HEALTH & WELLBEING

Research shows that first impressions can help you judge a person's character.

Ebola is feared to be "spiraling out of control" as disease experts and healthcare workers scramble to keep the virus contained. A third vaccine is scheduled to be tested on humans early next year.

A new study has found a strong link between television viewing and food consumption.

In Hollywood, 50 is the new sexy.

Would you forego shampooing just because Hollywood says you can?

Good news for fans of carbs: there's a diet programme that's made for you.

Four main compounds of the Manus Island detention center, Delta, Foxtrot, Mike and Oscar, appear on the official map but the most notorious compound, called Chauka, doesn't.

Research shows that "seven distinct muscle groups" join hands to create your angry look.

A study by the Faculty of Medicine at the Umea University in Sweden has found that neurons in the skin have the ability to think.

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.