HEALTH & WELLBEING

Women consuming at last two servings weekly of peaches or nectarines saw a stunning 41 percent risk reduction for postmenopausal ER- breast cancer, while those eating at least one serving of blueberries weekly saw a 31 percent risk reduction, according to one of the largest and longest running studies ever made on women's health as a function of diet.

Public health initiative also celebrates two years of improving nation's wellbeing through prescribed physical activity.

According to a recent study, parent’s saliva could prevent eczema and asthma on babies

Because the bird flu strain H7N9 that has claimed 27 lives in China has yet to be confirmed that it can be transferred from human to human, health experts said it won't become pandemic. Well, at least not yet or not at least 10 years from now.

To combat fake online pharmacies selling Viagra, Pfizer launches its own website to sell directly to its customers

Researchers from the Netherlands, the UK and Germany have found the perfect solution to unwanted grey hair and skin de-pigmentation, with sunlight-activated compound made into a modified pseudocatalase.

Scientists found that the key to eternal youth might just be in the hypothalamus

People having a heart attack are waiting dangerously long before seeking medical help, research released today by the Heart Foundation reveals.

Here's a workout to firm your Bikini-bashful body zones. You can do all the exercises or just the ones that target your personal trouble zones. Either way, do them every other day to see results in three weeks. (If you need to lose weight, also do 30-45 minutes of aerobic exercise three to five times a week ,supplemented with a balanced diet).

Losing 5lbs or 5 kilos on the scale is a challenging task. Every effort put in needs to be recognized and rewarded, so that the person in question keeps up the great work. Reward could pour in the form of cash or treatment tickets to enjoy all the effort put in. Take note, all of the gifts or rewards along the way should help you work toward your ultimate goal.

A study of 30 healthy women and men, ages 20-45, sponsored by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and led by Peter Francis, Ph.D., at the Biomechanics Lab at San Diego State University, compared 13 of the most common abdominal exercises and ranked them from most to least effective.

That Complements Glasses With the shock of discovering that you need bifocals or that your eyes have weakened over the past year. Comes the need to sort through a huge array of eyeglasses frames to find a shape that works with your hair, the shape of your face and your personality. There is completely no doubt, that eyeglasses should complement, but not compete with your hairstyle; be sure not to get carried away with a fussy frame if you favor big hair.

Cancer patients often find themselves in distracted state of mind-bombarded by contradictory, information, subjected to invasive, painful procedures, and not-always-compassionate medical care. When our minds are so grievously disturbed, we may find it impossible to make crucial decisions or relate satisfactorily to our family and friends.

A recent study looked at how drinking cold water affectshermoregulation and performance in three areas: · Endurance (bicycle time to exhaustion), · Strength [a 60 percent of one-repetition maximum (1RM) bench press to exhaustion], and · Power (a single broad jump).

Some Australian scientists are nearing the realisation of their dream to manufacture living tissues using 3D printing.

It's 27 days of verbal wanking for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the city celebrates May as the National Masturbation Month.

While girls her age are playing with their dolls at 14, a virgin teen was being forced by her jailed mother to get pregnant through artificial insemination . Desperate to have another child, a London-based American woman had made her adopted daughter get pregnant for her wish for another child to come true. The teen victim, identified only as “A” in a ruling by London court, had obliged to her mother’s request in hopes “to be loved more,” and she began to try to “please” her mom when she was f...

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive available for girls as young as 15 years old to be purchased without any prescription.

The famous cosmetic brand manufacturer Johnson & Johnson loses its license in India due to an ordered case by the Food and Drug Administration after 15 batches of baby powder products were found sterilized by an irritant and cancer-causing component.

To the many traditional cultures around the world that have long utilized the spice in cooking and medicine, turmeric's amazing anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer benefits are no secret.

Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) have presented new results about the role of testosterone in schizophrenia at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research being held in Orlando, Florida.

Both doctors and parents are reluctant about raising the issue of childhood obesity, according to a new study.

"Eat your veggies" has been an admonition of parents through the ages, but newly published brain research from the University of Georgia provides one of the best reasons why.

Springtime is here, singing loud and clear, with bird's song and a green brushstroke awakening yards and trees to a new rhythm. As beauty colors in the landscape, wild varieties of plants, herbs, and mushrooms begin to appear.

According to live tweets and images sent from ophthalmologist Dr. Kris Held, nearly all doctors had walked out in protest and disgust of Obamacare implementation talks at a prominent national health care meeting.

Assisted death should be available to people with incurable and terminal illness who persistently request it. This is a key recommendation of a report from leading academics released today.

New research recently presented at a joint meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Experimental Biology confirms a little-known benefit of eating mushrooms - higher vitamin D levels.

Every supporter of Obamacare, from the president on down, has spent hours upon hours and expended exhaustive amounts of energy telling Americans what a wonderful law it is and how fortunate we are to finally have the federal government running (sorry - "managing") our healthcare system.

The children of migrants to Australia are more trusting than those whose parents settled in America, University of Melbourne research has found.