Health/Science

WESTERN Australian Premier Colin Barnett says he does not support a backbench MP’s proposal for women seeking abortions to first undergo 3-D colour ultrasound imaging and view the foetus. State Liberal MP and former pastor […] […]

SURGEON Jayant Patel told a patient he needed to ‘whip out’ the man’s entire bowel because it ‘doesn’t like your body’, a court has heard. Dr Patel has pleaded not guilty to the grievous bodily […] […]

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Guinness World Records has recognized a Minnesota man as the tallest man in the United States. The Guinness World Record Association measured Rochester’s Igor Vovkovinskiy (voh-kov-IN’-ski) at 7 feet, 8.33 inches tall […] […]

A HOSPITAL bug that has killed thousands of people overseas has been found for the first time in Australia. The highly infectious and potentially deadly strain of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been found in […] […]

A NOTTS GP has been charged with causing actual bodily harm. Dr Parvaze Khalique, had worked at Giltbrook Surgery, in Nottingham Road, Giltbrook, prior to being arrested and charged by police over the alleged offence […] […]

Authorities fear at least 12 women may have been deliberately infected with the HIV virus by a Zimbabwe-born circus acrobat. Australian citizen Godfrey Zaburoni, 31, appeared in a Sydney court today for an extradition hearing […] […]

BEMIDJI, Minn. — A Minnesota mother has given birth to a baby boy while driving herself to the hospital, with the newborn’s father steering the car from the passenger’s seat. The Pioneer of Bemidji says […] […]

Doctors are investigating 15 deaths which are being linked to a surge in superbug cases at a Greater Manchester hospital. The M.E.N. has learnt the superbug Clostridium difficile (C diff) is listed as a cause […] […]

A ROTTEN egg smell has made 22 people ill, stopped traffic and closed scores of businesses in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton. Paramedics have treated 22 people for headaches, nausea and vomiting. Three people […] […]

MIRAMAR, Fla.—Caribbean food products maker Grace Foods USA is voluntarily recalling two batches of its canned corned beef because they have higher than acceptable levels of a drug used to treat cattle for parasites. There […] […]