Recent study shows that although shock, anxiety and depression are experienced by carers, there are also beneficial consequences from their labour of love.
New measures are being introduced in South Korea seeking to combat the problem of internet addiction.
The move follows the trial of a couple for negligent homicide. Their three-month old daughter died of malnutrition, allegedly because they were too busy raising a virtual child in a Second-Life-style game online known as Prius.
Victorian Premier John Brumby sought to trump Mr Rudd's offer to take responsibility for 60 per cent of state hospital funding in return for taking 30 per cent of GST revenues, with a demand for a 50-50 split that would leave the states in control of public hospitals.
A new book about the male mind suggests women should accept that a bloke just can't help it .
(Reuters) - Deaths of women in and around childbirth have gone down by an average of 35 percent globally, according to a study using new methods, but are surprisingly high in the United States, Canada and Norway.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although antidepressants are effective in children, they are known to increase suicidal behavior. That increase, however, is not dependent on the specific drug, researchers reported on Monday.
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization conceded shortcomings on Monday in its handling of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, including a failure to communicate uncertainties about the new virus as it swept around the globe.
Although calls for reform of youth mental health by Patrick McGorry, Australian of the Year, have generated considerable support, including by GetUp, through a community launched campaign, further analysis of his opinion piece in Weekend Health called Mental health needs early care, Feb 6-7) shows an unclear interpretation of evidence.
The livestock industry and the federal government are allocating $5 million for the research on foot and mouth disease overseas, rather than importing the live virus.
Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have found that breast stem cells are extremely sensitive to the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone, a finding that opens the way for the development of new preventions and treatments for breast cancer.
Five residents around a single block in Singleton have brain tumours, rising fears that a cancer cluster has erupted in the heavily polluted Hunter Valley mining town.
Parents often have a hard time figuring out what to do when their children decide to throw tantrums. It doesn't help matters that kids often have their meltdowns in public places -- the supermarket, the mall, the family restaurant.
Scientists in China have demonstrated how arsenic -- a favorite murder weapon in the Middle Ages -- destroys deadly blood cancer by targeting and killing specific proteins that keep the cancer alive.
Young girls at high risk for depression appear to have a malfunctioning reward system in their brains, a new study suggests.
According to the study by the Child Health Promotion Research Centre at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, one in ten Australian teenagers experience cyberbullying, involving nasty messages or photos posted online or sent on mobile phones, every few weeks.
An Australian woman who suffers from advanced Alzheimer's disease has given birth, a first world experience.
An emotive TV advertisement targeting women who smoke will hit television screens in Victoria from Sunday.
Many Australian kids stay up late on Sunday nights, affecting them with sleep deficit that compromises their performance at school throughout the week.
A Mom feared to have contacted Hepatitis C during her treatment at Croydon Day Surgery
Australia has lesser problems when it comes to their watering times with their reservoir levels 10 percent above the normal level for this year.
South Korea has been contaminated with animals having foot and mouth disease.
An emotive advertisement which targets women who smoke will be shown on television in Victoria starting this Sunday.
More parents turn to Parent Line in order to solve problems about their teen-age children.
Australian researchers found out in a study that the hormone oxytocin can help treat problems involving autism to children.
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it was reviewing the safety of triclosan, a widely used antibacterial agent found in soap, toothpaste and a range of other consumer products.
(Reuters) - Sugar is being unfairly blamed for obesity problems in the United States at a time when per capita consumption of sweeteners has declined over the past decade, the head of an industry group complained on Wednesday.
(Reuters) - Fourteen states and the District of Columbia raised cigarette taxes in 2009, but none of the new money went to programs to cut smoking and prevent tobacco-related disease, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
Countries with history of BSE-infected cows wanting to export beef to Australia will have to prove that they have a sufficient traceability system, which will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
A small gadget to measure exposure to ultraviolet radiation, called the UV Dosimeted, invented by Canterbury University computer engineer, Martin Allen could one day be made available to the public as a method to prevent skin cancer.
A reevaluation has been called on mass vaccinations against influenza by a leading health expert.
