About more than half of the asthma sufferers are already experiencing attacks since the start of the season. They are warned by the health experts that they may expect a tough cold and flu season this winter. In the first few weeks of winter, about 58% of adults suffered asthma attacks, according to the National Asthma Council Australia.

The Rudd Government has been facing criticism as it has no extra funds for mental health. The top mental health adviser resigned after accusing the Government of having "no vision or commitment" for the disturbed sector.

Jayant Patel, the former Director of surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital has been accused of three charges of manslaughter and one of causing grievous bodily harm, but he has pleaded not guilty to the same, at the Supreme Court.

According to a new research into women's drinking habits, expectant mothers fail to abide by the official Government guidelines. As per the figures published in Medical Journal of Australia, 80% of women drink during their pregnancy.

Barney Peake, diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 30 years was told he would never be able to father a child, however, five years after beginning treatment, he celebrates his first Father’s Day with Santiago, his one year old son, completely cancer free after treatment, walking in Whittier’s 24-hour Relay for Life event organised by the American Cancer Society.

US Centers for diseases and Control and Prevention had estimated that number of emergency room visit has gone up. It has doubled between2004-08 as people are coming to seek treatment for using prescribed painkillers for non-medical purposes.

The two studies one published in a major journal and the other in The American Society of Clinical Oncology 2010 Annual Meeting, has differences in their designs and the outcomes they have figured. Both the studies shed illuminate on the risks involved in the discontinuation of active treatment by people suffering from low-risk prostrate cancer.

Researchers have concluded that Male menopause takes place but it is very rare. The European team said that the male menopause exists but it affects only 2% of middle-aged men. They made this statement just days after it was dismissed. 

Food chains across the US are pulling down all Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice single-serve frozen products from their shelves. This is done after fears that these products may lead to potential salmonella contamination.

ConAgra Foods Inc., the Company who manufactures these products has already offered to recall all the products from the market.

A new study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is reported to have discovered that eggs from free-range chickens in industrialized Taiwan contain nearly six times more dioxins that are responsible for cancer, compared to eggs from caged hens.