The Centre for Environmental Health has said that PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP) has not removed a high levels of a carcinogen from its formula, despite the company's assurances that it has removed the formula.
In case you missed it, the mainstream media is currently engaged in a gratuitous misinformation orgy following the release of a new observational study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which absurdly claims that omega-3 fatty acids, and fish oil in particular, are a cause of prostate cancer.
America is no longer the world's fattest nation - Mexico is - but that isn't saying much, considering obesity rates in the U.S. are only a few percentage points lower.
The past decade has seen a continual rise in the number of new cardiovascular disease diagnosis, overtaking cancer as the primary cause of mortality in the US each year.
Australia is ranked among the fattest countries in the world. There has been a steady rise in the number of obese and overweight people over the past 30 years, around one in five adults is currently obese or overweight. According to the 2011-2012 statistics, around 70 per cent of males and 56 per cent of females aged 18 or above were obese or overweight.
There are few body parts in the world quite as famous as Kim Kardashian's shapely rear end which has been splashed in all its glory across hundreds of magazine covers in the last few years. However, since getting pregnant, that butt has been swallowed up by the baby weight she's gained during her pregnancy.
A new study shows Australian women need not have more Pap smears than necessary. Women in Australia have always been subjected to the test every two years, but researchers have found that one Pap smear in every three years is enough.
Saudi Arabia's Mecca, the country's holiest city being the home of Mohammed and site of pilgrimage and travel for millions of Muslims, has slashed the allowed number of pilgrims to enter its perimeters as a counter measure to the fatal MERS-CoV virus threat.
Yesterday we told you about the June Marie Claire photo shoot of Lea Michele and how Cory Montieth had surprised her while she was posing for the magazine. In a recent revelation, the last kiss of Cory Montieth and Lea Michelle has come to surface.
Have you tried these sex tricks?
The English derided what the Scottish ate, and yet the Scots were really on the right track! Once dismissed as horse feed, oats have travelled a long way indeed to now be labeled as health food.
Papua New Guineans are being barred from entering Torres Strait Islands over fears of a deadly epidemic which has already killed one.
Everybody ages. Period. The trick lies in ageing well, and slowly. Leaps in cosmetology have enabled women to go under the knife and repair damage, but prevention is still the better cure. The damage that Lindsay seems to have done to her face, looking 40 at 27 is perhaps the worst of all till now.
Smoking in public in Auckland will become illegal soon. The Auckland Council has approved a city-wide policy that will ban smoking in almost all public spaces in the hopes of making the city smoke-free by 2025.
New technique can rapidly turn genes on and off, helping scientists better understand their function.
Medical researchers are closing in to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and the medical world formulated the possible output from many positive results and development globally. The United Nations's main goal is to halt and reverse the spread of AIDS by 2015.
A new study by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles suggested that sex addiction should not be treated as a disorder. The new brain study was published in the Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, a scientific journal. Researchers recorded the brain responses of 39 men and 13 women to pornography.
As the so-called "season" of colds and flus makes this year's debut, yet another reason emerges to avoid antibiotics - or at least be more cautious and discriminating about when and how to use them.
Celebrities who showed their growing belly
Far from the buzz of the royal baby – here are some of the most common foods found in the kitchen and refrigerator that can help keep those calories at bay with various hunger-reducing or stomach-filling properties. Munch on these and eat more, to lose more!
The economy is taking a dip and so monthly groceries are being planned a little more carefully. One of the top spends is often baby food – which can be avoided by simply cooking the same at home thereby ensuring the food is fresher, healthier, tastier and preservative free.
You child needs food that boost energy
Doctors in Australia are seeking a ban on cosmetic surgery for minors or teenagers under the age of 18. The Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia pushed for stricter and government-regulated guidelines to be put in place to prevent cosmetic surgeons from performing procedures like lip augmentation and liposuction on minors.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) described the pesticide that poisoned and killed 23 schoolchildren in India last week as a chemical having “high acute toxicity”.
Students at a Victorian state school were allowed to analyse pornography for them to be guided on respectful relationships behaviour.
The world is impatiently waiting for the royal heir, Kate and Prince William's baby to be born. As the anticipation is building up, Kate is receiving baby advice from array of celebrity moms who have been on the sweet ride of motherhood. Lets have a look at the t celebrity mom's who have given worthy advice to the duchess of Cambridge.
Medical researchers have found a new way fight HIV/AIDS by using bone marrow treatment and cell engineering. The so-called Berlin patient opened a new hope towards possible cure and end the war against a worldwide epidemic.
A 12-year old boy with HIV and leukaemia died after a historic cell transplant at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital aimed to get the same result of three men cured of HIV and blood cancers.
While no celebrity is probably going to agree that she had a breast implant, here are some who actually removed the implants to get back to their natural selves.
One in ten young men in Australia was prone to suicide in 2012, according to a mental health study. Researcher Jane Burns revealed the results of a report on Monday as a reflection of the nation's mental health system failing young men.
