For many Europeans, summer holidays revolve around bathing water — whether it is snorkelling in turquoise seas, swimming in a lake or surfing. So it is natural that people have a keen interest in the quality of the bathing waters at this time of year. The report assesses bathing water quality in 2013 in all EU Member States plus Albania …

In an inspiring story, a formerly obese teenager transformed herself and became a beauty pageant queen. She told how cruel taunts from bullies inspired her to get fit. Kryfko struggled with her weight in middle school. “I was over 200 pounds,” she recalled. But, at just 14 years old, she made an adult decision to change her life forever. “I …

The rate of obesity continues to climb across the world’s most developed countries, with certain nations and groups of people such as women and the poor hit harder by the recent economic crisis, the OECD said on Tuesday. While rates are rising as much as 3 percent a year in countries such as Australia, France, Mexico and Switzerland, they have …

It might seem strange that in an ancient world full of danger that humans did not evolve to be stronger and more muscular. But we evolved to be weedy so that there was more than enough energy for the brain, which is arguably man’s greatest weapon. A study has found that over the course of evolution, essential molecules have changed …

A population of zebras has just secured the number one spot as Africa’s longest terrestrial wildlife migration, hoofing it more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) round-trip between Namibia and Botswana. Researchers from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) in Namibia made the discovery using GPS collars attached to eight adult Plain zebra (Equus …

Abbotsford’s Timothy Gregg Bachman has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching, according to Abbotsford Police Department. The alleged offences took place in the 1990s and there is a court-imposed publication ban in place to protect the identity of the victim.

It’s a spot of bad news in an otherwise hopeful update on cancer in Canada. Skin cancer, one of the most preventable forms of the disease, is also one of the fastest-rising in this country, according to a new report from the Canadian Cancer Society that notes the death rate for all cancers combined continues to fall for most age …

Researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center have discovered a protein that causes over grooming in mice, a repetitive motor behaviour linked to autism. The find could lead to an autism cure in the future

A group of south Florida fishermen caught a rare sawfish over the weekend near the Boynton Inlet. Dustin Richter said the fish was more than 10 feet long and weighed around 500 pounds. “I kinda got to the light and we saw the fish, realized it was a sawfish,” Richter told the station. “We were amazed, because it was 11 …

The Nigerian military claims to know the whereabouts of more than 200 girls abducted by Islamist extremists but says a rescue attempt could endanger the lives of the captives. Badeh assured journalists and relatives of the abducted teens that the rescue operations were ongoing, later adding, “we are working. We will get the girls back.”

For many, a diet soda seems like a healthy choice. But over the past few years, studies have indicated swapping out a sugar-laden regular cola for a diet cola may not be that good for you after all. In response to this research critical of their member companies, a brand new project funded by the American Beverage Association suggests once …