HEALTH & WELLBEING

As the New Year starts to roll, people came out of 2011 with full bellies during the holidays and a New Year’s resolution in mind. Whether a person is just wary of getting their blood sugar too high, cutting back on sweets, or they made it their resolution to reduce sugary treats, everyone can benefit from cutting back on sugar as the new year kicks off.

As cases of the avian flu virus seems to worsen in southern China bordering Hong Kong, citizens and visitors are again urged to take precautionary measures against the spread of the disease.

With Carla Bruni, an Italian-French singer-songwriter, actress, former model and the current First Lady of France, being criticized by accomplished dermatologist Dr. Ben Behnam for looking “over botoxed,” the question now begging to be asked is, “Is having Botox or too much of it bad for one’s health?”

Coconut water is the latest trend from the beverage industry, hitting store shelves all over the world and roping in consumers through fruity flavors and touted health benefits. When did this all start?

Doctors from the Mayo Clinic in the United States plan to sequence the full genetic code of thousands of people that could lead to personalized health care.

Green Cedar Dairy Products Inc., a private company based in Dearborn, Michigan, has recalled two of its products due to the fact that it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes which may cause listeriosis.

Residents of New South Wales and Victoria face alarming threats of a rare avian disease this summer that health officials said was being caused by mosquitoes.

The New Year is just around the corner and in preparation for it people have been busy planning where they will be, who they’ll spend their time with, and what will they be drinking. With the answer commonly being in a public place, with friends, and beer, welcoming the New Year might not go over so well, especially when heavy drinking is involved.

Shift work has become rampant not only among developing countries, but developed countries alike with the United States having around 15 million shift workers. Being charmed by either a large salary or the promise of no traffic and a sense of solitude that night brings, people flock to jobs that offer shift work. But many dangers reside with this type of schedule of work and one newly discovered of which is unhealthy eating.

Pepe’s Pastizzis, who has been hand-making pastries and selling their finished frozen products to shops and supermarkets in Australia for 36 years now, have had three varieties of their products recalled by the Quality Patisserie Foods Pty. Ltd. due to an undeclared allergen – milk.

Great news for coffee lovers, research suggests that your daily dose of caffeine could help reduce the risk of developing endometrial cancer by as much as 25 percent.

For mothers, whether they are first-time or already down the line, taking care and nurturing their child comes first. This is because it's natural for them to have a link with their child. However, having a link to one's child and having bonding attachment are two separate things that most moms must contend with.

Food allergies can strike anyone, at any age, and anywhere when it is triggered. And since it can be fatal, properly identifying if a person has one is critical. However, new findings are stirring up clinicians as diagnosing people through some basic tests alone aren’t enough to identify these food allergies.

Religion and medicine, for some, somehow do not mix. Viewing it only as a matter of faith, some shrug off spiritual belief aside and focus on what is concrete. But having a religion and a belief in God offers more than just hope and a sense of faith, it brings with it, unexpectedly, health benefits.

The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) charged that 400 workers may have been exposed to asbestos for about one year in the $50-million redevelopment of the Museum of Contemporary Arts building in Sydney.

Here we feature some celebrities who have chosen a certain weight loss program and have even personally endorsed it.

Feeling a little bloated from your Christmas dinner? Then you should eat more sugary sweets to battle those overeating pangs.

Children's absenteeism may be far more problematic than missing out on class as new research finds it may be linked to their mental health.

Getting tattoos overseas turned out deadly for an Australian who tested HIV positive last week, with authorities confirming over the weekend that the patient contracted the virus while vacationing in Bali, Indonesia.

Sickle cells have a shorter life span (10 - 20 days) than the normal red blood cells (90 - 120 days). Every day the body produces new red blood cells to replace old ones, but sickle cells become destroyed so fast that the body cannot keep up. The red blood cell count drops, which results in anemia. This gives sickle cell disease its more common name, sickle cell anemia.

Christmas time is a wonderful opportunity to let the important people in your life know that you are about their health and well being. Here is a look at some popular Christmas gifts for women, which include Christmas gifts and gadget options for your girlfriend, wife, friend, sister and even your mother.

What you eat determines the next shot of hunger pang. There are certain foods which leave you craving for more within a short duration. Let's check out the foods that cause hunger

Many northern Canadians are feeling the need to retract and just sleep the winter away on these shortest days of the year, but they should resist the temptation.

Could you soon learn new skills while you sleep? According to American scientists people can use dreaming as a tool to learn.

The Perth Magistrates Court fined Barrick Gold on Thursday $140,000 for the death of miner Daniel Williams in August 2009. Mr Williams fell into an ore chute at the underground mine of Barrick's Kanowna Belle gold mine near Kalgoorlie.

With jingles being sung around the world, "Santa Claus is coming to town," scientists and experts find it to be a miracle as to how old St. Nick can do it. Even if it's just a one-time event, what he does every year is quite a feat. So with everything happening during Christmas, is Santa Claus really ok?

Maintaining a proper diet is not just good for one’s body image; it is also good for the brain, according to a new study. Taking only a restricted number of calories activates a protein which helps the mind stay young and healthy until old age, the study suggests.

Groups of scientists were hired by the U.S. government to conduct a study about the fatal bird flu virus. The government wants the group to find out if the virus would alter to become more destructive to humans.

Wine drinking is often associated with luxury and riches, as opposed to beer and other forms of spirit drinking that is linked to the middle class. With each to his or her own lifestyles, does drinking wine and other spirits have any difference when it comes to health benefits?