Doctors from Alfred Hospital are working on a new technique to treat tumors. The new technique involves using a precisely targeted electric "zap" to kill tumours. In this technique two thin needles are inserted into the body to surrounding the tumour then 90 pulses of high-voltage electricity is passed through the tumour over 45 seconds.

San Francisco - Flu is far from the only sickness making the rounds this time of year. Millions of people are also at risk from "cyberchondria," according to a report released Tuesday by a pair of Microsoft researchers.

The threat comes from the growing number of people who dash to the internet as soon as they feel an unusual twinge, pain or anything else that could be a symptom of sickness.

Here’s something to wake you up. A new report of University of Queensland predicts that people are more likely to suffer heart failure in the winter season.

A team of researchers from the Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Cardiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital examined the seasonal differences in hospital admissions and deaths in 2961 patients with chronic heart failure in South Australia over the period July 1994 to June 2004.

In order to promote safe sex drive, the UP State AIDS Control Society has decided to install nearly 250 condom vending machines in the city at key locations.

While giving this information at a press conference, SP Goyal, Project Director said, "It has been seen that despite all the awareness, people still hesitate in asking for condoms from the medical stores. The result is that they take the risk, which is not good. Condom vending machine would be a good zero-embarrassment option.”