WOMEN are being warned about using some lipsticks after concerns were raised several big-name brands could contain lead.
The warnings come in the wake of last week's ruling that a class action in the United States against luxury goods giant LVMH - the
THE humble teddy bear and soft toys will be restricted in Melbourne hospitals because of fears they could harbour dangerous germs.
The Royal Children's Hospital has banned donations of second-hand soft toys and restricts children from sharing toys they
A deadly virus, EV71, has broken out in Anhui province with over 900 cases and the deaths of 20 children. Related to 'hand, foot and mouth' this virus has mutated into a deadly disease causing fever and brain swelling.
Amphetamines and marijuana abuse in Australia and the region is among the highest in the world, the United Nations says.
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OVERWEIGHT Australians are risking their lives by undergoing lap-band surgery with 14 people dying from the radical weight-loss surgery in the past six years.
IT was 21 years after their handsome son's tragic death in a car crash that Judy and Ian Baty received the news they had always longed for. On a day like any other, the couple were in the kitchen doing household chores when the phone rang.
The NSW Government has spent almost $1 million building six heavy duty ambulances for the state's growing number of seriously obese people. The NSW Ambulance Service fleet of three mega lift ambulances, in use since 2002, will be doubled with another
The Greens are planning to introduce voluntary euthanasia legislation into the Senate next week. Greens leader Bob Brown says the bill will restore the Northern Territory legislation which was overridden by the Federal Parliament in 1997.
MOBILE phones, deodorants and coffee are extremely unlikely to cause cancer, according to a new risk report designed to combat urban myths about what causes the disease. But Australian cancer specialist Professor Brendan Stewart put smoking, drinking alco
A futuristic new form of burial, developed by an Adelaide funeral director, offers a ``green'' alternative to the traditional cremation, coffins and embalming.
SKIN cancer clinics in Sydney are reportedly booked out for the next three months with an overwhelming amount of young people - frightened by recent TV ads - wanting skin checks.
LOCAL authorities have played down health risks after a sewerage pipe burst in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton, spewing effluent into waters of the flood-swollen Fitzroy River.
Euthanasia campaigner Doctor Philip Nitschke has been released after earlier being arrested at an airport in New Zealand for bringing in copies of his controversial book. Dr Nitschke was detained by customs officials at the Auckland Airport after copies
GOVERNMENT spending on private hospitals is growing at more than triple the rate of funding for the public sector, a report has revealed. The Report on Government Services, prepared by a committee of officials from the commonwealth, state and territory
