Latest Health News Updates

It is a small step for affordable housing for the poor, still something to be cherished. The Habitat for Humanity volunteers have dedicated 166 homes in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Laos and Cambodia. ...  Read more

With the US still struggling to get out of the recession, Canadian farmers have begun to look east.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz led a mission to Japan to create new export opportunities by meeting with newly elected officials and ...  Read more

The Roman Catholic bishops of the UK have come down strongly on a move to legalize assisted suicide in certain cases.

Relatives who assist suicide can escape prosecution under certain conditions, the UK government has can escape prosecution, ...  Read more

In a bid to avoid getting bashed up by his parents, a 6-year-old boy in Shanghai has come up with a formula that could harm his parents.

The youngster was said to have...  Read more

Switzerland lifted on Thursday some of the restrictions imposed earlier on the use of swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, allowing it now to be used also by people over the age of 60. ...  Read more

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for...  Read more

What's in a name? 'A lot of flavour' may just be the answer you could get from a man who can taste anything from coconuts to crisps upon hearing names of people....  Read more

In what could possible be a case study in avoiding lonely hearts ads, here's the story of a blonde gold-digger who has been sent behind bars for 12 months after conning men out of cash. ...  Read more

Cindy Crawford, who once ruled fashion pages, is appalled by the onslaught of ’skinny models’ that today’s women have to face. She has advised female consumers to stop buying...  Read more

Experts believe that women should wear clothes that bare 40 per cent of their bodies in a bid to allure men.

Keeping the right balance between revealing too much and...  Read more

With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry's top concern. ...  Read more

More than one in 10 British people don't realise that a woman can still get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a poll Friday. ...  Read more

A new study has revealed that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are at a modest risk of suffering complications or having caesarean deliveries. ...  Read more

The end game is being played out in the “Foxy Knoxy” trial in Perugia, Italy.

US student Amanda Knox “hated” her British room mate Meredith Kercher and murdered her in "an unstoppable crescendo of violence" for suggesting that she was ...  Read more

Embryonic stem cell therapy got a step closer to the clinic after US researchers said they filed a request for government approval of human trials. ...  Read more

British supermodel Kate Moss was accused of giving the wrong message to anorexics and teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat. ...  Read more

Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated aging of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released...  Read more

A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. ...  Read more

The Brit Government's child education policies have drawn sharp criticism from a British academic who alleges that the planned "nappy curriculum" for under-fives are treating tiny tots as 'mini-adults' by society....  Read more

Lake Kivu, freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo, may soon have dire consequences for those living along its banks. Scientists have expressed their...  Read more

People who work night shifts or put in extra hours overtime which causes them to sleep less or have disturbed sleep face an increased risk of stroke and heart disease.

Lead author John M. Violanti, PhD, research associate professor in UB's...  Read more

Educating family members of heart failure (HF) patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively...  Read more

New discovery made by an International team of researchers has raised hopes of better and improved treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases like psoriasis and asthma. ...  Read more

Calls have been made in Australia to raise the legal drinking age to 19 years in an attempt to curb binge drinking by school students.

As the schoolies week unfolds across...  Read more