HEALTH & WELLBEING

A new strain of gonorrhoea discovered in a European woman in Australia was found to be antibiotic-resistant.

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea may soon be seeing robots working to combat the dreaded Ebola in their countries.

A drug is showing remarkable effects on the patients of breast cancer.

The young boy is losing his vision fast and will soon be blind.

Naked beachgoers in three Canary Islands panicked with the arrival of a migrant boat from Africa at the Gran Canaria beach. It wasn't so much the island being a stepping stone from people escaping from the continent's poverty but the fact that some of the 19 migrants have complained of Ebola-like symptoms.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has completely ruled out sending Australian medical teams but has agreed to hire a private company to man a treatment centre in Sierra Leone.

An image of a mother breastfeeding her son on the day of her graduation has received huge responses, both positive and negative.

In 2013, 13-year-old Alfie Patten of Britain became a household name after reports came out that he was the country's youngest father. Although subsequent DNA tests showed that he didn't sire Maisie Roxanne, his life was never the same again as he became the poster boy for teen pregnancy and even had his face on condom wrappers. Such circus-like atmosphere would hopefully not happen to a 12-year-old girl from Kalibo City in the Philippines who gave birth on Monday at the Dr Rafael S Tumboc...

Latest hoax claims that Doritos bags are infected by Ebola virus. The prank emerged on 4chan and slowly spread on Reddit, Twitter and Facebook, but Frito Lay quickly debunked the rumour.

A controversial non-religious healing group is expected to arrive in New Zealand to promote its Miracle Mineral Solution as a cure to HIV, cancer and Ebola.

Newborn babies die due to multiple organ failure as their mother was in too much pain to open the tower and let in medical personnel.

The reforms are timely and may address the professional concerns of many caregivers.

Citizens of Ebola-afflicted West African nations need to secure visas before they can enter Singapore.

Brittany Maynard scheduled her death on November 1.

What the no-sugar diet can do for your body.

'Sugar free' is not what you think it means.

Donations raised are used to buy a new house for the baby.

New Zealand's drug-buying agency, Pharmac, has funded a new drug developed to fight antibiotic resistant drugs.

A Michael Jackson clone will soon be a reality.

Australia's health minister has revealed he is in discussions with the Gates Foundation for the funding of a possible Ebola vaccine.

Two out of three authors of the scientific paper that started the green coffee diet trend recently retracted it

World's first invisible hearing aid comes in a very small size, lightweight design and powered by a nano-battery.

New Zealand PM John Key has slammed a Green MP's support for homeopathic remedies against Ebola.

Insurance companies have the expertise in converting changes in government policy into viable market opportunities.

The unnamed woman from Guinea tested negative for Ebola and was discharged from the hospital.

A Canadian research shows that heterosexual men who sleep with 20 or more women during their lifetime are less likely to get diagnosed with prostate cancer.

A new, cheap and quick diagnostic technique to detect two ebola strains has been invented by a Harvard team.

Nutek has recalled 10 brands of its baby wipes as complaints of bacterial infection were reported.

An Australian man in Thailand has been suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus and is currently under the 21-day quarantine period.