HEALTH & MEDICINE

Afraid of getting old? Fear no more. A recent study has shown that removal of senescent cells or old ‘zombie’ cells can slow down the aging process, including a person’s predisposition to age-related diseases.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia and now, in a major boost for drug development, scientists will be able to mimic its effects in a petri dish after identifying a new, reliable way of producing heart cells in the laboratory.

People with higher blood pressure may respond inappropriately to emotions in other people.

Medically speaking, African-Americans are more prone to being affected by diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 3.7 million, or 14.7% of all African Americans aged 20 years or older have diabetes, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 unless things change.

Humans have been consuming omega-3 fats from natural fish, nut and seed sources for countless generations.

The most remarkable thing about these two health strategies is that it safeguards the physical condition of people and helps in preventing loss of lives.

A severely obese American woman cut nearly one-third of her weight a year after undergoing an operation that removed 85 percent of her stomach.

There is no over consumption of legal marijuana among adolescents in Rhode Island, a new study shows. Study researcher Dr. Esther Choo of Brown University said in a statement that she did not find increases in marijuana use among Rhode Island's youth after medical marijuana was legalized in the state.

Prostate cancer is a well-known threat to men. According to the National Cancer Institute, in the United States alone, over 240,000 new cases have been reported, while around 34,000 died from it just this 2011. The Canadian Cancer Society, on the other hand, estimated that 25,500 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and that 4,100 men will die from it.

Cancer can certainly hurt people's loved ones - physically and spiritually. But after cancer, people would often say "get back up in the saddle," however, things are not as easy as they seem. Depression post-cancer is another battle that women must face on the road to recovery.

Environmental and health groups are campaigning aggressively for a boycott of Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo and other company products after it confirmed that the baby shampoo with toxic chemicals are still being sold in countries like the U.S., Australia Canada, China and Indonesia.

Overprotective mothers do everything they can to protect their children and babies from bacteria and dirt. This means mothers watching whatever it is their child is doing and being too cautious as to let their children explore.

Toyota will make health care robots available in the market by 2013. The mechanical assistants would be capable of lifting disabled patients out of bed and helping them walk.

Erectile dysfunction may be a warning sign of a heart disease or other conditons. Recent studies have linked erectile dysfunction and heart disease and that men with heart disease and erectile dysfunction were twice as likely to die earlier than men who have heart disease alone.

Researchers linked 2,200 deaths from impotence drugs in the last decade.

Individuals with impairments in certain portions of the brain are more prone to compulsive and addictive behavior.

What makes a person happy? The most common answers would be family, relationships, meaningful work, money, intelligence and attractiveness, among others.

Society nowadays is obsessed with their health and how they look. With people paying loads of money for experts for nutritional and dietary counsel, more and more are looking for an easier way to watch how they eat.

Like other western nations, Australia is engaged in a battle of the bulge as obesity rates soar.

Surgeons started separating twin girls joined in the chest and abdomen at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in California on Tuesday morning.

Squeezing blood from rice? It may sound like a tall tale but Chinese scientists have developed a method of making albumin, a protein found in human blood from ordinary rice.

The results of several studies have shown that the impact of cigarette smoking continue even for those who have quit smoking, and the effect is longer in women than in men.

Insect-borne diseases like dengue and malaria, including agricultural pests, may soon be controlled with the use genetically engineered insects.

Reducing the calories that people eat is often the best way to lose those unwanted pounds. But a study conducted by Mikael Molin of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology states that a person consuming less calories can also live a longer life.

The campaign against polio has received an added boost with the declaration of world leaders to channel more funds in the fight against Poliomyelitis.

An Australian scientist says he has discovered a key factor in high blood pressure.

Being diagnosed with cancer is always hard. Just the thought of undergoing medication and chemotherapy can certainly take its toll. But what's more disconcerting than having cancer, is having one that has no known cure.

Regular taking of aspirin reduces the risk of developing hereditary cancers, according to the findings of a decade-long study by scientists including those from Queen’s University, particularly bowel and womb cancers.

Western medicine has always been conservative in its endeavors to cure and treat diseases, unlike its counterpart, alternative medicine counts on the odd and the outrageous in dealing with ailments.