HEALTH

The season flu shots for children less than five years of age have been suspended in Tasmania, following the other states across the country, informed Tasmania health authorities.

The lawyer representing the family of a 27 year-old man who died after being sedated and restrained at the Townsville hospital last week, says they will be suing Queensland Health over the man's death

According to a recent study, women who work part time have the healthiest children.

(Reuters) - Novo Nordisk's new diabetes drug Victoza proved more effective than Merck & Co's Januvia in a head-to-head study, boosting prospects for a product that has got off to a strong start in key markets.

(Reuters) - People who got immunized against the 1976 swine flu epidemic that never happened may have benefited from the shots after all -- they may have been protected from the 2009 H1N1 swine flu strain.

(Reuters) - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice deplorable.

New research shows that second-hand smoke could be to blame for chronic itchy, runny nose and sinus woes - also known as rhinosinusitis -- that plague one in every six US adults.

Beetroots are an excellent source of folic acid. They are a very good source of fiber, manganese and potassium. Beet greens are a very good source of calcium, iron, vitamin A and C. Both beet greens and beetroots are a good source of phosphorus, magnesium, iron and vitamin B6.

Turin(Italy) - In Molinette Hospital, vagina reconstruction was performed for the first time ever by Dr. Dario Fontana, Director of the Division of Urology 2 Molinette Hospital.

The Western Australian government has suspended all flu shots for children under five as it examines the increase in admissions to Prince Margaret Hospital in Perth.

In a recent major study, researchers have designed and developed special 'nano patches' that can deliver vaccines without the use of needles within two minutes with 100 times less dose than used conventionallly.

Recent research reveals the Northern Territory's Indigenous population reported the highest hospital admission rates for swine flu across Australia.

An Australian study that examines links between lifestyle and reproductive health in males over 40 years, reveals exercise is not only beneficial for the heart, but sexual health as well.

After Dr Jayant Patel became director of surgery, patients at the Bundaberg Base Hospital's intensive care unit were sicker and stayed there longer, a court has heard.

(Reuters) - Children born extremely early -- at 25 weeks or before -- may risk a lifetime of lung problems, including asthma, British researchers reported on Thursday.

Based on an investigation by NSW Health, pollution has been ruled out as the cause of a cluster of brain tumours reported in a Hunter Valley mining town

Based on data released by the Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia (CPSA), expenditure for treatments such as anti-wrinkle injections and laser hair removal over 12 months till March 31 was up 30 per cent compared to the same duration early 2009.

Amarillo Biosciences, local biotech company has been testing its orally administered interferon in the test to study its efficiency in preventing the flu in 200 people in Western Australia.

According to new Australian study, women who eat a lot of processed meats like salami and hot dogs are at a higher risk of ovarian cancer.

(Reuters) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, billionaire Bill Gates and Queen Rania of Jordan will put their fame to work this week as they join a Twitter campaign to end malaria deaths.

TORONTO - When doctors performed a coronary artery bypass on a Montreal man with a failing heart, they added a little something else before closing up his chest -- stem cells purified from his bone marrow that they had removed earlier that day. The stem cells serve to regenerate blood vessels and heart muscle cells.

A British woman has woken up speaking with a Chinese accent after reportedly suffering brain damage brought on by a severe migraine.

Europe's flight ban is preventing some life-saving transplant tissue from reaching patients, and other operations have had to be canceled because surgeons are stuck overseas.

Sharon Osbourne says she's having her breast implants removed this summer and will give them to her husband, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, as a paperweight.

A West Australian mother has become the first woman to win The Biggest Loser, shedding nearly half her body weight to triumph in the latest series.

Following the announcement of an outbreak of dengue in the north Queensland city last week, a third Townsville resident is believed to have contracted the virus.

The ban of indoor smoking observed in clubs and pubs, is directing the problem of second-hand smoke from indoors to outdoors.

An Australian study reveals many long-term smokers struggled seven times to break the habit and quitting smoking has been compared with breaking a heroin addiction.

Experts say young women of today are increasingly bombarded with new pressures to have sex early and sometimes, against their will, especially with the constant exposure of raunch and advanced consumerist culture of Western countries.