AAP - 03-12-2014

For STG125, Britons can now purchase a home DNA kit to get information about their health, ancestry and family traits. A personal DNA testing

AAP - 01-12-2014

Ireland is ready to follow Australia's introduction of similar plain packaging for cigarettes. Ten years since setting a trend with its workplace

HealthTimes - 28-11-2014

There is now overwhelming scientific evidence that central obesity, as opposed to total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI), is associated with the most health risks

AAP - 27-11-2014

In men, being overweight was blamed for 136,000 new cases, and in women, 345,000 cancer diagnoses, most of them of the colon, kidney and breast.

AAP - 21-11-2014

A bid to ban tobacco sales in a US town has been reversed. Health officials in a US town have voted to withdraw a proposal that would have made

AAP - 21-11-2014

Obesity is costing 2.8 per cent of the global gross domestic product, or $US2 trillion, according to a McKinsey Global Institute report. A new report shows the

AAP - 20-11-2014

More than two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children in Queensland are overweight or obese, a new report says. Queenslanders are the fattest

AAP - 19-11-2014

The misuse and overuse of antibiotics can put you at risk due to antibiotic resistance. WHY WE MUST STOP OVER USING ANTIBIOTICS:[subscribe] * Overuse

AAP - 19-11-2014

Brain training can boost memory and thinking skills but not when done alone at home, a study has found. Computer-based "brain training"

Karen Keast - 18-11-2014

More than a thousand health professionals have applied to join the Australian Government’s response to the Ebola