HEALTH & WELLBEING

A baby has died in New Zealand due to the failure of midwives in providing appropriate care during the birth. In a report by the Health and Disability Commissioner, a young woman was pregnant with her first child and wanted to give birth to her baby girl at home.

A psychiatric report found that Oscar Pistorius, South African track star, when he shot his girlfriend, was not suffering from any mental condition that might have impaired his ability to judge between right and wrong.

A study done in a Los Angeles middle school shows that students sending and receinving "sext" messages were more likely to be sexually active than the non-sexting students. Younger teens see sexting as a substitute for real sex.

Robert Downey Jr, after the arrest of his son, Indio, for the possession of cocaine, said, "Unfortunately there's a genetic component to addiction and Indio has likely inherited it.

A recent experiment conducted by the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital involved preserving some organs for a longer period using anti-freezing technique.

Without expensive testing, it is difficult to diagnose genetic diseases but now a new computer program is designed to help diagnose rare genetic diseases by using family photographs.

On Wimbledon High Street, Sharapova opened 'Sugarpova Candy Lounge' to sell treats during the Wimbledon championships on June 16. The world's richest female athlete, Russia's tennis champion, Maria Sharapova opened in 2012 a sweet firm called Sugarpova, a premium candy line.

It is said that women take care of their body but tend to neglect their heart health.

A six-month-old baby suffered seizure due to cordial given by her mother as alternative for formula

At least 200,000 are now displaced in Paraguay, forced to flee their homes after floods caused by incessant torrential rains inundated the Paraguay and Parana rivers.

Relaxed but looking tired, Pope Francis has resumed to his post as spiritual pontiff of the 1.2-billion strong Roman Catholic faith, appearing on Sunday at a two-hour-long Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Concerns are growing for the pope's medical situation as he has been abruptly cancelling appointments lately, or at least four times in the last seven months.

For the third time within the same month, Pope Francis cancelled on Friday his appointment because of illness or fatigue.

Dr Antonio Vega Vega, a central Queensland urologist who removed the wrong kidney of a patient, will be hearing the result of his appeal on June 27.

Avicii's electronic dance concert at the TD Garden in Boston on Wednesday ended in disaster, when 36 concertgoers were hospitalized and 50 were treated or evaluated on the scene due to drug intoxication.

A new study by the University of Oregon in the U.S. suggests that the smartphone contains thousands of micro-organisms and these can be a mirror to the bacteria, fungi and virus that are present in our body and in the surroundings.

Veteran Matt Kahl has claimed that marijuana is the only drug that allows him to get over his PTSD, the side effect after two tours in the Afghanistan war.

Migaloo, a rare white humpback whale migrating north along Australia's east coast, is being monitored for skin cancer by experts as red marks were found on the whale.

Eating unhealthy food results in chronic diseases, noted a research by the University of Adelaide.

Glow is an enterprise that has an ability to analyse data and use it to empower women and couples to take charge of their reproductive health. The App has an interesting concept and gets one hooked on to it. It is available for download for Windows, Android and iPhone users. Here is an excerpt from a converstion with the CEO of Glow, Mike Huang.

Cereals have been pushed to become healthier and now a new report revealed that fortified breakfast cereals may pose danger to kids on getting too much of the good thing. Famous brands Kellogg's and General Mills have been included in the report.

The Forbes Global 2000 ranks annually the top 2,000 public companies in the world as assessed by Forbes magazine on the basis of sales, profit, assets and market value and has been published from 2004 onwards.

Regenerative Sciences, a medical company, has locked horns with the Food and Drug Administration. Regenerative sciences developed a procedure, using patients' own stem cells, to tend to orthopedic injuries.

A revolutionary pacemaker is being developed by University of Bath and University of Bristol that synchronises the heart rate with breathing.

A tired brain can make a pleasant human being get cranky, get annoyed easily, turn daffy and be unable to do the simplest of things.

Scientists have been fascinated by the concept of converting body heat into electricity.

A heart-warming video of a Dad dancing with his special needs daughter becomes a YouTube sensation after amassing over four million views in less than a week.

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert about three patients who have reported they feel intoxicated after taking in docetaxel, a chemotherapeutic drug.

Many people worldwide don't get a good night's sleep of eight hours every night.

Isaiah Austin, the former Baylor center who declared for the 2014 NBA Draft, has a basketball career put to a halt after being diagnosed of having a genetic disorder called Marfan syndrome.