Health/Science

A PINK pill designed to boost sex drive in women – the latest attempt by the US drug industry to find a female equivalent to Viagra – fell short in two studies, federal health regulators […] […]

AFTER allegedly killing three of his patients, surgeon Jayant Patel told a nurse the central Queensland community of Bundaberg was lucky to have him because he had made the hospital “a lot of money”, a […] […]

MUCH as the public now accepts disabilities such as paraplegia as part of everyday life, they must allow dementia sufferers into the mainstream. And carers should give those with dementia as big a stake in […] […]

AUSSIE men who bypass doctors and buy drugs online for erectile dysfunction risk poisoning themselves, a leading urologist has warned. The Urological Society of Australia says new research shows counterfeit versions of Viagra and Cialis […] […]

A doctor missed ‘a unique opportunity’ to save Baby P from being tortured to death eight days before, it was claimed today. Dr Jerome Ikwueke, 63, noticed Peter Connelly was withdrawn and not his usual […] […]

AN easy-to-use blood-clotting drug that costs just a few dollars could save up to 100,000 lives each year from road accidents and violence. The Lancet reports doctors at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical […] […]

The Dutch have always had liberal views on sex. They led the world in developing open and frank sex education and were rewarded with one of the lowest rates of teenage pregnancy. But their tolerant […] […]

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s family sat solemnly across the courtroom from the doctor charged in the death of the pop legend, listening as a judge said today he could not suspend Dr. Conrad Murray’s […] […]

A POTENTIAL cancer drug developed from an Australian rainforest plant is set to progress to human trials after fighting off inoperable tumors in pets, the company behind it said today. Queensland firm QBiotics Ltd said […] […]

More than a third of people believe higher taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and unhealthy food would be the most effective way of cutting NHS spending, a survey found. If the money spent on healthcare has […] […]