Health/Science

THE European Union has banned Egyptian fenugreek seeds linked to E coli outbreaks in Germany and France and slapped a temporary ban on the import of all seeds and beans from the country. The decision […] […]

A TEST designed to spot chromosome abnormalities in eggs could be a “revolution” in fertility, helping older women determine their chances of having an IVF baby, doctors say. But in developing the test, they added, […] […]

GERMANY’S disease control centre says 40 people have now died in the European E. coli outbreak, but the number of new cases being reported has remained at a low level for more than 10 days. […] […]

There has been a major increase in cases of major depression and anxiety over the past two years, in Antigua and Barbuda The information was released by Vivia Pluck, a leading community psychiatric nurse and […] […]

TUBERCULOSIS has been in Britain since at least 300 BC, yet doctors are still under pressure to eradicate the disease. The perception was that the Western world had beaten TB, or that it was a […] […]

California medical officials revoked the license of the fertility doctor who helped “Octomom” Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments, according to a decision made public today. The Medical […] […]

FOR the first time researchers have analysed why people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) perform particular repetitive behaviours. Previous studies suggested compulsions, like constantly washing hands, checking locks or flicking light switches, were performed to […] […]

HAMILTON—A man believed to be the first in Canada convicted of murder through HIV transmission told a court Thursday that if he is ever released from prison he will always disclose his status to sexual […] […]

Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed the second full-face transplant in the US, less than a month after the first. A team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at Brigham and […] […]

US researchers have recreated the process by which ovarian cancer forms in the lab, providing solid evidence that the tumours start in the fallopian tubes, not the ovaries. The finding could provide clues on how […] […]