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Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford examined the diets and lifestyles of men aged between 50 and 69. ...

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that children exposed to gestational diabetes in the wombs of their mothers are......

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that overweight or obese adults with at least one additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) be offered or referred......

Researchers have found a possible molecular explanation for why overweight is harmful. This new knowledge may provide new drugs for heart attack, stroke, cancer and chronic intestinal inflammation....

Patients with MS who underwent a 12-week visual feedback training program using a Wii Balance Board System showed improved balance and changes in the brain....

An expedition to Mount Everest by Italian researchers has shown for the first time that blood pressure monitored over a 24-hour period rises progressively as people climb to higher altitudes....

Growth deficiency is a defining feature of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). A new study has found that rates of excess weight/obesity are elevated in adolescents with partial fetal alcohol syndrome (pFAS). Additionally, females with FASD may be at a greater risk for excess weight/obesity than males during adolescence. ...

EXCLUSIVE - WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: When he was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider in Cancun, Mexico, Rob Harris, from Essex, said it felt like a mosquito bite. But within hours his leg had inflated to twice the normal size. ...

Investing in dog owner education and facilities as a strategy to target physical inactivity and problems such as obesity in both people and their pets. It is estimated that 40% of dog owners don't take their dogs for a walk. In the UK, almost a quarter of households own a dog, but less than half of adults meet the recommended level of 150 minutes a week of physical activity. ...

It is the day before my fifth chemotherapy treatment and I am in a quandary.  I want to go for a long run, but I’m not sure I have enough time to recover before my drug infusion the next day.  I’ve failed to get out early; if I run, it would be at 5 p.m., leaving less than 24 hours before the treatment starts. But it’s sunny and 70 degrees, a beautiful spring day.  How can I not go? Read full article...

An analysis of mental illness reviews, covering over 1.7 million individuals, finds the conditions can reduce life expectancy by up to 20 years - on par with heavy smoking....

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Sleep specialists are urging high schools to delay start times to give teenagers more time to sleep. Experts say teenagers that struggle to get out of bed are not lazy, but rather are just experiencing a fundamental shift in their body clocks.  ...

Tony Abbott tells a Minerals Council of Australia dinner the controversial $7 Medicare co-payment is "perhaps the most difficult policy change" in the Federal budget. ...

Emergency room waiting times have improved in metropolitan areas, but regional hospitals are not seeing the same drop. ...

The latest report card into global obesity rates spells bad news for Australia as Professor Rob Moodie from the University of Melbourne explains. ...

Obesity rates in Australia are climbing faster than anywhere else in the world, according to a new study published in The Lancet. ...

An electrician helping with renovations to the Prime Minister's Canberra residence has been exposed to asbestos. ...

A government phone line says changes to Medicare are set to apply from July 2015, despite not yet passing the Senate. ...

Australia's top disability advocate Graeme Innes has warned the Federal Government that the sector will suffer without a dedicated representative. ...