Health/Science

Britain’s National Health Service is to be slimmed down, smartened up and democratised to deliver better quality care, Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, announced yesterday. In the sixth major reform of the service in 20 […] […]

NEW YORK—Vivus Inc.’s potential weight loss drug Qnexa will likely draw scrutiny over nervous system and psychiatric side effects from a panel of Food and Drug Administration experts this week. But shares jumped in morning […] […]

Leading doctors in Britain will today demand tough government action to curb the nation’s addiction to unhealthy food, and so help halt spiralling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Senior medical figures want to […] […]

Reusing shopping bags may be good for the environment but harmful to your health. Those handy woven polypropylene bags that can be squeezed small and tucked into a purse can become a comfy home for […] […]

BOTOX shots, cosmetic injections typically used to smooth facial wrinkles, will now be able to help patients in the UK who suffer from debilitating headaches. The toxin, which paralyses muscles to reduce temporarily the signs […] […]

An innovative pacemaker not only keeps a 13-year-old boy’s fragile heart ticking, it also lets his doctor keep watch on it from hundreds of kilometres away. The device, part of a medical system introduced this […] […]

Cancer patients may benefit from seeking out new sources of mild stress, like joining a sports team, a ground-breaking study led by a New Zealand neuro-scientist suggests. “People tend to think that cancer survivors should […] […]

A HEALTHY woman in her thirties suffered a cardiac arrest and died while using a sex toy. Nicola Paginton, 31, was found dead by friends at her home in Cirencester in southwestern England in October last […] […]

A “BIG-BUDGET” pornographic movie was shot in a London hospital that hired out one of its wards to a film company, a British MP has revealed. The X-rated film generated “substantial income” for the hospital, […] […]