HEALTH

Listening to Mozart does not make you smarter, researchers from the Austrian composer's homeland say, contradicting a popular 1993 study that first coined the Mozart effect.

Biosecurity Queensland has hurried to a Sunshine Coast property amid fears of an outbreak of Hendra virus.

Assumptions by a sufferer that they'll be okay and won't need their life saving medication, local restaurant staff assuming there are no nuts in a menu item, or doctors assuming that patients with a food allergy understand the full extent of their condition, can all have tragic consequences, said AA President Maria Said.

PNH Support Association of Australia (PNHSSA) says, a group of Australians living with an extremely rare disease are in an unfortunate place due to the recent government's decision not to fund for its treatments.

Based on the study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the number of Australians over 45 dying due to asthma has risen within the last five years.

(Reuters) - Health ministers on Thursday agreed to try to curb binge drinking and other growing forms of excessive alcohol use through higher taxes on alcoholic drinks and tighter marketing regulations.

(Reuters) - One in five people in the United States visit an emergency room every year, and most of them have health insurance of some kind, according to a U.S. government survey released on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - The United States does not produce or import anywhere near enough fruits and vegetables to provide Americans the right kind of diet to prevent cancer, government researchers said on Wednesday.

A grandad has saved the lives of more than two million babies by donating his blood.

Fake or substandard versions of medicines are often hidden in cargos taking circuitous routes to mask their country of origin as part of criminal activity worth billions, they add.

MELBOURNE'S growth corridors will be hardest hit by an expected surge in dementia cases, projections show.

Lifeline reported that the number of Queenslanders in financial crisis is growing and it will struggle to help them unless the state government provides extra funding.

Eating together as a family during dinner time without the interruption from the television are important for the children to develop social skills and learn about nutrition, says a leading pediatrician.

An eight year old girl with failed kidneys astounded doctors by growing two new kidneys.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 1 and 2 percent of children in the U.S. and Canada may have allergies to peanuts or tree nuts, with the U.S. rates seemingly on the rise, two new studies suggest.

(Reuters) - A drug approved to treat a range of conditions may also work to prevent lung cancer in people who have given up smoking, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Male sex hormones may explain why men who suffer from the hepatitis B liver disease are more likely to develop liver cancer than women, researchers in Taiwan have found.

According to the latest study by Australian scientists, imagining your favourite foods can increase cravings and make it difficult to work on other tasks.

A recent report reveals about 90 per cent of Australians with hepatitis C have not undergone treatment, although treatments for the condition are available.

According to doctors, nearly half of all Australians from the ages 55 and over have elevated risk of developing a stroke or experiencing a heart attack in the next five years.

According to the Binge Listening study, about 13 per cent young Australians exposed to leisure-associated noise that goes beyond the accepted limit allowed at worksites every year

A doctor who failed to properly clean surgical equipment has now led 450 patients at WA hospitals being at risk of serious viruses, including HIV and hepatitis as health authorities reported.

100 counselors and Buddhist monks were hired by the Taiwanese company that manufactures iPhones for Apple to reduce stress among its workers after reported cases of suicides at it Chinese factories this year.

(Reuters) - Former National Institutes of Health director Dr. Harold Varmus was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday to return to his former agency, this time as head of the National Cancer Institute.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Severe depression within the first year of a traumatic brain injury is common but treatment is not, Washington state researchers report.

(Reuters) - Eating bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats can raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that identifies the real bad boys of the meat counter.

The mysterious potentially life-threatening disease of a young woman from NSW - who had been regularly requiring medical care for more than a decade - and, its cure, has been successfully identified by Australian doctors.

Health officials recently reported the death of a 22-month-old girl from Adelaide who has just died due to meningococcal disease

An expert pediatrician says family dinners - without the TV intruding in the background - were vital for children to build social skills and get educated about nutrition.