HEALTH & WELLBEING

Anti-retroviral drugs are designed to control HIV progression and reduce transmission risk of the virus. However, these drugs also bring concerning side effects which make drug takers look sicker than non-takers.

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has released a statement for the public to be aware of Krokodil, a drug allegedly from Russia. Jack Riley, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA Chicago Field Division, said the agency was "very concerned" about the news of patients being treated at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center.

People spend countless time, energy and money on finding quick fixes to looking young. Creams, diets and pills are being discovered for every problem and possibly have an effect in the future. But for Susan Reynolds, the secret to maintaining a youthful glow is to skip hot meals and go raw.

Chikungunya is a threatening virus that most Australians have no idea what they could get, which may be transmitted through mosquito bites. Common to Asia and Africa, the illness is characterized by rashes around the body and severe joint pains felt for months after in contact with the illness.

Being fit is almost everyone's agenda. How to become fit in this fast-paced era? Getting Fitbit Force, a new electronic fitness gadget, can contribute to the endeavor and this will be available in Australia next year.

A 47-year-old Chinese man of Hefei Province cut his right leg using a saw as he could not afford to get treatment for his leg arterial embolism. With a wood piece to mask his pain, Zheng Yanliang amputated his leg with a metal saw and small knife.

A New Zealand biotechnology company, CuroNZ, received funding from the US National Multiply Sclerosis Society worth $540,000 to be used in pre-clinical studies. The Auckland-based firm will begin testing the Neural Regeneration Peptides (NRPs) as a possible treatment to multiple sclerosis which affects 2.5 million people all over the world.

Much has been said about superfoods in the past, and people are often confused about which ones are best to include in their daily diets. There are a lot of these foods with varying benefits to improve general health and well-being.

Smoking is dangerous to one's health. But for smokers, they don't realize how deadly it is. If passive smoking can affect other people's health, what more for active smokers? Sax Institute in Australia has recently released a new study on the deadly effects of smoking and the results were alarming.

The use of female condoms may soon be on the rise as a randomised trial has found that three new models of female condoms are more effective compared to the established model. The new models of female condoms are also viable for production. This will also increase the range of options for protection among women, according to an article from the recent issue of Lancet Global Health.

Krokodil, or desomorphine as it is called medically, is being spotted at an alarming rate in some U.S. states. The drug which originated from Russia uses toxic components such as lighter fluid, codeine pills, paint thinner and matchboxes to make a cheaper and more horrifying form of heroin. Just how horrifying, you ask? Those addicted to the drug develop scaly skin (much like a crocodile, hence its name) as the drug destroys tissue and blood vessels. A flesh eating drug that acts more rapidly on...

A recent research has found that the most effective cure against hangovers can be beverages, Sprite and soda water. The study was conducted in a Chinese laboratory at the Sun Yet-Sun University in Guangzhou, China.

According to a survey by Choice, online weight loss programmes are designed more to cause loss of money than loss of weight

Slade Dill is now on health news headlines after surviving a flesh-eating virus. His recovery has amazed his doctors. The eighth-grader was just playing tag when he cut his knee running.

New prophylactic vaccine cured monkeys of simian immunodeficiency virus or SIV, an HIV and AIDS-like illness for primates, gave experts and researchers new hope for functional HIV cure. Cats' version of HIV aka feline immunodeficiency virus may also unlock further methods to defeat virus causing AIDS.

Suzanne Somers has proven Miley Cyrus wrong. In an interview in the Today show, Miley said 40-year-olds no longer have sex but American actress Suzanne Somers says she and her partner have sex a couple of times a day.

Breast implants lead to better sex life among women, according to a University of Florida research.

A fat letter was sent to an 11-year-old girl's parents after the school had a mandatory health screening which includes determining the BMI of the children in the school. The young girl's BMI was allegedly too high.

The six member-nations of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) plan to ban the entry of gays by using medical tests to screen homosexual males.

Dr. Mark Hobart, an Australian doctor, is in hot water of losing his medical license after refusing to abort a pregnant woman who wanted to have a baby boy. The mother wanted an abortion because she and her husband do not like a baby girl.

Recent developments in LA showed that acquiring HIV is one of the hazards of trade that male and female porn stars face when filming sex scenes in their flicks, as Cameron Bay and several other adult show performers found out via lab test results.

If you haven't heard of the drug PMA, it's probably because it's being sold as something else and a mere change in name has proven to be a fatal alteration indeed. In August of this year, the Office for National Statistics made public figures on drug-related deaths in 2012. While the statistics themselves were about equal to the previous years, what stood out were the deaths associated with PDA.

Apparently, some male insect-eating marsupials, such as the mouse-like antechinus and the possum-like phascogales, have killer sex. In fact, the very act of mating with their own kind literally kills them.

They want him back home, and the family of Joe Thompson, a 12-year old British schoolboy who has a strong fear of flying, would do anything to pluck him out of Abu Dhabi. The final straw was applying hypnotherapy. It proved to be successful because the lad is now home with his family and playing with his dog.

'Dad, I've got to do something,' begins a panicky letter from one of the children.

Miss World 2013 Megan Young the most beautiful woman in the world, knows that hard and smart work has its rewards. Statuesque beauty with a scintillating smile and sexy figure, Megan Young is an actress, commercial model, and now a beauty queen; she got her crown-winning form with the help of Aces and Queens.

On Wednesday 2 Oct 13 an Arizona mother let the world into her operating room as she underwent a double mastectomy, the same operation Angelina Jolie had in February to reduce her chances of developing breast cancer.Melissa Ray's doctors in San Antonio, Texas, live tweeted each step of the preventative procedure, in order to spread awareness on the issue for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

While Nathan Verhelst, a 44-year-old Belgian transsexual, was recently allowed to be euthanised after an unsuccessful sex change procedure in 2012, Andy Guy of Australia is luckier.

Nina Dobrev is a Canadian so she has no problem with healthcare, but as the star of American hit series “The Vampire Diaries,” she also has no problem of getting heard by her American fans. The 24-year-old actress has shed off her clothes to entice people to support Obamacare.