We are sharing information for knowledge. Presented by. SocialDiary.Net

When Melanie Ross went through the hardest time in her life, something had to give. That something was her health and the unthinkable happened to this usually fit 37-year-old. “I contracted pneumonia, narrowly avoided hospitalisation and was bedridden,” Ross says. “I think it was because of stress.” New research from ...

Previous studies say it can help beat prostate cancer, and reduce therisk of heart disease – now US researchers reveal caffeine may help you live longer too. The study, which analysed the coffee-drinking habits of 400,000 men and women aged from 50 – 71 over a 14 year period, found ...

It seems that although we love our sunburnt country, we’re not getting out in it enough – a Deakin University study of 11,000 Australian adults released earlier this year found one-third were deficient in vitamin D and almost three-quarters (73 per cent) had levels considered by many experts to be ...

“I moved in with Dad in February 2010, about a week after Mum died. Dad had been diagnosed with dementia about a year before. With his grief, at first it was hard to discern what was dementia and what was depression. He didn’t even want to live, so for the ...

Seven out of ten single women regularly practice unprotected sex, a UK report revealed this week. The study found that a large percentage of women aged 18 to 40 were most at risk of STI infection, since they admitted to routinely practicing sex without protection. Research found that the average ...

Mums count on it when they kiss their children’s injuries better and many involved in natural medicine admit to having faith in the concept. And with more and more research scientifically verifying its presence, practitioners of conventional medicine are being called to embrace the power of the placebo effect. It ...

About one in three women experience heavy bleeding when they have their period. Researchers at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne have now been given a $500,000 National Health and Medical Research Council grant to help find new ways to manage the problem. “This is a serious condition that affects ...