Health/Science

While a number of companies have mounted campaigns against alcohol abuse among teens, many through glorified images are actually luring teens to drink. – Contributed Alcohol-related crime and disorder by young people is estimated to […] […]

DOCTORS in southern China are working around the clock to fulfil a government goal to sterilise — by force if necessary — almost 10,000 men and women who have violated birth-control policies. Family planning authorities […] […]

People with language problems after a stroke have speech therapy Imagine being unable to hold a conversation or make a phone call because you cannot understand what is being said to you or formulate what […] […]

Since the mid-1980s plasma products have been heat-treated to kill viruses A composer who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through an NHS blood transfusion has won a High Court challenge over compensation levels. Andrew March, […] […]

They are divided by geography and share no family link. But Claire Horner, Cheryl Richards and Cathy Sidaway are united by a very special bond: they have joined forces to have a baby.  After battling […] […]

As prom and graduation approach, civic leaders look for new ways to discourage families from allowing teens to drink For most of her life, Bridget Hegg has watched her parents mourn the loss of her […] […]

Electronics giant Samsung denied that workers at its semiconductor factories faced a bigger cancer risk as the world’s top memory chips-maker tried to quell health fears following employee illnesses and deaths. South Korea’s biggest company […] […]

DE MONTFORT University and the journal Ethnicity and Health will jointly host an international sickle cell social research conference from April 14-16 to mark the 100th anniversary since the first publication on sickle cell, called […] […]

A whistleblowing doctor is calling for a new law to limit the number of patients a nurse can care for. Surgeon Milton Pena, who exposed failings at Tameside Hospital in 2005, wants hospitals to adopt […] […]

Nushawn Williams, also known as Shyteek Johnson, knowingly spread the AIDS virus by having unprotected sex with a dozen women. His 12-year prison term expires Tuesday. Albany – State officials are trying keep a man […] […]