Health/Science

Canada is pulling flavoured cigarettes and cigars off store shelves today to discourage children and youth from picking up the habit. The legislation makes it illegal for retailers to sell cigarettes, cigarillos and blunt wraps […] […]

To some, it is a cultural ritual. Others consider it a cosmetic procedure that ensures a son will look like his father. A growing faction believes it can save lives. Still others say it is […] […]

A ST GEORGE man who was upset about the payment of his benefits caused a full-scale bomb alert when he threatened to blow up job centres across the city. Qumar Ahmed, of Church Road, went […] […]

TODAY would have been David and Susan Purnell’s 35th wedding anniversary. Tragically, Mrs Purnell will be remembering the day alone after her husband died, aged 59 – a victim of working with asbestos. When Mr […] […]

Couples whose sexual relationship has vanished into thin air like so much birthday-candle smoke tend to blame the ravages of time: boredom, menopause, just getting older. But those aren’t the real problems. A 2008 study […] […]

Half of children (50%) think they have seen their parents drunk at some time, according to a survey just published. Almost a third (30%) of children feel scared when they see adults drinking, the study […] […]

It is a brave woman to take on a complacent nation and demand that abortions are removed from the Crimes Act and become their own domain under a piece of legalisation currently called the Abortion […] […]

A GRUELLING 12-hour multi-organ transplant was successfully completed on a 32-year-old patient early today, marking a medical first for Australia. As a result, Brendan Cole’s dream of marrying his sweetheart Kirrily on a Fijian beach […] […]

HAVANA—Cuba’s state-run media said Saturday that an opposition activist who has refused food and water for 129 days has actually gained weight due to intravenous feeding, but that he has suffered a blood clot that […] […]

Thousands of children in parts of central London are suffering levels of malnourishment similar to those found in developing countries, a leading GP warned today. Dr Sam Everington laid bare the scandal of poor health […] […]