HEALTH & WELLBEING

In an effort to discourage smoking, researchers have urged the New Zealand government to take a step further after introducing plain packaging for tobacco. According to the Herald, researchers want to make cigarettes unattractive by changing their colours to shades of brown and green similar to "slime, vomit or pooh."

Supporters of the Compassionate Care Act, legalizing the use of medical marijuana, burst into joy as the bill has finally been cleared in Albany, New York on May 20.

An Australian woman, who didn't know she was pregnant, was shocked to give birth to a healthy baby on May 1 after she was rushed to the hospital after complaining of stomach pains. Sarah Currin, 25, has since moved to the UK since 2012.

A study newly released by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center has disclosed that a whopping 70 per cent of Americans have the human papillomavirus (HPV) which are typically transmitted through sexual contact.

A new medical produce offers a possible solution to a female problem that comes with age - sagging mammary glands.

Active Healthy Kids Australia Report card found Aussie kids to be among the world’s least active

Robert Mathis of the Indianapolis Colts has been suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the season and fined $ 705,000 for testing positive for Clomid, a fertility drug which is banned by the NFL because of its properties that enhance athlete performance.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has new guidelines that urge high-risk individuals to take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or anti-HIV medicines to decrease the chances of transmission.

Medical scientists are currently exploring innovative ways to prevent and combat HIV, the AIDS-causing virus.

A new study conducted by the researchers of the University College (UCL), published in the journal addiction, found that electronic cigarettes may boost quitting success among smokers.

After their homes and properties were washed away last week, victims of the Balkans floods now worry over the potential ill effects to their health of the drowned livestock found floating just about everywhere.

A new study has found that men with sperm problems have a higher risk of death compared to men with healthy sperm. According to a study by a researcher from the Stanford University School of Medicine, men who were found to have two or more "abnormalities" in their semen twice as likely to die in a period of eight years than men who had normal semen.

A "miracle drug" will be provided for Australia's cancer patients who are left with no options. According to reports, drug manufacturer Merck Sharp and Dohme will be giving the drugs for free to the "sickest" cancer patients.

There is a long-standing debate on the issue of vaccinations and the possibility of a link between childhood vaccinations and the development of autism.

The U.S.' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has scrambled to reopen and review the policies and procedures it used to combat and manage the deadly 2003 SARS after the third patient in the country got infected with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) through person-to-person contact.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released new figures indicating boys have a higher risk of developing an allergy to peanuts as compared to girls.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced further recalls for jeans sold in Cotton On, Jeans West and Rivers Australia in its continuing effort to prevent risk of a possible contamination with high levels of cancer-causing azo dyes. Since February, Australians have been asked to return 24 styles of jeans and one type of pillow slip and bed sheet. Laboratory testing has revealed they contained "unacceptable" levels of azo dye.

Jumping Jai Taurima’s daughter, Inide Rose, dies of leukaemia

The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced that an Illinois man, who refused to be publicly named, was allegedly tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus last Saturday, May 17. If further tests will be conducted, he will be the third case of the MERS virus, two weeks after the first confirmed case in the U.S.

Australian men have the third longest life expectancy in the world based on new statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The country's male population has been found to live longer than men in most countries at up to an average of 80.5 years.

With improved treatments, life expectancy among Canadians has surged with males expected to reach 80 and females 84, based on a report released by the World Health Organization.

A widespread blood cancer has been knocked into remission with a single shot of a measles vaccine. Mayo Clinic researchers have revealed the results of a breakthrough test.

The state of California in the U.S. is now literally a ball of wildfires, worsened by droughts and high temperatures. The federal website U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday said 100 per cent of the state is now in one of the three worst stages of drought.

If you want to live longer, you better have a purpose in your life. The claim is not a philosophical one because you want to live longer to fulfil that purpose. It is rather based on a study conducted by Canadian researchers.

A new trend of dyeing pet dogs to look like pandas has begun in China.

Stephen Sutton has remained strong and positive throughout his battle with cancer for the last three years, but dying turns out inevitable for the young fundraiser who has raised more than £3 million for cancer.

The Public Health Agency of Canada on Wednesday said the doctor who had contact with a MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus) afflicted patient in Florida and then travelled to Canada has tested negative for the virus.

A recent survey by World Health Organization has revealed that Canadians drink more alcohol that most other people from other countries.

Doctors can't stress enough the significance of sleep.