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.
The parenting hormones oxytocin and prolactin have been found to surge in men as much as in women during childbirth allowing new fathers to bond with their new child just like mothers do with their babies.
American researchers have found that Vitamin D may treat or prevent allergy to a common mold that complicates asthma and cystic fibrosis.
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) in Melbourne have discovered that macrophages or white blood cells inflame fat tissues in obese people and trigger their resistance to insulin, which leads to diabetes and heart disease.
SA Health authorities are unavailable for comments on the unexplained deaths of up to ten babies per year at home.
The winning party in Saturday's elections should offer regular heart checks for Australians over the age of 45, the National Heart Foundation and National Stroke Foundation have urged.
According to a study by the Flinders University, one in four Australian medical students has suffered major depression.
Health conscious South Koreans are driving the growing demand for blueberries in the Asian country as they recognized the fruit's potential to ward off cancer, heart disease, strokes, infections, and other ailments
n an effort to improve the diet of Australian kids, Avocado growers have just launched eat-healthy kits funded by the government for early childhood educators to encourage and promote healthier eating habits among 3 to 5 years old.
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.
