HEALTH & WELLBEING

More women have lung cancer, while fewer men suffer from the disease, says a government report.

The most remarkable thing about these two health strategies is that it safeguards the physical condition of people and helps in preventing loss of lives.

A severely obese American woman cut nearly one-third of her weight a year after undergoing an operation that removed 85 percent of her stomach.

There is no over consumption of legal marijuana among adolescents in Rhode Island, a new study shows. Study researcher Dr. Esther Choo of Brown University said in a statement that she did not find increases in marijuana use among Rhode Island's youth after medical marijuana was legalized in the state.

Scientists and snake handlers said on Thursday venomous snakes have been breeding in Queensland’s suburbs and moving into urban areas as a natural result of two good wet seasons.

Prostate cancer is a well-known threat to men. According to the National Cancer Institute, in the United States alone, over 240,000 new cases have been reported, while around 34,000 died from it just this 2011. The Canadian Cancer Society, on the other hand, estimated that 25,500 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and that 4,100 men will die from it.

Cancer can certainly hurt people's loved ones - physically and spiritually. But after cancer, people would often say "get back up in the saddle," however, things are not as easy as they seem. Depression post-cancer is another battle that women must face on the road to recovery.

Environmental and health groups are campaigning aggressively for a boycott of Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo and other company products after it confirmed that the baby shampoo with toxic chemicals are still being sold in countries like the U.S., Australia Canada, China and Indonesia.

Cancer-stricken football legend Jim Stynes is trying a drug that destroys only cancer cells and not healthy cells, the first person in Australia to do so.

Overprotective mothers do everything they can to protect their children and babies from bacteria and dirt. This means mothers watching whatever it is their child is doing and being too cautious as to let their children explore.

Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Nets Kris Humphries were happily married a few weeks before Kardishian decided to file for a divorce. Here are a few things you can learn from divorced celebrity couples!

Toyota will make health care robots available in the market by 2013. The mechanical assistants would be capable of lifting disabled patients out of bed and helping them walk.

Erectile dysfunction may be a warning sign of a heart disease or other conditons. Recent studies have linked erectile dysfunction and heart disease and that men with heart disease and erectile dysfunction were twice as likely to die earlier than men who have heart disease alone.

As the testimonies for the 'involuntary manslaughter' trial end, Jackson's physician Dr. Conrad Murray told the judge that he will not add any other statements to his defence.

Researchers linked 2,200 deaths from impotence drugs in the last decade.

Individuals with impairments in certain portions of the brain are more prone to compulsive and addictive behavior.

Two 12-year-old Russian girls who were switched at birth, have now reunited and have become best friends, amidst the anguish of their families.

What makes a person happy? The most common answers would be family, relationships, meaningful work, money, intelligence and attractiveness, among others.

Society nowadays is obsessed with their health and how they look. With people paying loads of money for experts for nutritional and dietary counsel, more and more are looking for an easier way to watch how they eat.

Like other western nations, Australia is engaged in a battle of the bulge as obesity rates soar.

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Surgeons started separating twin girls joined in the chest and abdomen at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in California on Tuesday morning.

Squeezing blood from rice? It may sound like a tall tale but Chinese scientists have developed a method of making albumin, a protein found in human blood from ordinary rice.

Tom Keith, 64, died on Sunday because of a heart attack. It was reported that the man behind the "Prairie Home" companion experienced a sudden shortness of breath before he was found dead. Later that night, Keith was found lifeless after he collapsed. Keith experienced a severe heart attack that took away his life.

The results of several studies have shown that the impact of cigarette smoking continue even for those who have quit smoking, and the effect is longer in women than in men.

Insect-borne diseases like dengue and malaria, including agricultural pests, may soon be controlled with the use genetically engineered insects.

Reducing the calories that people eat is often the best way to lose those unwanted pounds. But a study conducted by Mikael Molin of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology states that a person consuming less calories can also live a longer life.

Pratyahara is the stage at which an adept learns how to control the "tentacles" of consciousness that are called "indriyas" in Sanskrit.

Pratyahara is the stage at which an adept learns how to control the "tentacles" of consciousness that are called "indriyas" in Sanskrit.