Ever wonder your name and the ease or difficulty with which its pronunciation can be done can have major impact on the levels of your success, or failure for that matter.

It has been found by researchers from Melbourne, Australia, that the easy your name is on people's tongues the more bright your chances are of succeeding.

As per the suggestions by health officials in Sydney, water should be boiled before drinking so as to prevent any risk of illness from water contamination. According to the latest report, fearing a bacterium E. coli in the water, people are being advised to drink boiled water as well as take only sponge-bath.

It has been found by a team of investigators that a child, Joshua Elliott, one month in age, died at Sydney Children's Hospital on September 9, 2009 due to insertion of an incorrect catheter in his neck. It has been found that doctors were unable to determine the right catheter because of catheters being wrongly labelled.

While there is hardly any doubt left that sunbeds could instigate risk of skin cancer, state government has made it clear that by 2015, sunbeds were be prohibited for use. There have been reports indicating connection between sunbeds use and risk of melanoma cancer, but now the government has taken a firm stand on.

A new drug has come to Australian market which would help up to 200,000 elderly osteoporosis patients to improve their bone density. The drug Fosamax would cost $36 a month under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and would $6 for pensioners. For those who are not covered under the PBS, they would have to pay $45 a month.

It has been revealed that a Queensland researcher has found a novel treatment for throat cancer. Rajiv Khanna, who is a scientist at Queensland Institute of Medical Research scientist, has found that immunotherapy is quite beneficial for people suffering from throat cancer.