A review of local authorities' strategies to improve health and wellbeing in their local population has been found to be inadequate to fully address the impact of alcohol abuse in their community.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2014
It has been observed that there is alarming rise in Mercury due to pollution which is affecting ocean water considerably.
Pooja Bhagat
Aug 15, 2014
A male and female crocodile pair that the Darwin Zoo imported from the Philippines had to be placed in separated cages after they had mated to prevent the two from tearing each other apart.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2014
Soft drinks, fruit juice and other sports beverages with high levels of acid can lead to permanent tooth decay or tooth erosion, revealed a study conducted by the Craniofacial Biology Research Group at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 14, 2014
Cecilia Heyder, a housewife from Chile with breast cancer and lupus is the first person to be legally prescribed medical marijuana in Latin America.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 14, 2014
Damages from the two hailstorms that hit north of Calgary could reach over $25 million, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said, with the agency describing the event as catastrophic.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 14, 2014
Seven-month-old baby Gammy's Australian parents, David and Wendy Farnell, who are accused of abandoning him after discovering that he had Down syndrome, face the possibility of human trafficking charges in Thailand. Gammy was born through a Thai surrogacy deal to Thai mother Pattaramon Chanbua.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 14, 2014
New study published by Temple University School of Medicine revealed an interesting method which permanently removes the HIV-1 genes for good in infected cells.
Ryan Inoyori
Aug 13, 2014
Cheap airline ticket prices, it seems, is what's keeping the global aviation industry to reduce its carbon emissions, a new research published by the University of Southampton said in the journal Atmospheric Environment.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 13, 2014
You can use Potato and other simple household products to have a cleaner home.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 13, 2014
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has asked people around the world to do more to protect the threatened oceans; otherwise, it will cause risk of life.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 13, 2014
Brain cancer or brain tumour is the most common type of disease found in children across the globe. It kills approximately 30 children ever year in Australia, according to a recent study.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 13, 2014
Playing computer or video games for not more than an hour per day is beneficial to children and results in children being emotionally happier. They are also able to better adjust in their social environment, reveals a study published in the medical journal Pediatrics.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 13, 2014
While the treatment and survival rate of patients with cancer have dramatically improved since the past 40 years, pancreatic cancer survival has shown very little improvement in four decades. It has the lowest survival rate in 40 years with only three per cent of pancreatic cancer patients surviving for a maximum of five years after the diagnosis.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 13, 2014
Google's map of the moon called Google moon has spotted an alien like figure on the surface of the moon, the figure seems to be erect with its shadow on the moon. It is however, not clear if the figure captured is a spaceship found or a secret moon base occupied by humans. The images show a triangular wedge-shaped 'craft' with a row of seven light dots along the edge and has created a lot of debates and controversies. People are baffled by the pictures and it has created several controv...
Sarah Thomas
Aug 13, 2014
A benign tumour has been removed from the hip of 16-year-old Jack Campanile without surgery or radiation. The tumour was removed using a “cutting-edge heat procedure” that makes invasive surgery unnecessary.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 13, 2014
A dead two headed dolphin was discovered on Turkey beach.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 13, 2014
South Korea has found that its imported scrap metals from Japan bore traces of radiation. It has announced it will return the items to Japan immediately.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 13, 2014
Find out more about these massive sea creatures that have scared and fascinated people for ages.
Janice Somosot
Aug 12, 2014
Youngsters in Australia, removing their tattoos through surgeries is on an alarming high, reveals a research conducted by the Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia or CPSA.
Smitha Nambiar
Aug 12, 2014
2010 Chilean earthquake caused icequakes in Antarctica.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 12, 2014
Tourists on Hawaii are now back to enjoying their vacation after back-to-back Tropical Storm Iselle and Hurricane Julio have passed the island.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 12, 2014
Frank Maloney, a former boxing promoter in Britain, came out on Sunday at the age of 61 and introduced to the world his new identity - Kellie Maloney. He was behind the boxing career of former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 12, 2014
The boxed remains of a 6500 year old human skeleton were accidently found in the basement of the well known Penn Museum in Philadelphia. It was left unattended for 85 years in the basement. A project, Ur of the Chaldees: A Virtual Vision of Woolley's Excavations was undertaken to digitalize the museum when this astounding discovery came to light.
Sarah Thomas
Aug 11, 2014
Myths and legends have tied the full moon with stories of lunacy and ominous events for centuries, and a supermoon often accentuates these fears. Learn more about the moon and the supermoon and the truth on their effect on earth and human behavior.
Addah Arcilla
Aug 11, 2014
Japan got hit by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday afternoon. No damage, only briefly disrupted transportation in the region.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 11, 2014
At least nine people were killed and over one million others were forced to evacuate their homes after powerful Typhoon Halong blasted Japan over the weekend. The system is now on its way to Russia's Far East, expected to make landfall by Monday evening.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 11, 2014
Despite the first hurricane expected to hit Hawaii in 22 years weakening slightly, residents as well as tourists on the Big Island are leaving no stone unturned as they prepare for double whammy hurricanes Iselle and Julio.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 08, 2014
Experts from Columbia University have discovered that civilian stressors such as family breakdown, unemployment, money, and legal troubles cause National Guardsmen back from deployment to engage in alcohol abuse more than twice than their civilian counterparts, a report on Medical News Today said.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 08, 2014
The U.S. Climate Prediction Center has said the much anticipated El Niño weather phenomenon has fizzled out in the equatorial Pacific. The chances of it happening in the Northern Hemisphere during autumn and early winter had dropped to 65 per cent, from a previous 80 per cent.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 08, 2014
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