A research by the University of Adelaide shows that eating unhealthy food results into chronic diseases. Researchers conducted the study on 1,000 people in China who were followed for around five years. The analysis showed that proportion of people with at least one long-term health problem increased from 14 to 34 percent.

One of Australia’s first crowd-funded scientific expeditions may have uncovered several new species of mammal. An ecologist from Melbourne raised $A20 thousand to document rare animals in remote Papua New Guinea. It was hoped the camera traps purchased with the funding might capture the first images of critically endangered tree kangaroos in the wild.

Remember that other Williams sister who has somehow disappeared from the spotlight over the years? Well, Venus Williams is back with a vengeance looking hotter than ever! The 34-year-old five-time Wimbledon champ posed nude for ESPN on their magazine’s sixth annual Body Issue.

USA – Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, the ebullient slugger who was once the face of the San Diego Padres, died Monday, June 16 of cancer at the age of 54. The Padres said Gwynn died in hospital in the San Diego area. He had fought salivary gland cancer for years.

Researchers have arrived at an explanation as to the correlation between chronic stress and heart attack and stroke. The study co-authored by Matthias Nahrendorf of the Harvard Medical School in Boston explains that the pressure from stress leads to overproduction of white blood cells, which, in turn, get plastered inside the arteries, thus potentially blocking the blood flow.

Commercial medical marijuana operators in B.C. will not be allowed to claim farm tax status after the provincial government created a new business classification for the federally licensed facilities. Coralee Oakes, minister for community, sport and cultural development, said the province came up with the new classification for the facilities after hearing concerns from B.C. municipalities.

The rebuilt Bluenose II could miss yet another sailing season, as a hydraulic system is designed and installed to fix major steering problems that continue to plague a vessel two years overdue and millions over budget. The Bluenose II was taken on its first sea trial Tuesday, returning to dock in Lunenburg during the afternoon after several hours on the …

A grieving Arizona mother is claiming that energy drinks were a major factor in the shocking death of her 16-year-old daughter. Lanna Hamann was on vacation in Rocky Point, Mexico when her mother, Kris Hamann, received a call saying her daughter had died from a heart attack, according to KPHO-TV. Lanna was travelling with friends, who told Kris that the …

Never underestimate a dog’s loyalty — or a family’s loyalty to their dog. Two years after Murphy the golden retriever vanished during a camping trip in California’s Tahoe National Forest, he’s been found alive and well. The dog first went missing in October 2012. His owners, the Braun family, always held out hope they’d find Murphy again.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC was ordered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review its global manufacturing operations after its Canadian subsidiary was found to have violated quality requirements during the production of its flu vaccine FluLaval, according to a report by British newspaper The Guardian posted on its website on Wednesday.

A new study finds that adding three dimensional imaging to mammography testing increases the ability to detect cancer. Scientists used data collected from 13 medical centers that had replaced X-ray mammograms with 3D imaging, or tomosynthesis, which is similar to a CT scan.