HEALTH & WELLBEING

Eyeball-licking is the new thing in elementary school Japan, and it’s grossing out netizens. Teachers became aware of the trend when an increasing number of students began turning up in school with eye patches.

Uh oh. A recent study scores a huge win for naughtiness. Practitioners of sexual sadism and masochism have been proven to be psychologically healthier than their vanilla counterparts.

Kathy and Bill Janelle felt blessed after the birth of their twins, William and Shae. Though the new baby brother and sister duo arrived six weeks early, both were seemingly healthy - weighing about five pounds each.

A "cold snap" 116 million years ago triggered a similar marine ecosystem crisis to the ones witnessed in the past as a result of global warming, according to research published in Nature Geoscience.

Neuropathy, or nerve damage, is the most common cause of injury and death in people with diabetes. Preliminary studies suggest, however, that this debilitating condition may be treatable by boosting your body's levels of a substance that it is already producing: Coenzyme Q10, or CoQ10.

New Canadian surveillance system monitors tuberculosis and could be used for SARS-like outbreaks

Mice engineered with a human gene for schizophrenia and exposed to lead during early life exhibited behaviors and structural changes in their brains consistent with schizophrenia.

The food labelling star health rating system endorsed today by Australia's food regulation ministers has the potential to dramatically improve the nation's food supply as well as helping consumers make healthier choices, said the National Heart Foundation of Australia.

France amended its Public Health Code that allowed the use of marijuana-based medicine. Decree 2013-473, published Friday, even permits the use of raw marijuana.

Because of the growing number of Australian women who are going for labiaplasty or the medical procedure to craft designer vaginas, the government is reviewing if it would publicly fund the surgery through Medicare.

Australia is on high alert again after health authorities have discovered a potentially alarming third case of Legionnaire's disease at the Wesley Hospital in the state of Brisbane.

Although the spokesman of actor Michael Douglas insisted the star of Behind the Candelabra was misquoted when he attributed his throat cancer to oral sex, the incident has caused the medical community and health-conscious people to take a second look at the ailment.

Thanks to actor George Clooney's joke, a beauty and wellness procedure exclusive to men has boosted the popularity and male clientele of a Sta Monica clinic where the treatment began.

Jiroemon Kimura, the world's oldest man in history, has passed away on Tuesday due to complication from pneumonia. He was 116 years old.

In India, a simple vinegar test has been used to detected signs of cervical cancer and now the efforts using the said test lowered the rate of cervical cancer deaths by one-third.

If you are still struggling with losing weight while craving the enjoyment of great tasting foods, you may be pleasantly surprised and encouraged by this article.

The current inquest on Maria De Jesus, a pregnant woman who was diagnosed with appendicitis and died after her second surgical operation, reveals that trainee surgeons took out the ovary instead of the appendix. The patient was already five months pregnant when admitted at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, Essex due to severe abdominal pain.

Three Oxford University academics are making a bid for eternity by signing up with the Cryonics Institute in Michigan to have their bodies frozen upon death in the hope of being brought back to life later.

A growing body of research suggests that not only may vitamin D deficiency be a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, it may also make rheumatoid arthritis patients significantly more susceptible to cardiovascular disease.

Heartthrob celebrity George Clooney has constantly made fun of the skin of his balls ironed out and not the wrinkles on his eyes. Clooney has inadvertently started a Hollywood craze in male cosmetic treatments.

Robert Pattinson's ex, Kristen Stewart may have once admitted that sex with the British hunk on the steamy scene in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 was "awful" but stunning 90210 actress, Jessica Lowndes doesn't share her thoughts on sex. The hot starlet reveals her secret to a head-turner and great looking body - - a wonderful sex workout. Talk about hitting two birds in one stone!

This year, according to the American Cancer Society, some 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women. Some of these patients will succumb to the disease, while others survive and live healthy lives for decades.

Obesity surgery has been found to be more effective in reducing the risk of diabetes compared to nutrition and lifestyle changes. This is according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Although obesity surgery works better in actually reversing the effects of diabetes than medication, researchers also say there may be serious complications involved. The study took one year to complete. Based on the results of the study, those who underwent obesity surger...

The World Health Organisation or WHO is now alarmed by a new lethal respiratory viral infection spreading across the Middle East which already killed at least 30 people as cure remains unavailable.

Wesley Hospital has contacted former patients amid rising concern over the latest Legionnaires' disease outbreak. On Sunday, a 60-year-old man died in the hospital and the second case, a 46-year-old woman is now being given intensive care.

Every season brings with it a new fashion craze, making it hard to decide which beauty products to wear.

Muscles need to be fired up to maintain proper definition, especially on a weight loss program.

Vigorous exercise (physical activity for 20 minutes or more at least 3 days a week) is positively associated with the incidence and prevalence of psychiatric disorders, particularly bipolar II disorder and alcohol dependence, according to US researchers report.

Welcome to the busy working lifestyle - where the combination of poor nutrition and high stress make for a sick and tired person - and most probably overweight as well. Every occupation has its unique pressures: a desk job in clean, centrally heated office may sound like heaven to a manual worker on a building site. But working in a modern office is also demanding. Limited personal space, noisy telephones, photocopying and fax machines all add up to a formula for severe workplace stress. Whate...