HEALTH & WELLBEING

Scientists in Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island engineered male and female mice to produce the IKKbeta enzyme in their fat. The resulting mice can eat more but gain less weight. The animals exhibit the ability to burn sugar and fat more effectively.

The near-meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March and the subsequent release of radioactive materials in Japan has led researchers to study its lingering impact on farming.

Raising the minimum legal drinking age, or MLDA, has always been the subject of debate and controversy. While some say that 18 years of age is already an appropriate age to be drinking, some stress that drinking below the age of 21 is dangerous.

By this time, everyone's heard of all the good things yoga does to one's body but it doesn't hurt to brush up on the reasons why this activity does more than just your average exercise program. Many celebrities often endorse yoga's advantages such as stress relief, pain relief, better breathing and flexibility among others.

Research has proven that one to two glasses of wine a day is healthy for the body. However, what about the most common of spirits - the beer? Beer has often been painted to be bad for the health, but recent study suggests otherwise.

It's one of the top concerns of people everywhere -- how do we grow our own food for superior nutrition and food sovereignty? How do we store an emergency food supply that can get us through a crisis when conventional food deliveries to grocery stores may be cut off?

In a report, published online Nov.10 in the journal Diabetes, the Johns Hopkins scientists say the real culprit appears to be insulin sensitivity in the ovaries and the pituitary.

A two-part snapshot of innovative new research at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital.

It is a well-known fact that when men are having problems in bed, it is an embarrassingly major problem for them. Erectile dysfunction is not to be taken lightly as it is something menacing that men face and can happen at any age.

Grandparents love to boast about their grandkids' accomplishments, and now a new study gives them credit for helping their young grandchildren be a little kinder and - in some cases - a little smarter.

Udo Schuklenk and a panel of five other Canadian and international experts, have published a report in the journal Bioethics that calls for the decriminalization of assisted dying.

Today’s generation will mostly likely die from diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCD) rather than from infectious diseases like measles or AIDS.

A new high- resolution, ultra-thin device that can record brain activity from the cortical surface without the use of invasive electrodes has been developed by a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania.

A robotic snake could one day lead to a completely scar-free surgery procedure. Two UK teams are working at developing the first robots that can allow surgeons to perform operations using small incisions.

A new breakthrough in stem cell researched has helped a 39-year old man, Ken Milles, recover his health by regenerating damaged heart tissue. The same treatment was given to a patient named Mike Jones and again, like the last patient before him is now recovering.

Newly diagnosed diabetics often cry upon learning of their chronic ailment. Apart from having to make lifestyle changes to manage their ailments, many diabetics also need to conquer their fear of needles since insulin injections and blood sugar testing are often part of the regimen to manage to diabetes.

The winter months are harsh on everyone's skin and it doesn't help when so many people think that you don't' have to modify their skin care regimen according to the seasons.

Diabetes is a common problem around the world that has people checking their blood sugar all the time. What's frightening to know is that diabetes is predicted to affect over 380 million people around the world by 2025. And with World Diabetes Day just celebrated this November 14, what could be a better way to deal with the illness than simply brushing one's teeth?

Tuberculosis, more popularly called TB, is a respiratory system illness that leaves people coughing up blood. This contagious disease, which stems from the infections bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mtb kills over 2 million people each year.

Everyone knows that smoking or second hand smoke is bad for the health and brings with it numerous negative effects such as turning the teeth yellow or making the lungs sickly. However, aside from the usual ailments associated with smoke, only a few know that smoke can also affect the heart.

Scientists from the Netherlands have developed an improved nanocar or molecule that moves using four atomic wheels.

Arthritis is an affliction that leaves those reeling with pain even with the simplest of tasks. Thanks to inflamed joints, people's lives are disrupted. In fact, there are around 10 million people in the United Kingdom who are suffering from this ailment, while in the United States, a staggering 50 million.

Patients who had mini-strokes have lower life expectancy than the general population according to a new Australian study.

Vitamin C is popularly known for boosting the immune system as well as helping people heal from wounds and keeping the gums healthy. But the vitamin might be good for the heart as well.

New scientific findings pointed to the likelihood that genes play a crucial role in the actual development of melanoma and up to one percent of the general Australian population are at risk, the study said.

Victoria Health Minister David Davis said on Sunday that the state will back the move by public hospitals to turnover to Fair Work Australia (FWA) the planned nurses' strike which could lead to bed closures.

Tumors have always been feared for they are often linked with cancer. With tumors disturbing the body's cell division, it's about time that modern medicine has found a way to stop the troublemaker without invasive surgery but with a drug.

One of the most nutritious foods on the traditional Thanksgiving menu is the sweet potato.

Breast cancer is a battle that some of the women face every day. Full of stress, fatigue, and other mixed emotions, a fight with the disease is taxing. Unfortunately, even if the battle has been won, for some, the way may not be over as cancer is known to reoccur.