An experimental approach that looks for the DNA leaking out from dead and dying cells may provide a route to a blood test for breast cancer.
People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research that found human tongues can detect fatty tastes.
Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list for an organ.
The study findings of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center (NBOCC) released today found that women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are at a significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with a subsequent invasive breast cancer.
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) reports that the workers of Woodside Petroleum's Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects located at Western Australia have been exposed to high levels of asbestos.
Recent research shows that more than 70 percent of Australian who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), available over-the-counter at supermarkets, are unaware of their associated health consequences.
Based on reviews performed by Dr Richard Fletcher from the University of Newcastle, on popular parenting and mental health web sites, fathers are often disregarded when it comes to the dealings of postnatal depression care.
Australian researchers are studying the link between Hepatitis C and the development of diabetes and they have made an unexpected discovery. Initially, the increase risk of type 2 diabetes was thought to be associated with fat build-up in the liver caused by Hepatitis C but tests on people with blood-borne virus was something different.
(Reuters) - The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Hitting the road to rally support in the final push for healthcare reform, Obama used a campaign-style speech to urge Democrats to approve a bill and quickly end the political wrangling that has consumed Washington since July.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Light to moderate alcohol consumption, especially red wine, is not only good for a woman's heart, it's also good for her waistline, according to a study reported Monday.
The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- is within reach by 2015, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said.
The inquest of the television newsreader Charmaine Dragun's suicide has signaled a mental health crisis in Australia.
A new Australian modeling study suggested that the most effective nanoparticles in some invisible sunscreens might be the most toxic.
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday criticized U.S. health insurance companies for raising premiums and denying coverage to the sick, as he sought to rally Democratic support for his healthcare bill.
(Reuters) - India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank and other agencies said Sunday.
Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.
(Reuters) - Vitamin D is vital in activating human defences and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fighting infection, scientists said on Sunday.
There is a 21 percent higher prostate cancer mortality rate in men of remote and regional Australia as compared to the men in capital cities.
A recent study done by the Child Health Survey released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found that nearly 50 percent of all children aged six experienced tooth decay.
A new taste sense of fat has recently been developed by researchers that could have the key to help people beat the bulge as this discovery worked by fooling the body into thinking that it has consumed enough of the fatty fill.
Glaucoma Australia has announced that half of the 300,000 Australians affected with glaucoma are not aware that they have it.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the incidence of hip fractures among older Australians declined constantly between 1997 to 1998 and 2006 to 2007 with bigger drop for women than men
Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister has presented the Government's National Health and Hospital Network for Australia's future report, saying that it is the most significant reforms to health and hospitals since the introduction of Medicare.
The Health Minister, Kim Hanes allows public patients on a more than 90 days waiting list to be treated in a public-private of private hospital
One of the most pressing food supply problem of the 21st century is about to be solved as Australian researchers believe that they are able to breed canola with the same omega 3 oils found in fish.
A declaration has been made by Queensland Health yesterday regarding the two dengue fever outbreaks in Townville last year, saying that they are confirmed to be over.
A federal court judge, Justice Christopher Jessup has ruled that the popular anti-arthritis drug Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attacks and was not fit for sale.
(Reuters) - The White House ratcheted up its push for a quick healthcare vote in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, criticizing rising health insurance premiums at a meeting with top industry executives and wooing key lawmakers.
(Reuters) - Germs that make their home in the gut may help cause obesity and a range of health-threatening symptoms that go along with it, researchers reported on Thursday.
