Health/Science

A mum-to-be is in little doubt that her baby boy is doing fine – after he gave her the thumbs-up in an amazing hospital scan. Marie Boswell, 35, says friends and family have been stunned by […] […]

POISON frontman Bret Michaels has been released from hospital after suffering a “warning stroke” yesterday. OK! Magazine reported Michaels, 47, was apparently suffering numbness on the left side of his body yesterday and went to […] […]

BERLIN — The manager of U2 says that frontman Bono has undergone emergency back surgery in a Munich hospital after he was injured while preparing for the group’s tour. The 50 year old, whose real […] […]

EIGHTIES pop legend Adam Ant has been committed to psychiatric care after ranting at Christians during a Church Hall event. The troubled star, who suffers from bipolar disorder, was hospitalised on Tuesday night in London. […] […]

NIAGARA FALLS, ONT.—A new abortion law for Canada just isn’t in the cards, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday as the issue continues to bubble and backbench Conservatives press for new legislation. Harper’s statement came […] […]

Alleged incidents took place between 1962 and 1971 York Region’s former medical officer of health faces more than a dozen sexual assault charges dating back nearly 50 years. John Owen Slingerland, 87, of Mount Albert […] […]

A WEST Australian Greens MP has introduced a Bill that will pave the way for legalised euthanasia in the state, angering Christian groups. Robin Chapple introduced the Voluntary Euthanasia Bill into Parliament today, which would […] […]

PAN Pharmaceuticals founder Jim Selim, who successfully fought the Federal Government after it banned 219 of his alternative medicines, has died at the age of 68. His long-time solicitor Andrew Thorpe said Mr Selim died […] […]

Even preschool teachers unwind with a round of drinks now and then. But in professional kitchens, where the hours are long, the pace intense and the goal is to deliver pleasure, the need to blow […] […]

A US doctor was awarded US$15m (A$17.55m) in damages after claiming that anti-wrinkle drug Botox gave her botulism. Sharla Helton, 48, told a court in Oklahoma that she was forced to sell her medical practice […] […]