HEALTH & MEDICINE

According to a Calgary study, more than 50% of babies have flattened spots on the back of their heads by the time they are two months. This is attributed to sleeping on the back of the head, a step taken to reduce sudden infant death syndrome.

Published media reports say that India's movie icon, Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri know they are having a baby boy after doing pre-natal gender tests, banned in India since 1994 for creating a gender imbalance in the general population.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Thronged by the news media and well-wishers, Kabang, the hero dog from the Philippines, has been officially released on Monday from the veterinary medical teaching hospital at the University of California, Davis, and cleared to return to her family.

At least three more people have died from a new and deadly respiratory virus similar to SARS. Saudi Arabia reports the recent deaths bringing a total of 24 people dead due to MERS coronavirus.

Walking Dead created a zombie fan base unlike any other. But the recent claims of a man diagnosed with a rare brain disorder give new light to the existence of zombies. Is it possible that someone is actually part zombie?

The world's only known working anti-viral flu drug Tamiflu has been rendered ineffective against the bird-flu strain H7N9 virus. Essentially, the virus has mutated. It won't be long before global pandemonium erupts unless a new effective drug is created and immediately made available to humans.

The age of 3D printing is here - and not only for common household products. Scientists have discovered a way to print a tissue-like material as well as an artificial ear, potentially revolutionizing how physicians approach the replacement of damaged areas of the body. Still in its infancy, 3D printing holds the promise of limitless possibility for consumers and medical teams alike as the technology becomes more advanced.

Researchers found a new and simple weapon to battle the ongoing war with ageing - Antibiotics. Current experimentation extends lifespan by around 60 per cent.

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) reported a 63% of the Australian population were either overweight or obese within 2011 to 2012.

Experimental technique involving a splint produced by a 3D printer saves a baby's life.

Scientists discovered a new lead of drug development to treat and prevent the degenerative Alzheimer's disease.

A new strain of SARS-like virus could pose health risks to Australian tourists traveling to Europe and the Middle East, authorities warned.

With a scarcity index of 21 percent, Venezuela not only suffers shortages in basic food staples. Now even toilet paper have run out of stocks causing people to hoard and madly rush to supermarkets each time a new delivery arrives.

Scientists are now drawing near to finding the cure for HIV/AIDS and will put the deadly disease into history. Moreover, the cure for Human Immune Deficiency virus is expected come in handy prices.

Human cloning may not be as far off as people think. Recent stem cell milestone allowed scientists to remove one hindering factor to duplicating humans. They can now generate embryos without needing fertilisation.

Droppings from a type of bird called Nightingale are used frequently for facials at high-class spas and allegedly to do softening, brightening and nourishing of the face. But how does it smell after? Can infected Nightingale transmit diseases such as the 'Bird Flu' through their poops?

A low-cost diarrhoea vaccine for children has been developed by India, enabling parents all over the world to avail of a cheaper alternative medicine that could cure and save their children from the deadly Rotavirus.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease Gonorrhoea called H041 has emerged in Japan, United States, Hawaii and Norway defeating the most successful antibiotic currently used to treat the disease. Medical experts warn the world of a more dangerous STD compared to AIDS.

Wrigley pulls out its Alert Energy Caffeine Gum from the market as the FDA insists on an investigation on the possible effects to children of additional caffeine in foods.

According to a recent study, parent’s saliva could prevent eczema and asthma on babies

Because the bird flu strain H7N9 that has claimed 27 lives in China has yet to be confirmed that it can be transferred from human to human, health experts said it won't become pandemic. Well, at least not yet or not at least 10 years from now.

To combat fake online pharmacies selling Viagra, Pfizer launches its own website to sell directly to its customers

Researchers from the Netherlands, the UK and Germany have found the perfect solution to unwanted grey hair and skin de-pigmentation, with sunlight-activated compound made into a modified pseudocatalase.

Scientists found that the key to eternal youth might just be in the hypothalamus