HEALTH & WELLBEING

While colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence in older people has declined, a rise in CRC cases among younger patients was foreseen.

Global campaign to eradicate hunger and undernourishment is faced with existing setbacks and rising issues.

The star died at 32.

The World Health Organisation has named top promising experimental drugs to fight Ebola.

The boy broke his neck.

The man shook his crying baby out of frustration.

Biotechnology may have laid down the foundation for a system in which ordinary people can use mind control to direct biological processes. Indeed, researchers have created a method that uses one's thoughts to control genes. Interestingly, the idea for this attempt was influenced by a mind game using a player's brainwaves.

Drinking four cups of coffee a day can be beneficial.

What you do while pregnant can actually help make your kids turn out smarter

You pre-routine rituals may be doing more harm than good.

April Creed decided to give away future rights of her uterus to help raise money for a chemotherapy drug for a friend.

Many people make the mistake of believing that any type of food is good in fueling their workouts.

New findings suggest that there may actually be benefits that can be derived from losing weight quickly

Vomiting and freezing are among the symptoms of the seizures a young mother experiences every time she hears Ne-yo's voice.

Another wealthy man has been added to the short but growing list of people who have pledged to help create a better world by donating a significant part of their fortune to charities.

Richie Benaud, commentator icon, has been receiving treatment for skin cancer.

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Nebraska have found a virus that they feel can affect behaviour and thinking.

A professor from Macquarie University has developed a 14 point plan to reduce the chances of being affected by cancer because of breast implants.

Fertility clinics in Australia are considering overseas sperm donors because of the shortage of local donors amid the high demand from single women and same-sex couples for male seed.

Aminah Hart and Scott Andersen, a couple in the news recently, have announced their engagement.

Canada has placed new guidelines related to the Ebola virus.

Japanese scientists have discovered a new method to make mice see-through, killing them and making them colourless.

A sixteen-month-old toddler suffered from burns and is now set to be in a serious but stable condition.

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.