HEALTH & WELLBEING

Recent studies have considered obesity as a modern epidemic, with many adverse effects on a person’s health, such that researchers continue to focus on issues relating to obesity particularly the role of exercise in maintaining a healthy body.

Parents who exercise a vaccine exemption for their children are often ridiculed for putting their own children and others at risk.

Scientists have developed nano-robots that can deliver deadly payloads to unhealthy cells.

A woman in New Zealand accidentally lost her baby after she took a medicine given to her by the staff at the hospital. The accidental abortion of her pregnancy was believed to be caused by that drug, otherwise known as Misoprostol.

There's the new method being touted across the media: Test tube hamburgers made from thin strips of meat grown in a nutrient vat laced with bovine fetus stem cells. Yumm!

The Department of Labor is now undergoing a public comment period up until the end of February concerning a new rule which tackles wage protections to two groups that are predominantly female: casual babysitters and companions for the elderly and infirmed.

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston revealed that young children who do not conform to the necessary gender stereotypes have a greater risk for being abused. These young children, even before reaching 11 years old have a significant risk for physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. There are also symptoms which show post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). This research report will be published in the March 2012 edition of Pediatrics while the online version is already available. The r...

The recent article published in the journal has caused quite a media frenzy as it was quoted in the popular press. Here are the famous quotes from the said article:

The status of work-related cancer has received little attention from Australian policy-makers as well as researchers from Australia. Despite the heavy public and media attention for this, the progress that it has experienced as compared to tobacco use and sun exposure could be considered as "minimal". For example, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) established model regulations for the control of carcinogenic substances during the 1980s.

Queensland children who are affected by diseases that impair skeletal health like cancer or cystic fibrosis would soon experience the benefits of a new boned density technology.

When the Tongue Drive System was first launched, many people were doubtful about its effectiveness. This is the reason why many changes were incorporated in this new prototype in order to cater to the needs of people who would benefit from this tool.

One of the most alarming situations in health worldwide involves the spreading of bacterial resistance. This situation captured a young Danish scientist who has now discovered a natural substance found in the rainforest in Chile that effectively combats this problem with antibiotics.

Queensland researchers recently found a new genetic analysis which shows the relationship between genetics and schizophrenia.

Obesity is an important issue that modern society is facing due to the health problems that it causes to individuals which in avertedly affects society. In this issue of The Medical Journal of Australia, the role of exercise in maintaining health from childhood, adolescence period, and reproductive years were examined.

A novel formulation for metastatic colorectral cancer has been granted patent rights by the European Patent Office.

For the past years, there have considerable progress in terms of the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of tumors within the brain. Despite the progress made in this department, brain cancer still has low survival rate due to high levels of resistance to the treatments available. In this new research article published in BioMed Central's open access journal Journal of Nanobiotechnology, it presented a new way to treat brain cancer.

There is a new "face" in face recognition and this could be in the form of a dot. This is what Associate Professor Ajmal Mian from the University of Western Australia is working on.

Pregnant women who are suffering from asthma should be careful of the medications that they are taking. If a pregnant woman with asthma fails to take the correct medication, they might put their unborn child at risk.

Face recognition is something that people have difficulty with. For people with autism, the process of face recognition is much harder to do.

When you suck in your gut, you’re doing an isometric contraction. Another example is the kegel exercise, a contraction of the vaginal muscle, which women are counseled to do during pregnancy to counteract the pressure of the fetus on the bladder and afterward to tone the muscles stretch by childbirth.

Researchers have finally had the chance to map the genome of the Tasmanian Devil. This is the first time that researchers were given this opportunity which is also a crucial step in understanding tumuors and how it can relate to human cancer. Recently, Devil populations have been hit by the spread of the transmissible facial tumours.

A new analysis done by the University of Melbourne and the CSIRO revealed that in order to minimize the risks of bowel cancer, intensive screening should be done especially for people who already have a strong family history with this disease

A new formulation for bowel cancer has the potential to ease the way the cancer is treated, as soon as it hits the market.

People who are in need of Physical Therapy could now have instant access to it at home through the DVDs released by Rehab In Motion which showcases at-home physical therapy.

Does your diet cause environmental damage? It may, according to a new report from the Public Health Association of Australia.

The recent passing of legislation to means-test the private health insurance rebate through the House of Representatives is considered as a big feat for Australians according to Health Minister Tanya Plibersek. Plibersek also mentioned that this legislation would help taxpayers save at least AU$2.4 billion over the next years thus equating to a staggering amount of AU$100 billion for a span of 40 years.

Researchers from The University of Western Australia made an important discovery about the benfits of Gene Therapy. According to the researchers, gene therapy could also cause the changes in shape of brain cells. Previous research results have revealed that gene therapy could help injured brain cells to live longer and regenerate. Through this new discovery, there is a possibility that developing strategies to help develop injured brain cells would be easier to obtain.

AIDS has long been a worldwide problem as many people have been affected, directly or indirectly by this disease. Statistics show that by the latter part of 2009, there were an estimated 3.3 million people who were already affected by HIV/AIDS. There were already 24 million who died because of AIDS and there were 2.6 million people that were newly-affected by this disease.

Previous research studies have focused more in developing pharmacological-based treatments in order to provide symptom relief for patients who are suffering from cancer. However, there are minimal research studies that focus on the different facets of non-pharmacological caregiving activities (NPCAs) during the latter part of a person's life who is suffering from cancer.