HEALTH & WELLBEING

Treating cancer is BIG business in America -- in fact, it's a $200 billion a year business. Yet 98 percent of conventional cancer treatments not only FAIL miserably, but are also almost guaranteed to make cancer patients sicker.

Treating cancer is BIG business in America -- in fact, it's a $200 billion a year business. Yet 98 percent of conventional cancer treatments not only FAIL miserably, but are also almost guaranteed to make cancer patients sicker.

The pet products industry is burgeoning, as 2011 figures released by the American Pet Products Association (APPA) show that Americans now spend more than $50 billion a year on food, supplies, and veterinarian care for their pets -- up nearly 300 percent since 1994.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Bali, Indonesia Thursday and the 14-year-old Australian boy detained at the police headquarters in Denpasar, the island's capital, was unhurt.

A good night's sleep is essential for many reasons, including a healthy sex life, a study said.

Can sex really, literally blow one's mind? Well, apparently, it can.In a case study published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, September issue, a 54-year-old woman experienced temporary memory loss after having sex with her husband. The patient came into the Georgetown University Hospital emergency department, unable to recall what transpired in the last 24 hours... or at least before climaxing.

Scientists have devised a new way to help neurosurgeons see tumors in the brain, gold tagged tumors.

American and Finnish researchers have found that U.S. women in their 50s and 60s taking multivitamins and food supplements have an increased risk of early death.

As Australia's population ages, the number of residents suffering from dementia is expected to reach 385,000 patients in 2021.

When you sit you place your hip flexors in a shortened position and if they're held in that shortened position for hours on end (say, at your computer), when you try to stand up they have a hard time lengthening. So take breaks from sitting!

Peri-menopause literally means "around the end of menstruation" and can continue for years. While some women have few, if any, bothersome symptoms, others can experience a variety of signs beginning some time in their early 40s.

Peri-menopause literally means "around the end of menstruation" and can continue for years. While some women have few, if any, bothersome symptoms, others can experience a variety of signs beginning some time in their early 40s.

Developers of the world's first drug that prevents cataract are now set to test it on humans after animal trials proved it can slow down clouding of the eye's lens.

An Australian nurse nearly died after drinking a cocktail laced with methanol while vacationing in Indonesia.

Older women might want to rethink before drinking that multivitamin pill, as a study by the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed taking multivitamins, folic acid, iron and other supplements increases death risks.

Insanity prevailed in California once again today as Governor Jerry Brown signed bill AB499 allowing 12-year-old children the ability to consent to being injected with Gardasil vaccines without their parents' knowledge; yet at the same time the Governor banned the use of tanning beds by anyone under 18 unless they received parental consent.

A study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland warned of higher death risks among older women taking multivitamins.

I know there are lots of hair removal techniques out there — is one way safer than another? And most importantly, which way is most likely to be permanent?

How to get help when it's more than just the 'baby blues.'

A study published in Nature Neuroscience concludes that "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" all the time could result in failure to see an incoming train.

Harry Moseley, 11, Britain's "Kindest Kid" in 2009, has succumbed to cancer. He helped Cancer Research UK raise hundreds of thousands of pounds in his short life.

Australian vets have revealed that they have been successful in curing arthritic dogs with stem cell rejuvenation and researchers are hoping to develop the same technique in treating humans.

The capacity of a person’s brain to throw away negative thoughts is one of the major reasons for people to hang on to a positive attitude despite adversities in life.

Chances of survival for lung cancer patients may go up with the findings of a joint team of Australian and American researchers who just found the secret of why the ailment regenerates despite chemotherapy.

Australian scientists have discovered a mechanism that causes lung cancer cells to re-grow even after chemotherapy. Scientists hope this discovery can help them find new ways of battling lung cancer.

The severe form of hypoglycaemia is caused by AKT2 genes, according to the latest research conducted by scientists at the University of Cambridge.

The toxicity potential of synthetic food colors is complex and controversial. Color additives are mostly used to make high-calorie, low-nutrition foods appear healthy. Many, including Dr. Alexander Weil, claim those additives are toxic or carcinogenic. They usually show up on labels with the color and a code number.

A new study from Stanford University’s School of Medicine, in the US, has found perinatal and pregnant women who consume a healthy diet stand a lesser risk of having a baby with birth defects.

Despite continuing concerns by local fishermen about the safety of fishing in Gladstone Harbour, central Queensland, a three-week fishing ban previously imposed on the harbour by the Queensland Government was lifted today.