HEALTH & MEDICINE

Some 800 - 1,000 doses of an experimental vaccine will be donated by Canada to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help curb the maddening spread of the Ebola virus in the African region.

A benign tumour has been removed from the hip of 16-year-old Jack Campanile without surgery or radiation. The tumour was removed using a “cutting-edge heat procedure” that makes invasive surgery unnecessary.

Youngsters in Australia, removing their tattoos through surgeries is on an alarming high, reveals a research conducted by the Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia or CPSA.

Clinical tests for possible Ebola vaccine to start in September 2014.

Experts from Columbia University have discovered that civilian stressors such as family breakdown, unemployment, money, and legal troubles cause National Guardsmen back from deployment to engage in alcohol abuse more than twice than their civilian counterparts, a report on Medical News Today said.

Foster parents have been asked to stop sharing their bed with infants by Alberta's child advocate after a six-week old baby, being referred to as Baby Dawn was found dead in her foster parents bed.

U.S. President Barack Obama has quashed calls of health experts to send to Africa the experimental ZMapp serum that was given to two Ebola-inflicted American health workers. The president thumbed down the proposal saying the drug still needs further testing if it indeed is working as it should.

Woman Experiences Spontaneous Multiple Orgasms : Parkinson's Drug is the Trigger.

Consuming five servings of fruits and vegetables can lower death risks, says a new study conducted by researchers from China and USA. The results, published in the British Medical Journal aimed to find out the “dose response” or how much we need to eat in connection with cancer, heart illnesses and death.

Stress filled jobs, such as service industry and blue collar jobs can increase the risk of heart attack and other heart ailments, said U.S. health officials and researchers at Harvard.

New Ebola Drug Made From Tobacco Plants Saves Lives of Two US Aid Workers.

An Australian man, who abandoned his newborn surrogate child Gammy in Thailand after discovering that the baby had Down Syndrome, was earlier convicted of child sex offences in Australia.

A breast cancer-survivor died while riding a horse in the beach in South Wales.

Pregnant women who experience morning sickness are likely to have healthy, and intelligent babies, with a lower chance of miscarriage, says a study conducted by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Canada. The findings were published in the journal Reproductive Toxicology.

With many products nearing patent expiration, prescription drug sales are expected to surpass the $1 trillion mark by 2020, EvaluatePharma reported in its 7th edition World Preview report.

An Australian couple abandoned their new born baby boy (Gammy) with his surrogate Thai mother when they discovered that the child has Down Syndrome. However, they took home his twin sister, who was born healthy.

42-year-old Claudine Michelle Herewini, from Raetihi, was jailed for four years and eleven months after her son Antony Christensen was killed with a lethal dose of methadone that she had given him to cure his sore stomach.

Celebrities Who Switched to E-Cigarettes to Reduce Smoking: A Great Decision as Latest Study Confirms E-Cigarettes are Safer Than Conventional Ones. It can be your turn too.

Over-consumption of alcohol in middle age can lead to memory loss and dementia in later life, said researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School in England. The study was published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Two Australian medical students beat 14,000 other teams in Microsoft's yearly global technology contest, Imagine Cup. The competition, on its 12th year, has college and high school students battling to create tech solutions with a wide range of issues from health to games to innovation.

People with increased brown fat or brown adipose tissue, are at a reduced risk of becoming obese and acquiring diabetes, according to a new study published in the journal Diabetes.

Alcohol abuse is among the leading causes of death in the United States. While new treatments are being developed, the challenge lies in making more people aware that they are abusing alcohol and may need professional help.

Richard Norris, the accidental gunshot victim who had a very successful face transplant thanks to Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, is now on the cover of GQ magazine. The 39-year-old Norris accidentally shot himself on the face in 1997, when he was just 22 years old. While he survived the ordeal, it ruined his face beyond recognition. He had to spend his life hiding from the world. But now, he is showing off his face to everyone.

Dogs exhibit streaks of jealousy when their owners showered more affection or attention to another dog or human, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Health officials in New Zealand have pleaded for action from the Ministry of Health to ensure that there is no epidemic of skin cancer. According to experts, thousands could be affected with non-melanoma skin cancers.

A new tablet Truvada, made by Pharmaceutical Company Gilead Sciences, can prevent transmission of HIV virus, according to a study published in Lancet, a medical journal. The participants in 2014’s International AIDS Conference rejoiced and welcomed the new pill that is said to prevent transmission of HIV Virus.

American senior citizens are found to be suffering lesser strokes, irrespective of their sex or race, reveals a study conducted by Dr. Josef Coresh from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore.

A 13-year-old sixth-grade student, Lauren Arrington, who rose to fame with her science fair project about the invasive potential of lion fish, has been accused of stealing the Lionfish Research by former ecology grad student Zack Jud.

Condoms are the only known preventive measures against sexually transmitted infections. While young adults are aware of what condoms are, they are totally oblivious to female condoms which is one of the only two barrier protective methods, a new study by two UT Arlington researchers have found