HEALTH & WELLBEING

People with diabetes have a 60 percent higher chance of developing dementia, suggests a new Australian research.

DNA sequencing costs are expected to dip by 2019 and that will put the cost of the new cancer universal blood test to around US$500 ($AU716.64).

A new research says that women age slower if they have more children.

Chromium has generated the carcinogenic form in living cells and health experts have urged people not to take chromium supplements until and unless doctors recommend it.

Drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia has raised serious concerns regarding the spread of the disease to other parts of the world.

New York officially rolled-out its closely monitored medical marijuana program on Thursday.

A carpenter from Germany invented a valve for male contraception that will be tested in 2016.

The untreatable Alzheimer’s disease may soon have a treatment as a study reveals that blocking the CSF1R brain receptor can check Alzheimer’s progression.

Vitamin D, which is used to strengthen bones and prevent fractures in older patients, can actually increase the risk of fractures and falls, suggests a new study.

Scientists say that the broken-heart syndrome is an actual medical diagnosis, exhibiting the same signs of a typical heart attack.

Oral contraceptive use in early pregnancy does not cause birth defects.

A customer’s food decision at restaurants is influenced by the weight of the waiter.

The wage gap makes women more prone to depression and anxiety compared to men, according to a new study.

Experts believe that children may already understand the basic concepts of reading and writing before formal training of these skills begins.

A professor of Sociology at University of North Carolina says that inflammation and teenage obesity are more common in lonely teenagers and that social interaction improves health.

Researchers say that skin bacteria promotes the growth of cancer cells in patients with lymphoma.

A new study claims that processed foods raises the risk of developing autoimmune diseases.

Mohammed Abad can now lose his virginity with the help of his bionic manhood and 2013’s Sex Worker of the Year Charlotte Rose.

With the number of diabetics in the UK crossing the four million mark, the North East region of the country is set to explode under the impact of the disease, suggests new data.

Experts claim that eating right before bedtime causes memory loss.

Money isn't everything for a trainer. Read what Personal Trainer Themistocles thinks of the New Year’s Resolution-its.

Researchers claim to have discovered a diabetes treatment in the form of an antibody intended to target fat cells.

Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis and 2016 is the year to act as numerous food chains and food suppliers have pledged to buy chicken raised without antibiotics.

Cannabis induces effects observed in schizophrenia in the brains of healthy users but the underlying mechanisms are still not clear.

According to new research, humans have evolved to get better sleep in less time compared to other close animal relatives.

A new study shows that physicians treated black patients less compassionately than their white counterparts in a time-pressured, end-of-life situation.

Researchers claim that teens are more likely to smoke because they are more easily influenced by watching someone else light up.

Weight loss is never easy, but the first days to weeks are easier than what’s to come. That’s because whenever you eat more than you burn, your body activates a series of processes called the 'fat brake'.

A new study suggests that high intake of sugar, especially fructose, can increase the risk of breast cancer.