Jamelle Agbuis

Hepatitis-B is a viral attack on the liver that is transmitted through sex, shared hypodermic needles, and iatrogenic (medical) exposure. It's a bodily fluid transmitted virus that often occurs among those engaging in "risky behavior."

Researchers at Deakin University, in Victoria, have found that eating less than the recommended amount of red meat is related to depression and anxiety in women.

Athens, Ga. - Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.

W. Andy Tao is mapping the interactions between kinases and their protein targets in an effort to build drugs that better block the reactions that lead to cancer cell formation.

Yahoo, the internet company, appointed three members to its board of directors, preparing for a proxy fight with one of its largest shareholders.

Well, today Peter Mericka had his day in court only to find that it appears that Sifris J of the Supreme Court of Victoria decided "Lawyers Real Estate Have Been Breaking The Law".

The 'pink slime' maker hung up operations at all Monday, but one plant where the beef ingredient is made; acknowledging recent public uproar, over the product has cost the company business.

Mexico City is close to approving a bill that would ban bullfights.

Procter & Gamble (P&G), the corporate conglomerate which recently bought out organic supplement and vitamin company New Chapter (http://www.naturalnews.com), has a long and extensive history of engaging in cruel animal testing on its portfolio of products.

Online businesses are often swamped with things to do. They are busy setting up your WordPress website, bookkeeping, hiring freelancers, creating products, networking, etc. They have a to-do list that seems to never end.

Work will be a how-to handbook based on her mission of 'creating a natural, authentic, and nontoxic life' for her family.

Shares in agricultural chemicals supplier Nufarm were sold off sharply in yesterday's solid market, despite the company reporting a solid interim profit.

Out of the blue, earnings downgrades for the 2011-12 financial year have started appearing, less than a month after the interim reporting season ended.

Rio Tinto has joined rival BHP Billiton in reviewing its increasingly minor involvement in the diamond industry.

Each week between now and the beginning of the 2012 Olympic Games, AWPI's Road to London series will profile a member of the Aussie Stingers or Aussie Sharks team. This is your chance to get to know the stars of the show a little better.

Pollard Blitzkrieg Sets Up Windies Win

Tiger's victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational has seen him climb 12 places up to sixth in the world rankings.

International carbon markets are on the nose in some quarters. From some on the left they are seen as a cheap way to absolve polluters' sins without having a real impact on reducing emissions.

PETA Crashes SeaWorld's Pinterest Party

Two early strikes from Brett Lee proved the key as Australia beat the West Indies by 30 runs in St Lucia on Sunday and in doing so squared the five-match series two-all.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine erected this billboard in Chicago to help people in the hot-dog capital reduce their colorectal cancer risk-no small task since 39 percent of Americans don't even know what the colon is. Seriously. Although I'm guessing a much greater percentage don't know what's in a hot dog.

A Miller School-led research team has created a groundbreaking drug technology platform that enables the body to increase its protein levels, a novel invention that potentially could usher in treatment for a wide variety of serious diseases resulting from a lack of specific proteins.

Better late than never, but more Americans finally seem to be getting the message they've been consuming far too much soda and as such, sales of pop have been falling.

When will it become morally wrong for an agent to promote print to a vendor?

Struggling Tasmanian forestry products company Gunns is continuing to try and raise fresh capital after the earlier plans were wrecked by the withdrawal of a cornerstone investor.

It's not the start of a trend, but the loss from the Bank of Queensland should worry investors.

Aquila Resources and Vale of Brazil have patched up their quarrel over the big Isaac Plains export coking coal project in Queensland.

Your editor's fingers are a little rusty after a full week away from the keyboard. But our hands were not idle! We rediscovered the pleasure of discovering information the old fashioned way last week, analogue style! More on the benefits to your brain of reading books in a moment.

Oil and gas prices have been going up, and the whole thing continues to take up an important piece of the spotlight.