THE Australian-made flu vaccine Fluvax, has been identified as being the most likely trigger of 59 convulsions in Western Australia and in about 20 cases elsewhere, including four in NSW and six in Victoria. All the babies, most of them under two years, recovered fully.
An Australian study has shown women who drink at least four cups of tea per day have a reduced risk of ovarian cancer.
Health experts warned that smokers could carry deadly bacteria which could pass on to their children.
Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada's provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popular state-funded system.
(Reuters) - The Group of Eight industrialized nations plan to invest in better health for mothers and young children in poor nations to meet faltering goals for slashing world poverty by 2015, a draft text for a G8 summit said.
(Reuters) - Scientists have identified a chemical compound that can stop the H5N1 bird flu virus as well as seasonal human flu viruses from replicating.
Repatriation Hospital at Daw Park in Adelaide has been reported to have critical leaking roofs and animal droppings which poses health risks to its patients, says The Australian Medical Association (AMA).
A new video of a smoking Indonesian toddler has emerged, shocking health experts.
Experts have developed an experimental vaccine which shows promising result in preventing breast cancer in mice.
Australian doctors are considering introducing a controversial form of genital mutilation carried out on baby girls.
A group of British nutritionists fear that the current official advice to women, which recommends they eat no more than two portions of fish a week, could risk an increase of brain disorders in children.
According to researchers, babies born by caesarean section are more vulnerable to asthma, allergies and infection as they miss out on their mothers' good protective bacteria during birth.
The new injection called Prolia, has been shown to significantly cut the risk of fractures in patients with osteoporosis.
A new survey suggests even smokers themselves prefer dating partners who don't smoke.
(Reuters Health) - If milk does the heart good, it might do the heart better if it comes from dairy cows grazed on grass instead of on feedlots, according to a new study.
(Reuters Health) - A small new study has found that taking soy supplements may help postmenopausal women slim down.
(Reuters) - At midnight Valentine Uwingabire's back began to hurt. Her husband ran to tell Germaine Uwera, a community health worker in their village in the fertile foothills of Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.
(Reuters Health) - Prescribing heroin to addicts who can't kick their habit helps them stay off street drugs, British researchers said Friday.
(Reuters) - Indoor tanning beds sharply increase the risk of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, and the risk increases over time, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, and others experts called for tighter regulation.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The stimulant drug Vyvanse improves attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescents beginning as early as the first week of treatment, according to a new study.
(Reuters) - People who don't brush their teeth twice a day have an increased risk of heart disease, scientists said on Friday, adding scientific weight to 19th century theories about oral health and chronic disease.
A fire broke out in the old Roads and Traffic Authority building at the corner of Gurwood and Beckwith streets have prompted Fire Brigade authorities to sent urgent health warning this morning to the residents of central Wagga Wagga, in Southern NSW, about the release of deadly asbestos fibres.
Health authorities reported that aboriginal people in Western Australia were up to 38 times more likely to undergo amputations because of diabetes-related complications than non-indigenous people.
Zimbabwe-born Australian performer Godfrey Zaburoni, 31, was charged on Tuesday in the Southport Magistrates, Gold Coast for acts of intending to cause grevious bodily harm by infecting women with HIV through unprotected sex.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small study suggests that a surgical treatment generally used on patients with tumors and certain brain disorders may put a stop to nosebleeds that won't stop any other way.
A free online service has been launched to connect willing study participants with Australia's scientific institutes and universities.
(Reuters) - Sellers of ginseng, echinacea and other herbal and dietary supplements often cross the line in marketing their products, going as far as telling consumers the pills can cure cancer or replace prescription medications, a U.S. government probe found.
Backtracking by international donors in funding for HIV/AIDS may undermine years of progress and is already putting lives at risk, the health aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.
Australian Medical Association (AMA) vice president Steve Hambleton has urged caution on the risk of taking up cosmetic plastic surgery and dental holidays offered by a new launched Gold Coast Business.
An Ombudsman's report, released yesterday, has rocked the Brumby government just six months out from the election. The report released indicated that the state has failed to protect some of the foster children in its care
