According to an Australian expert, the threat of asbestos is still around as he warns against complacency and the lethal asbestos ongoing usage in developing country.
Surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst have performed Australia's first artificial heart transplant to extend the life of a 50-year-old Sydney man suffering from total heart failure.
A recent study reveals aged garlic extract might be beneficial for health as it lowers blood pressure of the study participants who have hypertension.
According to a team of scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, the link between obesity and diabetes may be explained by the inflammation-causing cells in fat tissue.
Health research based on the analysis of records from an NSW sleep clinic revealed Australian are losing sleep due to their increasing waistlines
According to the study findings gathered by medical research group Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, four out of five women ages ranging from 45 to 64 presented to their GP with dangerously high levels of bad cholesterol - LDL.
According to Brenda Green, researcher from the Menzies School of Health in Darwin, a startling high rate of Indigenous Australians die young due to rheumatic heart disease.
Researchers at the United Kingdom's Oxford University and the United States National Institutes of Health (USNIH) have found that stress can prevent women from getting pregnant.
A device that can detect if one has cancer or not through his or her breath alone can now also detect the type of cancer the patient has, according to scientists who developed the breath test.
Chocolate prescription for health sounds wonderful, but scientists in Australia have found that patients usually favored boring pills over antioxidant-packed chocolate as a way to control their blood pressure.
Some parents will have to pay up to $50 more in weekly child care service if the proposed new standards in family day care is approved and implemented.
Health authorities revealed on Thursday that there are three Australians infected with the superbug or bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
Every Monday afternoon, a 40-foot (12-meter) motorhome converted to serve as a mobile health clinic pulls into Boston's gritty Roxbury neighborhood and opens its doors to people like Angie Santiago.
Australian scientists have created a snail-venom inspired medication that can offer powerful relief for people who have severe and chronic pain.
Oh, Hollywood celebrities... their lifestyles are just as wild as their eating habits.
A significant survey conducted on the use of muscle enhancing injections in secondary schools across Australia show that steroid use among Australian kids is higher than that of the general population.
After beating cancer, while the body is clear from harm's way, the mind of survivors may not be as ready to go back to its normal cancer-free state.
A senior virologist declared on Wednesday a very quiet flu year for Australia as influenza infection rate, including cases of swine flu, has been reduced.
A 15-minute brain scan could in future be used to test for autism, helping doctors diagnose the complex condition more cheaply and accurately.
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In Australia, the diagnosis of Alzheimer's - that affects the lives of 150,000 Australians - is made only after the symptoms have appeared.
