St George Hospital is refusing to release any details of an epidural blunder that left a young mother crippled, fuelling concerns that the public health system is not being held accountable for its mistakes. Grace Wang, 32, suffered massive damage to her nervous system, leaving her in a wheelchair and unable to hold her newborn […]

Is there anything omega-3s can’t do? These anti-inflammatory fatty acids, found in cold-water fish (such as salmon, tuna, herring and mackerel, and also in some other seafood), have already been shown to exert a protective effect against heart disease, depression, diabetes and arthritis. In pictures: Ten hot tips to stay young Researchers from the Johns […]

You already know that taking time out to practise meditation helps to still your thoughts and leaves you feeling physically and mentally calmer. Now it seems that squeezing just 30 minutes of timeout into your busy daily schedule may also reduce your odds of developing dementia and possibly prevent mental health disorders such as depression. […]

Researchers are growing human hearts in test tubes with hopes of ending long waiting lists for transplants. Scientists at the University of Minnesota in the US created the organs by “stripping” cells from the hearts of deceased people, leaving behind a tough protein skeleton, known as a ‘ghost heart’. They then coated eight ‘ghost hearts’ […]

The catastrophic medical accident at Sydney’s St George Hospital that confined Grace Wang to a wheelchair and deprived her of the ability to hold her baby son has prompted a review of epidural procedures across the NSW health system. Grace, 32, had antiseptic injected into her spinal instead of anaesthetic after a mix up between […]

Twenty years ago, Stephen Eddey was confined to a wheelchair, unable to walk and in constant agony due to his arthritis. Today, he is living a normal life, completely pain-free and he credits natural medicine for helping him get his life back. In pictures: Surprising things that cause headaches Stephen was in his early twenties […]

After much fuss about her amazing new body, Jennifer Hudson was supposed to be letting her music take centre stage at the launch of her new album, I Remember Me, in New York. But in a shiny, figure-hugging frock, it was the Oscar-winning star’s frame that captured everyone’s attention, with onlookers wondering if she’d gone […]

Cindy Crawford and Heidi Klum reportedly swear by it, Cleopatra is said to have sipped it daily and Megan Fox says it’s the secret of her slender figure — so why haven’t the rest of us heard of apple cider vinegar? Apple cider vinegar is fast becoming the latest health craze, promoted as a cure-all […]

Women under the age of 30 are going grey in record numbers and blame it on stress, a new study has claimed. A survey commissioned by haircare brand John Frieda found that almost a third of UK women spotted their first grey hair before their 30th birthday. Twenty years ago, the number of women under […]

Did you know that doing the housework, walking around the supermarket and even getting up to change the channel on the television all burn kilojoules?