HEALTH & WELLBEING

Transsexuals who are seeking official gender reassignment need not go through expensive and painful reproductive organ surgery to be recognised as a male or female.

Women who eat a low-fat, fiber-rich diet in the year leading up to pregnancy are less likely to give birth to babies with birth defects, according to new study.

Steve Jobs was not the first to die of this disease among the reverred celebrities in the U.S, now the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the country. Other leading celebrities who died of the illness include Hollywood celebrities Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze, Luciano Pavarotti, and Nobel Prize winner Ralph Steinman.

Publishing their work on Wednesday, lead researcher Professor Miguel Nicolelis and his team showcased their work by demonstrating it with two rhesus monkeys that had been implanted with electrodes to their brains. The monkeys were able to manipulate an electric hand using brain power alone.

"I have always said that if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come."This was Steve Jobs' announcement when he resigned as chief executive of Apple. An announcement that eerily echoed a foreboding of the future.

The death of Steve Jobs, the creative genius who created a whole new world of technology, shocked the whole world. Though there were some rumors spreading about his health condition in the past year, people are not expecting that the man who helped in building greatness to every Apple product will lose his fight against pancreatic cancer.

The mother of the three-year-old boy who died on Wednesday after he was hit by a Victoria-bound train said she is donating the organs of her child.

Will Smith, Kobe Bryant and the incumbent United States President Barack Obama may need more Vitamin D than fair-skinned men, according to the study conducted by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

A 56-ft whale which became stranded on a beach in the Western Isles has died, rescuers said. Navigational error and sickness are both possibilities.

Australia's regulatory agency for medical drugs, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) today warned health professionals and consumers against topiramate, an anti-epilepsy drug, being used for weight loss programs.

Due to increased dangers of sun exposure, many people living in areas having the highest sunlight intensity have become conscious of their skin health. Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer plagues many fair-skinned people than dark-skinned. The key factor to such is the presence of melanin, the brown pigment that causes the dark color of the eyes, hair and skin, among others.

Growing your own fish food for aquaponics is the holy grail for many folk wishing to be autonomous and not dependent on commercial fish food pellets.

Angelina Jolie has been appointed as goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights since 2001. And as such, she has traveled across war-torn and poverty-stricken countries in Africa and Southeast Asia, urging governments to step up efforts in resolving human rights issues.

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology are poised to examine the connection between sun exposure and the reduction of the vitamin folate in a pregnant mother.

Osteoporosis is rapidly affecting more men today. In the latest survey initiated by the NCBI, there are estimated two million men in the United States afflicted by such crippling bone disorder. Due to serious complications, both morbidity and mortality rate in men with osteoporosis is greater compared with women; and the primary osteoporosis has been linked to alteration in the secretion of sex steroid, vitamin D-parathyroid hormone, and growth of hormone-insulin-like growth factor-1 axis, among...

Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has been helping the United Nations in its campaign for the welfare of refugees in poor and war-torn countries in both Asia and Africa. Her role involves a lot of travels visiting villages and reaching out to war and savage victims.

Environment Minister Vicky Darling has admitted water quality could have contributed to the poor health of fish in the Gladstone Harbour, as fishing and environmental groups have questioned the reliability of her report showing no significant changes were observed in the water analysis,

Bacteria experts in India have confirmed that the antibiotic-resistant superbug is present in the country's capital New Delhi.

To battle Australia's rising obesity rates, American psychologist Kelly Brownell suggested a tax on soft drinks at the 46th Australian Psychological Association's yearly conference on Wednesday.

According to the statistics collected from American Cancer of Society, melanoma—the more serious form of skin cancer—affects more white men than African men. About 70,230 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in 2011 in the United States. Of that figure, 40,010 are men.

More than for beauty and glamour, caring for one's skin entails good health. It is an investment made for longevity and optimal health. As the American Cancer Society revealed that men are more vulnerable to melanoma than women, changes have been made in men's lifestyle. More men are now aware of what needs to be done to protect them from deadly skin cancers.

A new study by researchers at the University of South Australia shows that children you went to bed and woke up early are more physically fit and active than those who stayed up later.

Parents need not worry on the mental advancement of their teens as a U.S. study showed that adolescence actually breeds more excellence, thanks much to years of learning and experience.

Medical researchers in the U.S. have found that a viral infection called Human Papillomavirus or HPV which is said to be the main reason for rising cancer cases of the back of the mouth and throat this year.

Researchers warn that the cost of treating brain disorders has more than doubled in just six years. In 2010, a survey revealed that one in three people in Europe suffers a brain disorder or care for somebody with one, bringing to almost 800 billion euro (£689 billion) the amount spent annually across Europe for brain disorder treatments.

A three-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl hit on Monday by a Victoria train bound for Ballarat were added to growing list of Australian kids injured or killed by accidents the past few weeks.

Taking aspirin daily may lower the risk of suffering heart disease and strokes, even certain types of cancer, but a side effect of this is late stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a condition related to blindness, according to a Dutch study.

Tens of thousands of new mothers in England and Wales alone are quietly suffering from postnatal depression but do not seek professional help, with first-time mothers less likely than those with several children to do so. The report also criticised primary care trusts (PCTs) and the Department of Health for not collecting data on the prevalence of postnatal depression.

More regulations are facing tobacco companies as the Australian government studies measures to curb sale of cigarette and tobacco products across the country.