Jamelle Agbuis

Japan claimed their fifth straight Asian Five Nations title on Saturday when they smashed Hong Kong 67-0 in Tokyo to remain unbeaten in the five-year history of the competition.

The Chinese people are well known all over the word for their strong beliefs in culture. They value culture so much that their games are also more inclined to their culture.

Cancer. Heart disease. High blood pressure. Obesity. Diabetes. Premature aging. What we take for granted as hallmarks of life in the most affluent country on Earth have been popularly linked to everything from genetics to fast food.

Indian authorities released Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach on bail on Saturday, a day after the Royal Challengers Bangalore player was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman and assaulting her fiance.

Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body— increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Detoxing in our incredibly polluted environment is not an occasional endeavor. In order to maintain a healthy immune system with a slightly alkaline pH, we need to consider constant slow detoxing to counter the "slow kill" from the myriad toxins pervading every element of our environment.

Hundreds of Alaska Airlines flight attendants have filed a formal complaint about uniforms they suspect might be causing their skin to rash and develop lesions, and their hair to fall out.

Sustainable products on Australian supermarket shelves have more than doubled in the past year. However, green washing - marketing spin deceptively used to sell a product has also increased at the same rate. How can consumers identify what is authentic and sustainable, and not be duped by deceptive green marketing?

Living green presents its many difficulties that are often solved by simple planning and preparation, but when we hit the road and travel our levels of consumption shoot up as we are engaging in a relatively infrequent activity that doesn't feature in our daily attempts at sustainability.

What Happens When the World Economy “Goes Japan”

Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry reckons that what's bad for Greece may turn out to be good for Australia. Why? It will make it easier for Australia to finance its current account deficit! Woo hoo!

It's bad enough that animals at factory farms are being dosed up with antibiotics. Now we're learning that they're getting a whole other source of antibiotics, too - not just the kinds that come directly from the pharmaceutical industry.

There is only one kind of immunity and that is natural immunity which is achieved by battling the infectious diseases itself. Vaccination is merely the artificial triggering of temporary responses to manmade pathogens. Vaccines are both harmful and dangerous and are leading to generations of humans with no natural defenses to disease.

The world's oceans are increasingly becoming dumping grounds for mankind's waste, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the Pacific, where amounts of floating plastic garbage have increased 100-fold.

Cutting the nation's salt intake by three grams a day would prevent an estimated 6,000 deaths a year from heart disease and stroke (1), the National Heart Foundation of Australia said today, World Hypertension Day.

Half the world's population is at risk for contracting malaria.

Research has long explored the health benefits of marriage for heterosexuals.

Keeping your waist circumference to less than half of your height will increase your life expectancy, according to research being presented today (Saturday 12 May) at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon.

Dr. Thomas Shea and Dr. Don Gabriel of UNC are co-authors of the study, which offers promising news about a new long-term therapy, lenalidomide, that can be used after transplantation to slow down the progression of the disease.

The right food choices can greatly increase the odds of beating cancer. Fortunately, nature offers a multitude of foods which have great cancer fighting and immune boosting properties.

This week, three seemingly unrelated stories hit the news.

If it seems as though the FBI is making a large number of terror busts these days, maybe it's because the agency itself is at least partly responsible for hatching the plots.

Ever since Beyonce Knowles was associated with the Lemon Detox diet, there has been a surge of interest in this particular program.

Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson's using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson's patients.

Findings Reveal Racial Disparities in Pre-Hospital Care for Nation's Leading Killer

Conflicting data...what to believe?

By comparing the testosterone levels of five-month old pairs of twins, both identical and non-identical, University of Montreal researchers were able to establish that testosterone levels in infancy are not inherited genetically but rather determined by environmental factors.

Two types of stent systems are both effective in treating patients who have severe forms of peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to results of the MOBILITY trial presented today as a late-breaking clinical trial at the SCAI 2012 Scientific Sessions.

The following announcement has been issued by the Raw Milk Freedom Riders. A call to action for Monday, May 14th is also included below.