Health/Science

WE now have the most comprehensive analysis to date of common anti-inflammatory painkillers. The findings confirm that drugs such as Nurofen and Voltaren can significantly increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The findings regarding […] […]

PEOPLE with HIV are three times as likely to suffer strokes, said a study out today that has led researchers to question if antiretroviral drugs could be to blame. Among people living in theUS with […] […]

Ten years ago, pediatrician Gary Bean began noticing a trend in his Oakland practice. Babies were increasingly bigger, and they weren’t thinning out by the time they were crawling and walking. Toddlers came to appointments […] […]

A BRITISH man whose heart stopped for three-and-a-half hours was brought back to life by a machine that performed 20,000 life-saving chest compressions. Engineer Arun Bhasin, 53, was found lying unconscious in Croydon, south London, […] […]

NEW YORK — The long-term decline in the U.S. abortion rate stalled as the recession took hold, according to the latest comprehensive survey of America’s abortion providers. The Guttmacher Institute, which periodically surveys U.S. abortion […] […]

AUSTRALIA – A couple so desperate for a baby girl that they terminated twin boys are fighting to choose the gender of their next child. The couple, who have three sons and still grieve for […] […]

LOS ANGELES – A coroner’s investigator says she found 12 bottles of the anesthetic propofol in Michael Jackson’s’ bedroom and an adjacent closet. Investigator Elissa Fleak testified Friday that nine of the bottles were found […] […]

CHILEAN researchers say they are developing a vaccine against alcoholism that could be tested on humans starting next year and works by neutralising an enzyme that metabolises alcohol. The genetic therapy is based on aldehyde […] […]