Health/Science

A senior hospital manager has been sacked after trying to suppress the details of how a 20-year-old man died, an NHS trust has said. John Moore-Robinson died after being misdiagnosed at Stafford Hospital with bruised […] […]

The family of a five-year-old girl who died after a ‘catalogue of errors’ said today that the doctors who failed to spot her deadly infection should face criminal charges and prison. Ayema Malik, who had […] […]

In basements and backrooms across the province, with outdated and unsterilized tools, a cottage industry of illegal and sometimes dangerous dentistry is thriving among immigrant communities, a Toronto Star investigation has found. Offering cut-rate prices […] […]

LOS ANGELES—California’s medical board has again asked a judge to suspend the license of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death. The state attorney general’s office argued in a brief filed Monday that the current […] […]

THOUSANDS of patients of a Wollongong doctor are urged to come forward for HIV and hepatitis testing after his practice was found unhygienic. Health authorities are in the process of contacting Dr Zakaria Lakhany’s former […] […]

Maryanne lived in a sexless marriage for 12 years and by the end of it she started to think that if her doctor told her that she had six months to live, that would be […] […]

AN experimental therapy has shown a high response rate and helps shrink tumours in lung cancer patients with a specific form of genetic alteration, according to results of a clinical trial. The Pfizer Inc drug […] […]

LAGOS, Nigeria—More than 160 poor villagers from Nigeria’s north died from lead poisoning while trying to leach gold from rock deposits, sparking evacuations as health officials try to come to grips with a crisis six […] […]

Scientists have worked out how the seasonal flu virus has become resistant to the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu and why these drug-resistant strains have spread explosively in the past two years. The H1N1 seasonal flu virus […] […]

New York – New York City anti-smoking signs depicting a decaying tooth, diseased lungs and a damaged brain violate cigarette vendors’ free speech and should be removed, tobacco companies and retailers said in a lawsuit. […] […]