finally have the federal government running (sorry - "managing") our healthcare system.

The children of migrants to Australia are more trusting than those whose parents settled in America, University of Melbourne research has found.

The recommendation over the weekend by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee to the federal government of Australia for inclusion of RU 486 or mifepristone in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme which is subsidised by taxpayers is creating controversy.

While bird flu is spreading wider and wider in China, it has also affected US-based Yum Brands Inc.'s results as its same store sales in the world's second economy slumped approximately 20 percent in the first quarter ended March 23. However, still the fast-food giant appears to have got off problems lightly as it underlined that the first quarter profit dropped less than initially expected.

Lack of empathy may lead to ineffective care, disregarded weight-loss counseling, and patient dissatisfaction

New Zealand outdoor workers are generally poorly protected from solar UV radiation, with only around one-third wearing sunscreen or a suitably protective hat, according to a University of Otago study published in the latest issue of the international Journal of Occupational Health.

People who live in urban areas with more green space tend to report greater well-being than city dwellers who don't have parks, gardens, or other green space nearby, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Instead of puffing weed as many recreation users of marijuana do, people who need the substance which was once banned would get quicker relief if they take marijuana pills instead.

A four-year-old pre-school girl in Britain is undergoing psychiatric therapy for compulsive behaviour because of her addiction to iPad games.

Are dolls with wafer-thin and unrealistic body proportions to be blamed for the wrong body image that young girls are suffering from and willing to literally die for?

Sixty-year-old cancer patient Christian Nayet was being driven to hospital for a series of scheduled laboratory tests. But when Jean-Francois Pina, his assigned ambulance driver for that night complained of feeling pins and needles in his fingers after an hour on the road, he knew a reversal of roles had to be done, and quickly, to save the man's life.

About one-third of men fake orgasms and the reason why they act is out of love, kindness and sexual insecurity, said an American urologist who just released a book on male sexual health.

U.S. scientists have successfully grown in a laboratory for the first time a whole functioning kidney by removing kidney cells from a donor rat kidney and injecting the mixture of rate kidney and blood-vessel cells into a tough collagen scaffold which grew the entire body organ in culture.

Yoga Asanas to Control Mindless Munching Why do many of us simply tend to eat and eat and eat. The answer to this uncontrolled munching lies in the fact that most of us are eating while distracted -- when watching TV, talking with family or friends, or eating in the car. Another external factor influencing how much we eat is serving size: If a larger serving is in front of us, we tend to eat more no matter what. Convenience and visibility of a food is another factor -- if it's easy to reach ...

Once you have made the major purchases, you can start to attend to your baby's more personal needs and do some advance planning.Before you rush out to buy lots of baby clothes, a roomful of toys, and several packs of diapers, ask friends and family if they have any baby clothes or toys they can pass on to you, and which diapers they recommend. Now is also the time to think about how you want to feed your baby.Baby Crib You will need a solid crib. Almost every crib today is adjustable to two l...

Grey hair is actually hair that has no pigment and is the result of the melanocytes - the cells that produce pigment - becoming damaged or dyeing. Presence of grey hair is a moment of defining getting older. Earlier a grey strand would get visible in late 30s or early 40s.

A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during either sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is remembered later.

When the Aldan family flew home to the Northern Mariana Islands in mid-March, their suitcases were stuffed with mementos of USC — Trojan sweatshirts, plates, umbrellas and just about anything else they could find covered with cardinal and gold.

Translating a Mayo Clinic stem-cell discovery, an international team has demonstrated that therapy with cardiopoietic (cardiogenically-instructed) or "smart" stem cells can improve heart health for people suffering from heart failure. This is the first application in patients of lineage-guided stem cells for targeted regeneration of a failing organ, paving the way to development of next generation regenerative medicine solutions. Results of the clinical trial appear online of the Journal o...

Federal sequestration measures that came into effect on April 1 are making it impossible for many cancer clinics across the country to administer conventional care to patients, and particularly to those on Medicare.

In a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the researchers detail how low doses of the drug interleukin-2 (IL-2) can alleviate chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a debilitating condition that often occurs in patients who have received a stem cell transplant.

A newly study published on Tuesday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science confirms what men of average size fear - women are more attracted to males who have large penis.

Two new studies out of Germany add to an ever-growing body of evidence showing that optimal vitamin D levels are crucial for good health. Based on the findings, people who are low or deficient in vitamin D are much more likely than others to develop cardiovascular disease, respiratory illness, and cancer, and are also more prone to dying early compared to those with optimal vitamin D levels.

Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have discovered a statistical association between the injection of local dental anesthesia given to children ages two to six and evidence of missing lower wisdom teeth.

In a mouse model of early Parkinson's disease (PD), animals displayed movement deficits, loss of tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH)-positive fibers in the striatum, and astro-gliosis and micro-gliosis in the substantia nigra (SN), without the loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons.

Preparations are underway for the first known human trial to use embryonic-like stem cells collected from adult cells to grow bone.

There will be no singing for 'Glee' star Cory Monteith. At least not for a little while. The 30-year-old actor has checked into rehab, citing substance abuse as the reason.

Traditional Chinese medicine could be a key weapon in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, a joint international study has found.

A nationwide report analysing the behaviours of thousands of Australian drinkers has been launched today by the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund.