HEALTH & WELLBEING

Low oxygen (hypoxia) predicts prostate cancer recurrence after radiotherapy. -Measuring prostate cancer hypoxia could help identify the best treatment for patients. -New treatments that target prostate cancer hypoxia could improve patient outcome.

After Kate Middleton's celebrated first speech a couple of weeks ago, critics are eyeing her figure as they noticed a drastic change in her body, with her weight dropping to 93 pounds.

The American Cancer Society released new screening recommendations (14 March, 2012) for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer.

If performed correctly, this exercise composed of twelve bodily poses does not strain or cause injury. If performed in the morning, it relieves stiffness, revitalizes your body and refreshes the mind. Do it during the day and it will instantly boost you up, practice it after sundown and it helps you unwind.

As its time to show off your best side at the beach get that body toned, sculpted and ready to strut at a sandy beach in an itsy-bitsy two piece. The two greatest concerns for a woman's beach body should be the legs and glutes.

Build your muscles with toe raises, wear the right shoes, and ease into any new exercise regimen. (If you already have them, take it easy and ice your legs.)

After releasing two bizarre videos in which a little girl seems to kill pets, the former presidential candidate says he's just being 'provocative.'

Could the weather occurrence responsible for the disastrous floods and droughts of the last two years also be to blame for a century of flu pandemics? New research explains.

A big number of Australians currently live with health risk factors, diabetes and heart ailments among them, no thanks to lower socio-economic status and wayward lifestyles, a new report said.

Asian Canadian teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are 30 times more likely to face harassment than their heterosexual peers – a factor that is linked to higher rates of alcohol or drug use, according to University of British Columbia research.

Not your typical comfort food: Fried mice are a delicacy that's rising in popularity in China's Guangdong province.

With the click of a mouse or touch of a mobile phone screen - in pyjamas or jeans - gambling is now at our fingertips 24/7 with the Internet.

NIH-funded research could lead to lower health care costs for adults with type 2 diabetes

Is Alicia Silverstone totally clueless about the potential health risks of feeding pre-masticated food to her 10 month old son Bear? In a recent post on her The Kind Life blog, she shared a photo of her son eating from her mouth.

New study confirms the 'hygiene hypothesis,' that kids need exposure to dirt early in life to stay healthy.

Hepatitis-B is a viral attack on the liver that is transmitted through sex, shared hypodermic needles, and iatrogenic (medical) exposure. It's a bodily fluid transmitted virus that often occurs among those engaging in "risky behavior."

Athens, Ga. - Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.

W. Andy Tao is mapping the interactions between kinases and their protein targets in an effort to build drugs that better block the reactions that lead to cancer cell formation.

Those who get less than six hours of sleep or longer than eight hours are more prone to suffering heart problems than those who get six to eight hours of sleep every night, according to a study.

PETA Crashes SeaWorld's Pinterest Party

The number of lonely people in Melbourne is going up. A report by the Grattan's Institute said the proportion of people with fewer friends and good neighbours is on the decline compared to two decades ago.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine erected this billboard in Chicago to help people in the hot-dog capital reduce their colorectal cancer risk-no small task since 39 percent of Americans don't even know what the colon is. Seriously. Although I'm guessing a much greater percentage don't know what's in a hot dog.

A Miller School-led research team has created a groundbreaking drug technology platform that enables the body to increase its protein levels, a novel invention that potentially could usher in treatment for a wide variety of serious diseases resulting from a lack of specific proteins.

Better late than never, but more Americans finally seem to be getting the message they've been consuming far too much soda and as such, sales of pop have been falling.

Forget eating an apple a day. Apparently eating the crunchy snack is enough to keep the doctor away as popcorn has more antioxidants than fruit and vegetables.

The Cancer Society is against the planned increase of New Zealand export of tobacco products to Australia. While the hiked production of cigarettes would lead to the creation of 50 new jobs in the next 24 months, it would also cause the loss of 20,000 lives yearly in Australia, Cancer Society Health Promotion Manager Jan Pearson said.

Scientists gave mice a high fat diet, after which, the mice showed growth of new brain cells and less weight gain. "We really don't understand the function of these neurons in the normal brain," study researcher Seth Blackshaw, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told LiveScience.

An important step towards developing a rapid, inexpensive diagnostic method for autism has been take by Uppsala University, among other universities.

Adolescents who try drinking or other drugs before age 14 are more likely to have substance abuse and other health problems later in life. Figuring out how to delay drug experimentation has become a key to heading off problems before they start.