HEALTH & WELLBEING

Human trials will start on cancer-fighting berry found only in Queensland after researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane finished an eight-year study on the fruit.

A new study has found that older people with reduced sense of smell had a greater chance dying within five years compared to those with a healthy sense of smell.

The Global Age Index reported the top ten and the top worst countries among 96 countries for people above the age of 60.

Former Sierra Leone refugees have joined the fight against Ebola from Australia by raising money and sending medical supplies to their native country. The international effort to control Ebola continues as West Africa appeals for more help, especially health workers and field hospitals.

Woman inserted a potato in her vagina as a contraceptive methods, she was hospitalized as the potato germinated in her vagina.

The world's first baby was normal and healthy after being born from a womb transplant.

Dana Vulin underwent reconstructive surgery to recover from third-degree burns.

Shannon Leah Fraser from Queensland was found safe after 17 days of vanishing from the Golden Hole swimming spot.

Are you doing your diet and weight loss plan correctly? Check out this dieting dos and don’ts to find out.

Pressure continues to build in Australia for the legalisation of marijuana following reports of a three-year-old boy being denied treatment that could save his life.

Amanda Bynes has had a relapse and was spotted smoking and talking neurotically to trees in NYC.

5:2 diet promises quick weight loss results. Is it effective?

Elizabeth Hurley is urging breast cancer awareness among women. She states that more should be done towards the awareness about the disease.

Chronic pain sufferers pay more attention to pain-related words, and this study looks at how this affects their experience of pain.

For the first time scientists claim that they are able to reverse memory loss in Alzheimer's patients.

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina has a possible hope for men who are suffering from congenital abnormalities on their penises or underwent trauma on their private parts. The hope comes in the form of male genitals grown in laboratories.

Vaccines are made to protect humans and animals from severe or life-threatening diseases.

Ebola virus is now feared by the United Nations to go airborne which will significantly increase infectivity rate. Although the virus is not yet airborne, the longer it stays to infect people leads to higher chances of mutation.

Chelsea Attonley wants to be man, again!

For some women, simply owning a Barbie doll isn't enough -- others look exactly like her.

No meat. October first to seventh is the International Vegetarian Week.

Viagra may trigger blindness in men.

Ebola has claimed thousands of lives in West Africa. The disease has now travelled to the U.S. after doctors in Texas confirmed the diagnosis. Here are few tips to prevent contracting the disease.

To many Australians, beer is more than just a drink.

A video of a toddler being encouraged to smoke was uploaded on the Web site, LiveLeak.

Just because you're doing cardio, it doesn't mean it's right.

Nestle Fitness launched a campaign to remind women to have regular check-ups to help prevent breast cancer. By hiding a secret camera in the female model's bra, the company discovered that males too are "checking out" the model's mammary glands by way of stares or hidden glances.

A teenage girl has been complaining of stomach pains after she could neither eat nor drink. Doctors saved her life when they removed a massive hairball from her stomach.

Kim Cattrall is the spokeswoman for TuneInToMenopause.com which teaches women to embrace menopause.