HEALTH

According to an article that accompanies the current edition of the Medical Journal of Australia, there is a positive shift of interest and awareness regarding bipolar disorder primarily due to emerging research and treatments.

Recent research by experts from the Macquarie University reveals doctors are being pressure to give children a diagnosis of behavior problems they probably do not have, in order to get them admitted to special education schools.

According to recent reports received by the Australian Medical Association (AMA), young doctors are consuming energy drinks and caffeine tablets to stay awake during a long stretch of working hours.

Australian researchers have discovered a new protein called OTUB1 that is responsible for blocking DNA repair in cell and help spread a broad range of cancers.

A first of its kind research to find the best treatment approach for anorexia nervosa is to be conducted by Australian scientists.

A one-year prospective cohort study led by Professor Stephen Lord from the Neuroscience Research Australia as NSW University reveals perceived risk of falling influences whether an older individual actually fall regardless of the actual physiological risk.

A drug which has yet to be named developed in Adelaide for the purpose to halt swelling of the brain after major trauma may promise hope to treating spinal injuries in the future.

The U.S. government proposed major changes on Thursday to the way it works with companies to fight new disease threats such as flu, including reform at the Food and Drug Administration and setting up centers to make vaccines quickly.

Developing countries will bear 60 percent of the world's cancer burden by 2020 and 70 percent by 2030, but are not prepared for the looming crisis, cancer experts warned in a report on Thursday

The number of U.S. movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes still feature in far too many films and could be influencing young people to take up the habit, according to a report released on Thursday.

More Americans with psychiatric conditions are being treated with drugs alone compared with a decade ago, while talk therapy -- either by itself or in combination with medication -- is on the decline, a new study finds.

Hormone therapy with either estrogen or testosterone might not affect women's thinking and memory skills in the years soon after menopause, hints a new study.

Common painkillers that have been linked to an increased risk of heart attack may also elevate risk of stroke, a new study suggests.

The Queensland government will be giving Beyondblue, the national depression initiative a boost of $3.2 million.

Miriam Schmierer, the oldest Australian who celebrated her 111th birthday on Friday, said faith and her spiritual life are responsible for making her still alive today.

The new transparent sunscreen is being developed by Dr Amanda Barnard and her team from CSIRO, by utilizing nanotechnology.

The town of Moama in NSW will temporarily be renamed Motown in November as part of a fundraising and awareness campaign on men's health, the Murray Shire Council announced Friday.

Researchers led by a University of Florida psychologist have found in a study that acetaminophen, an ingredient of painkillers, can relieve not only physical pain but hurt feelings.

As many as hundreds of WA patients who had received treatments from a number of regional hospitals in Northwest of WA breathe a sigh of relief as they have been cleared of any serious infections including HIV and hepatitis following the breach of infection control measures by an anaesthetist.

A breathing instrument for treating asthma that had suppressed appetite and reduced weight of patients is now being marketed as a weight-loss device.

Results indicate substantial loss of fibre mass, force and power in the muscles group translating into a 40 percent reduction in the capacity of an astronaut to do physical work.

A study tracking the development of more than 300 Mexican American children living in the farming region of Salinas Valley has provided another disturbing proof linking exposure to a pesticide - widely used in Australian agriculture - to rising cases of child Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

A new approach to producing stem cells from human skin called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, without the risk of introducing bothersome foreign DNA has been found by scientists at the University of NSW.

An international team of scientists is close to developing a prototype of a lung scanner that will not expose newborns to radiation and eliminate the need to transfer critically ill infants to a hospital for scanning.

A U.S. study has found that women who drink five or more non-light beers a week have higher risk of acquiring psoriasis, a disfiguring skin disease.

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A mental health crisis has hit regional South Australia as hundreds of patients had to be flown to Adelaide for treatment due to the lack of full-time psychiatrists in the state's regional public hospitals.

Parents are complaining that children and teachers at a Mt. Pleasant primary school had been exposed to asbestos fibre for two weeks before diggings at the school were stopped when a mother noticed the deadly substance in the soil.