HEALTH & MEDICINE

Detox or Detoxification is the process of cleansing the body. Essential nutrients and water will nourish the body so that harmful substances will be flushed.

The U.S. President Barrack Obama proposed to cut $320 billion costs on Medicare and Medicaid in relation to his plan to trim the federal deficit. He proposed that the plan will work by changing how the government pays health providers.

Cryos, the world's largest sperm bank, told Ekstra Bladet newspaper its sperm bank's stores had more than enough supply of sperm from redheads and it will be more selective in accepting donors. About 600 redhead donors are in queue to donate their sperm but Cryos deemed it necessary to stop at this point.

A recent study showed the act of laughing increases endorphin levels, which can help in management of physical pain. An evolutionary psychologist at Oxford, Robin Dunbar, said the muscles involved in the physical act of laughing triggers an increase in endorphin, a brain chemical that makes one feel good even after suffering physical pain.

A study shows that ‘obesity’ is the main reason why children in grade-school years have the tendency to isolate themselves.

Maggot therapy succeeded in healing the wounds of diabetic patients where modern medicine could not. This study showed the possible application of maggots as a remedy for severe ulcers, said a Bloomberg report.

Eight to ten glasses of water is recommended to everyone. Water is important to everybody, but specially for diabetes-patients, because decrease hydration could cause serious health complication for diabetics

Scientists have confirmed a genetic link between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, according to a recent study published on Monday.

Twins joined at their heads were successfully separated at a British hospital last month. A charity helping disfigured children funded the risky surgery. The twins' operating team noted there's significant blood flow between their brains, making the surgery very risky. Nevertheless, the separation means the girls can live a normal mobile life after having been literally at each others' head for 11 months.

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, unit of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of birth-control pills because of a packaging error that could lead to incorrect dosing. The error may leave women without adequate contraception and risk for unintended pregnancy, the WebMed reports.

British surgeons have successfully separated Sudanese twins joined at the top of their heads, and the babies are now recovering well.

Sacha Rumaner, 30, died on a dentist’s chair because of allergic reaction to mouthwash. Rumaner was not subjected to anaesthetic while having a routine treatment when suddenly the young woman went into shock. The incident happened at Morley Street dental clinic located in Brighton, East Sussex. Sacha complained that she feels itchy on her back and leg, and that she’s feeling hot. After that, the poor English woman suddenly collapsed and slid onto the floor. Just in a couple of minutes, the life...

American twins Joshua and Jacob Spates, who were joined at the spine, are now recovering in the pediatric intensive care after a successful 13-hour surgery. Their 34-member surgical team at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is celebrating this medical victory.

A 30-year old Chinese farmer from Gonyi, central China, went on an axe rampage on Wednesday and killed six people.

More Australians are expected to be added to the number of patients suffering from chronic kidney ailments. According to an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) forecast released Wednesday, the proportion of diabetics who would require kidney transplants or dialysis would shoot up to 64 per cent in 2020 from 45 per cent in 2008.

A litter of glow-in-the-dark kittens must be taken seriously, as they may just shed light on a potential AIDS cure.

Athletes who compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London will face tougher anti-doping tests next year. For the first time, a new test to catch blood dopers and users of human growth hormone will be used, the BBC reports.

A U.S. study blamed popular cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants for learning problems among 4-year-olds.

A Minnesota-based food company recalled about 185,000 pounds of ground turkey products on Sunday for testing positive to salmonella. Further investigations are due to be conducted on the plant in Arkansas

Asthma patients could possibly be treated with a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, reports said.

For years, it has been an accepted dogma that obesity led to type 2 diabetes by causing inflammation, which was perceived to change the way the body responds to the effects of insulin. Scientists theorized that chronic, low-grade tissue inflammation related to obesity contributed to possible insulin resistance. However, a new study suggests that this theory may need to be updated, the Endocrine Web reports.

After a supposedly lifetime ban on blood donation by men who had sexual contact with another man was implemented in Britain in the 1980s as a response to the spread of HIV/AIDS and the lack of adequate HIV tests, United Kingdom Department of Health said on September 8, that it was lifting the ban.

The findings of a study conducted on 123 middle-aged and older adults, who added yoga classes to their standard diabetic care, yielded favourable results.

According to the American Chemistry Council, a family of plasticizer compounds called phthlates are fine and dandy additions to everything from wall coverings, flooring, toys, perfumes, shampoos and IV tubes.

The agriculture departments of four states in Australia are jointly taking action to prevent the further spread of the deadly avian paramyxovirus.

Skip the pesticides and try one of these natural methods for getting rid of lice.

Cancer remains one of the most feared diseases on the planet -- and cancer patients being treated by mainstream medicine are usually bombarded with radiation and subjected to toxic chemotherapy that destroys healthy cells and weakens the body while trying to kill tumors.

Tasmanian officials issued on Wednesday an alert over a virus that has infected racing and show pigeons in Victoria. The alert was over the risk of the Avian paramyxovirus being spread by the birds that cross the Bass Strait.

Researchers from the Victoria Department of Primary Industries have studied the DNA of five modern Tammar wallaby genes and reproduced a 60-million-year-old gene. The scientists will use the reproduced gene to develop a compound they plan to use to fight superbugs in hospitals.