The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) says waterside workers have found more asbestos on a foreign ship in the port of Townsville, in north Queensland.

Britney Spears' weight is making news again in the latest issue of Star Magazine. Having lost custody of her kids, Britney's life is spinning out of control along with her weight. Her diet consists of "potato chips, sodas, cheeseburgers and

Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Virginia Republican first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000, died on Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer, her spokesman said. She was 57. Davis, who died at her home in Gloucester,

Has Debi Mazar recent weight loss caused her to look older in the past year? Fitness consultant, Edward Jackowski, said in Star Magazine that "She looks haggard, probably because she lost the weight through diet only." The 43 year old

Meet your new personal trainer: your cell phone. The prototype Wellness mobile phone from Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. targets users with busy lives who want a hassle-free way of keeping track of their health, according to company spokesman Noriaki Tobita.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced that the Dignity Memorial network, North America's largest funeral and cemetery services provider, is committed to fighting diabetes as the ADA's new National Strategic Partner (NSP). Diabetes is the nation's fifth-leading cause of death

Scrambling to make up ground on his top rival, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took aim at front-runner Rudy Giuliani on Friday, accusing him of big-spending policies as New York's mayor. "Big City, Big Spender," read a news release from

isispharm.com CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS ) announced new results of preclinical studies reaffirming the safety profile of ISIS 301012 and enhancing the understanding of its activity in the liver presented by Richard Lee,

A team at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) said the problem may lie in a deficiency of the T-bet protein in dendritic cells -- white blood cells that detect foreign microbes and activate the immune system.

Now, a group of experts says that that warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was misguided. The potential problems caused by mercury pale in comparison with the harm caused to developing fetuses

Previous studies on the issue have produced conflicting findings, the team said. Some studies concluded that exercise may trigger knee osteoarthritis, while other studies found that exercise may protect the knees from osteoarthritis.

Erectile dysfunction, or impotence, affects more than 18 million American men, according to a recent study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The researchers also concluded that exposure to gadolinium, a contrast agent used in MRI scans, is a significant risk factor for developing NSF, a painful and debilitating condition characterized by a thickening and hardening of the skin. It usually affects

SAD is thought to be related to a chemical imbalance in the brain brought on by lack of light due to winter's shorter days and typically overcast skies," says Dr. Angelos Halaris, chief of the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department

The United States is disturbed by the September 26 arrest in Nigeria of an American aid worker accused of helping two Germans film and photograph oil facilities in the Niger Delta, the U.S. embassy in Nigeria said on Saturday. Judith

Several thousand protesters marched through central London on Saturday after a global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests failed to take off in Asia. A rally in Tokyo was cancelled and one in Bangkok attracted only

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In order to assist you in quitting cigarette smoking, your acupuncturist will work on 7 essential strategies: Detoxification: Detoxifyng your organs that are the most affected by smoking such as the lugs, heart, liver, kidneys, and nervous system. Withdrawal symptoms:

A new pilot study by researchers at the University of Arizona confirmed that acupuncture treats major depression in women. Depression is extremely common in the US and is among the ten most frequently reported medical conditions. 1 About half the

At the University of York in England, Hugh MacPherson and scientists said the benefits of a short course of acupuncture was effective in treating patients with low back pain and that the benefits seem to improve with time. This was