Health/Science

(CNN) —South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in.  Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse. “She looked at me […] […]

A BABY boy in Gaza who featured in The Weekend Australian last Saturday has been flown to Turkey for emergency treatment. Five-day-old Seraj Abu Jarad was in a critical condition in Gaza as the hospital […] […]

A DEADLY terrorist weapon could be buried in the backyards of Darwin’s northern suburbs, US scientists fear. US authorities say melioidosis – commonly known as Nightcliff Gardeners Disease – is a potential bioterror threat.   The […] […]

It’s what many women have long suspected, but men are prone to attention-seeking when they’re not feeling well, according to new research. A study in the United Kingdom has determined how much blokes suffer – […] […]

LONDON – Scientists say being fat can have a negative impact on your sex life, especially if you’re a woman. In a new study, European researchers found obese women had more trouble finding a sexual […] […]

A GP struck off for giving vulnerable elderly people excessively high doses of morphine has admitted hastening the deaths of patients in his care, it has been reported. Dr Howard Martin, 75, of Penmaenmawr, Gwynedd, […] […]

By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE It would be inconceivable that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police would be appointed from say Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, or for that matter any of the Caribbean Islands. For Trinidad […] […]

The widow of a leading neuroscientist today told of the heartbreak of losing her husband after an out-of-hours GP mistakenly told him to stop taking potentially life-saving drugs. Alistair Hosie, 39, died 24 hours after […] […]

THE traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked anteater, even preserved porcupine. But this isn’t a roadside market in Africa _ it’s the heart of Paris, where a new study has found more […] […]

LOS ANGELES—Michael Jackson’s doctor requested but never received lifesaving gear from the concert promoter organizing the singer’s London shows, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. E-mails and a proposed contract detailing Dr. Conrad Murray’s […] […]