Sydney-based company Fermiscan has developed the test, and have already tested it on 2,000 Aussie women. Based on the discovery that breast cancer changes the molecular structure of hair, the test has a success rate of 75 per cent, something

Dr. Melissa Pynnonen, co-director of the Michigan Sinus Center and an assistant professor in the University of Michigan's department of otolaryngology, has revealed that nasal irrigation involves rinsing the nose and nasal passages with a solution made specifically for the

According to the report, a staggering two million teens felt depressed at some point during the past year, and depressed teens are more than twice as likely as non-depressed teens to have used marijuana during that same period. The report

Under a radical plan to be introduced by the NSW Government, primary school students will be taught anti-gambling measures and counselling services will also be made available to students with gambling problems. Students in primary and high schools will be

The study conducted among college students has found that binge drinkers, even when legally intoxicated, nonetheless believe they having adequate driving abilities. "Binge drinkers are individuals who, when they drink, typically drink to get drunk. Binge drinkers are often young

Obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide and has long been linked to cardiovascular disease. What is worrisome is that its incidence in children is on a high and a number of cardiovascular diseases in adulthood have their roots in childhood. It

There is no obesity timebomb. The bomb has already gone off," the Australian quoted Katherine Samaras, an associate professor at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, as saying. According to her, about 60 per cent of Australians have become overweight or

Bidis should be taxed at least the same rates as cigarettes, said 'The Bidi Monograph', the first comprehensive study on the ill-effects of bidis released here. Many bidis are not taxed at all and other bidis are taxed at very