HEALTH & WELLBEING

Do you know if you have a cold or the flu? Knowing the difference can help you avoid serious illnesses that can result from these common viral infections.

After Angelina Jolie revealed that she had a preventative double mastectomy done on her since she was at a higher genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancer, many women are considering genetic testing to see if they carried genes that put them at a higher risk of acquiring breast and ovarian cancer.

A recent study showed that low-carb diets are healthier.

Demi Lovato has stood up against the Internet bullies who made fun of her half-sister, Madison De La Garza. Madison suffers from curved back problem called scoliosis and was called "hunchback."

Colors have a big factor in our life and how red color differs from the rest.

The 79-year-old Mary Berry, who is a judge on the popular TV show The Great British Bake Off, in an interview with Radio Times, said that she would not like to live beyond 90 years of age.

New statistics show that Melbourne is the top electorate in Australia which has the maximum number of reports of those suffering from eating disorders between the ages of 5 and 25

Miley Cyrus has been very open about her love for drugs and in Nov. 2013, she lit up a joint onstage at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Amsterdam.

Australia saw a jump on cigarette taxes by 13.7 per cent on Monday, thereby pushing the rates to $1 per cigarette.

People are eating their way towards depression.

Kelly Gunderson, whose mother is suffering from Alzheimer's was pleasantly surprised when her mother recognised her for a few seconds.

Among the scandals of celebrity nude photo leaks, there were reports of child pornography images being included in the leaked imagery.

Half of the women between the ages of 26 and 35 were unable to locate the vagina on a picture of the female reproductive system.

Microbes can mark you out, intrude into your health domain, and leave traces of your identity everywhere.

The purity of crystal methamphetamine, also called ice, had gone up 20 per cent the past four years in Australia, according to Sam Biondo, head of the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association.

The advantage of eating healthy food is enormous, apart from the fact that you will be able to get all the extra pounds off your body.

Listening to one’s favourite music and songs can make you nostalgic and take you down the memory lane.

Health workers, including alcohol treatment providers, expressed concern that the prioritisation given to alcohol harm might not trickle to them especially on additional funding.

The wonder drug shows some indication to fight the viral outbreak.

A British couple named Brett and Nagmeh King were arrested in Malaga, Spain, after they took their five-year-old son with cancer, Ashya King, from a hospital in Britain without doctors' consent to seek advanced medical treatment.

A new study has showed that people who avoid carbohydrates and take in more fat have lower risk of heart diseases as well lose more amount of body weight in comparison to those who follow the low-fat diet.

Chemist Muhammad Qureshi decided he wanted to do the Ice Bucket Challenge his way and poured liquid nitrogen all over his head.

Coffee naps might help maximize effectiveness of sleep and caffeine.

Case studies that signal a new approach in treatment can stir hope in the minds of thousands, who are living under the shadow of Ebola

In a small Colombian town, due to a 'mysterious illness', more than two hundred girls have been hospitalized since May.

A study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that soda caused 180,000 deaths by causing health problems such as diabetes, cancer and heart diseases.

There are also those celebrities who take to the most hard and rather bizarre diets to lose weight. These diets can also cause more harm to the body than good.

Male addicts who were treated with methadone were found to have reduced levels of testosterone, according to a new study conducted by McMaster University in Canada, Science Daily News reported.

In the 12-day run-up to the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana rematch on Sept 13, the unbeaten American boxer is using the publicity generated by media interest in his training to flaunt his millions of dollars.