HEALTH & WELLBEING

Two in ten people planning to swim, boat or fish this summer cannot swim well, according to a new national survey by the American Red Cross.

Today's living doesn't put much demand on the bottoms in terms of mobility and as the joint is not being put through its full range of movement regularly, the surfaces are not lubricated and the muscles may tighten up and restrict movement.

Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity.

Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity.

Omega-3 fatty acids, combined with two blood-thinning drugs, significantly changed the blood-clotting process and may reduce the risk of heart attacks in patients with stents in their heart arteries, according to research reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association.

A University of Missouri researcher has found that eating a healthy breakfast, especially one high in protein, increases satiety and reduces hunger throughout the day.

Major League Baseball pitcher, Bartolo Colon, left professional baseball in 2009 with pain in his right shoulder from a rotator cuff tear. Instead of accepting a life without baseball, Colon accepted an invitation from Regenocyte's medical director, Lionel Liriano M.D., to undergo adult stem cell therapy in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

Do not feed the thickening product called SimplyThick to infants born before 37 weeks because it may cause a life-threatening condition.

A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer at Louisville's Frazier Rehab Institute. It is the result of 30 years of research to find potential clinical therapies for paralysis.

If you've worked hard to establish a good fitness routine, going on a business trip doesn't have to mean your healthy habits will be derailed.

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is the combination of light and light sensitive agents (such as porphyrins) in an oxygen-rich environment. The treatment uses a drug, called a photosensitizer or photosensitizing agent, and a particular type of light.

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is the combination of light and light sensitive agents (such as porphyrins) in an oxygen-rich environment. The treatment uses a drug, called a photosensitizer or photosensitizing agent, and a particular type of light.

As if the world is not filled enough with crazy news like "Judgment Day" on May 21, the U.S. Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan on Thursday offered tips on how to survive in case of a zombie apocalypse.

Pole dancing exercise moves typically include climbing, hanging, spinning, swinging, and striking sexy poses on or around the pole. Working with a pole tones the upper body, legs, and core, it can add variety to your platonic workout, while providing body support at the same time .

Scientists from King's College London and the University of Oxford have found that a gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol is a master trans regulator, which controls other genes found within fat in the body.

Are you looking for a quick way to reduce body fat and your waistline? Don't try liposuction; you may very well wind up regretting that decision.

An eco-friendly home will save electricity and energy which in turn will lower your expenses towards it - that much, I know is true.

Cramps can occur during exercise, immediately after, or as long as six hours later. Yet common as they are and terrible as they can be, no one really understands cramps. They are a medical mystery.

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' Australian founder, was given a peace award on Tuesday for "exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights."

Security researchers at Symantec sad a programming bug on Facebook’s website may have unintentionally given advertisers and others access to a bunch of personal information. This issue may have affected almost 100,000 Facebook applications for now.

The old theory was that cellulite was caused by toxins building up under the skin but that's probably not true. It's more likely to be the result of poor skin structure, causing the fibre to split. This means fat and yes, possibly toxins squish out through the holes in the fibres creating that lumpy effect

The old theory was that cellulite was caused by toxins building up under the skin but that's probably not true. It's more likely to be the result of poor skin structure, causing the fibre to split. This means fat and yes, possibly toxins squish out through the holes in the fibres creating that lumpy effect

A pound of fat burns around 2 calories per day. Muscle, on the other hand, burns around 6 calories per day — and that is at rest. Exercise the muscle (for example, during weight training) and you can burn an upwards of 250 calories, depending on your existing levels of lean body mass.

A Chinese woman from Suining, southwest China's Sichuan Province gave birth to a baby girl with two heads that surgeons ruled cannot be separated.

A Malaysian has offered an advice for those who are both frivolous on food and sexually adventurous.

In this busy world of hush and rush, women find less time to their health. But note small changes in your lifestyle could add on to give you a better disease free, fit and healthy body.

The Australian government’s budgetary concerns over the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) have been blown out of the water by the Government’s own figures.

Ask your average man in the street to name a major health concern facing the world today and they'd be unlikely to name diabetes.

People who take dietary supplements are not as healthy as people who don't according to a soon to be published study in the journal Psychological Science of the Association for Psychological Science.