Working nights may lead to more than just sleep deprivation, according to a study published in the American Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which reported a startling 60 per cent...

Slow jogging for as little as an hour a week increases life expectancy by five years in women and six years in men, a new study has found. The Copenhagen City Heart Study observed 20,000 people over nearly 40 years and found that gentle jogging increased longevity more than running or other more vigorous forms […]

Actress Sofía Vergara has arguably one of the hottest bodies in Hollywood, so what’s her secret? Sofía’s son, Manolo Vergara, who clearly inherited his sense of humour from his mum, has shared his mother’s eating habits with the world by posting a video of her online. “She eats like a crazy lady,” he reveals in […]

No one relishes the prospect of a visit to the dentist and the potential risk factors of bad oral hygiene are scary, so why do so many Australians neglect to properly look after their teeth? A study by the Australian Dental Association in conjunction with Oral-B found that while most Australians (87 percent) believe oral […]

The Australian Dental Association have cited a current ‘epidemic’ of child tooth decay in Australia. In a recent study, it was found that 48 percent of children suffered from untreated tooth decay, but only 10 percent had seen a dentist. This means that almost half of Australian children under the age of four are suffering […]

Twenty years ago, Kit Kats were sold in two-piece packs weighing 20g, today a Kit Kat weighs 78g. Welcome to our supersize world. The result: we’re also supersizing ourselves. Fancy a biscuit? And how about a coffee to go with it? Twenty years ago, that would have meant a biscuit you could have fitted whole […]

Obese mothers are 60 percent more likely to have a child with autism, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of California, Davis and Vanderbilt University studied over 1000 children aged two to five, some of whom had autism or other developmental disorders. Related: The joys and challenges of raising an autistic child […]

Researchers at the University of Sydney have come up with yet another reason for you to ban your kids from drinking soft drinks — it’s bad for their hearts. The study of 2000 12-year-olds found that children who consumed one or more fizzy drinks a day were at greater risk of developing heart disease later […]

In 2006 Nicole Richie shocked the world when she hit the beach in a bikini looking incredibly skinny with an almost skeletal figure, but she has certainly come a long way in six years. The mother of two was spotted poolside in Miami’s South Beach on Wednesday showing off her healthy curves as she soaked […]

About 25 percent of cancers could be prevented by improvements in diet and exercise, a new Australian study has found. Research conducted by the Medical Journal of Australia found that the incidence of cancer in Australia is likely to increase to 170,000 per year by 2025, a rise of nearly 60 percent since 2007. Of […]