Most people in world are striving to maintain some form of a healthy lifestyle, and although everybody’s reality – when it comes to health eating and exercise – is quite clearly different, there are several easy steps anyone can follow to improve their overall health and well-being. Easy Ways...

Asthma is a condition that haunts over 20 million US citizens, and although scientists are still not exactly sure what causes asthma, experts believe that allergies to airborne substances such as tree, grass, and weed pollens, mold, animal dander, dust mites, and cockroach particles, are largely responsible...

A 14-month old baby boy, from Jinhu, eastern China, has developed a rare disease which causes his skin to peel of like fish scales. Doctors think Song Sheng, called fish-boy by locals, is suffering from an autosomal recessive disorder known as Lamella ichthyosis. With no pores in his skin, Sheng can not...

Finding the perfect balance of work, rest and play is not an easy task, but it’s what most of us strive for in our pursuit of happiness. Scientists have long believed that genetics, health and other factors such as geographical location have the greatest effect on our overall well-being, but new research...

A 47-year-old lady from Staten Island, New York, is suing her plastic surgeon for the sum of $5 million, after she claims his operation left her with four breasts. The patient, who underwent surgery in 2003, said, “I essentially ‘came out of that operation with essentially four breasts.’” ...

The Hangover director Todd Phillips is planning another sequel to his recent box office hit, and this time he’s leaving the setting of Las Vegas and heading for Thailand’s bustling cities and white sandy beaches. Although the script is said to almost finished, there’s little info on what tribulations...

Last October 9th, in Budapest, Hungary, beauty pageant contests took to the stage, not to show off their natural beauty, but rather show off their unnatural beauty. The Miss Plastic Hungary beauty pageant is said to be the world’s first ‘plastic beauty contest’, a contest in which judges were not only...

A clinical trial that commenced over the New Year in Britain, hopes to further developed a new drug that has shown promise as an effective treatment in the battle against leukemia. The patients in the trail, who will be treated at Kings College London, all have acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common...

It’s no secret that the field of genetic engineering already boasts the technology to engineer ‘perfect’ babies free from ailments or disease, modified to possess talents and traits specifically chosen by the parents. However the politics surround such an unnatural birth process are still holding back...

A new study has revealed that blinking causes the brain to shut down parts of its visual system, even if light is still entering the eyes. The findings offer an explanation as to why we don’t notice our own blinks. Researchers from the UCL Institute of Neurology at The University College London designed a...