U.S. researchers have found that real and fake acupuncture can relieve knee arthritis pain.
Sleep experts reveal Australian teenagers are suffering from insomnia because of their addiction to text-messaging, iPods listening or checking up their social networking sites.
Cardiac surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital, where Australia's first heart transplant operation was done in 1968, continue to urge the state government to fund its costly heart-lung transplant program.
A report by the Institute of Health and Welfare reveals there has been a spike of 70 per cent in the number of Australians being admitted to the hospital for kidney dialysis.
A mother from Penrith in Sydney's West has given birth every year since 2000 and says she still wants more children.
Pizzas and other meaty recipes containing 20 to 45 percent less salt will be served in 10 Pizza Hut stores in NSW starting November as the fast food chain prepares to roll out its healthier offerings in all 280 outlets nationwide next year.
European and U.S. health authorities have banned a flu vaccine for children made by Australian biopharmaceutical CSL Biotherapies Australia.
Your odds of going under the knife may depend on whether or not your orthopedic surgeon has a financial stake in your treatment center, suggests a new study.
Cigarette smoking has been clearly linked to increased risks of a number of cancers, including cancers of the lungs, colon, pancreas and bladder. But studies have yielded conflicting results as to whether smoking may boost a woman's odds of developing breast cancer.
A 20-year study of patients with sleeping disorders revealed that those who are more obese have severe breathing difficulty while sleeping.
Scientists at England's University of Liverpool have created a synthetic anti-malaria drug by copying the chemical structure of artemisinin, the plant-derived ingredient of existing medicine against the mosquito-borne disease.
Starting dialysis treatment early to arrest the progression of chronic kidney disease was found to be of no benefit to patients with CKD, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Department of Renal Medicine of NSW.
Did you know that the vast majority of people in this day and age have excess abdominal fat? The first thing that most people think of is that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing off their body
One million of the 1.2 million Australians hospitalised in 2007 to 2008 underwent regular dialysis treatment making the diabetes therapy the most common reason for hospitalisation in Australia during that period.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcomed the $392 million e-health plan of a Labor government.
Government cuts on health services funding caused Primary Health Care (PHC) to lose $35 million in revenue last year, Australia's largest private medical services group reported on Tuesday.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. has announced it will stop developing an experimental Alzheimer's medicine now on its late stage of clinical trials in the U.S.
Cancer costs the world economy $895 billion per year, according to a study on the economic cost of causes of deaths conducted by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and LIVESTRONG.
I was at the grocery store (super-market) yesterday and had to shake my head at all of the clever deceptive food labeling that's everywhere.
There has been so much confusion about the topic of good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates in recent years... I wanted to help clear up some of that confusion for you and set you on a clearer path to lifelong fat loss success and healthier eating.
According to research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), there are significant differences between obese and lean men in how they respond to the taste of fat
According to latest significant findings of a breakthrough research in Australia, baby fish may become easy meat targets for predators as the world's oceans become increasingly acidic due to rising carbon dioxide emissions from human activity.
The Adelaide City Council has voted to reject the opening of a tattoo and body art studio at O'Connell Street because the shop is owned by a member of the outlaw motorcycle group Rebels.
According to an Australian expert, the threat of asbestos is still around as he warns against complacency and the lethal asbestos ongoing usage in developing country.
Surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst have performed Australia's first artificial heart transplant to extend the life of a 50-year-old Sydney man suffering from total heart failure.
A recent study reveals aged garlic extract might be beneficial for health as it lowers blood pressure of the study participants who have hypertension.
Australian scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in the field of immunology as they can now explain how an important class of immune cells called T follicular helper cells is produced in the body.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Monday in Brisbane Labor's $392 million health system modernisation plan that will see patients consulting doctors online.
China's Health Ministry on Sunday denied that a milk formula caused the premature breast growth in three baby girls due to its sex hormones.
As a fitness professional, I'm always amazed (and puzzled) with the conflict people seem to have with losing weight, yet they refuse to stop eating junk food.
