Power of the media saves patient
22/4/2008 |
The life of a patient was saved this morning due to the stubborn efforts of a doctor and a talk show host.
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Polio doubles in Nigeria
21/4/2008 |
Polio cases in Nigeria have nearly doubled this year as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus and those unleashed by the vaccine itself.
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Pork workers - new nerve disorder
18/4/2008 |
Twenty-four pork plant workers in the US have come down with a mysterious neurological condition they appear to have contracted while removing brains from slaughtered pigs.
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No HIV in blood since 2005 - SANBS
18/4/2008 |
No HIV infections through blood transfusions have been recorded since 2005, the SA National Blood Service (SANBS) said.
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Dead soldier's sperm extracted
8/4/2008 |
A soldier's widow has succeeded in having sperm taken from his body and frozen four days after he died in Iraq, but experts said it's unlikely she would be able to bear his child.
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Syphilis spreading in US
13/3/2008 |
The US syphilis rate rose for the seventh straight year in 2007, driven by a continued surge in cases among homosexual and bisexual men, the CDC announced.
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'Little Mermaid' now walks
7/3/2008 |
Peru's "Little Mermaid" walked at her first day of kindergarten, more than two years after doctors performed a risky surgery to separate her fused legs.
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Robot dog eases loneliness
28/2/2008 |
A friendly dog can make older people feel less isolated - and it appears to make little difference if that wagging tail belongs to a robot doggie or the real thing.
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Scam of body parts uncovered
31/1/2008 |
A US nurse admitted he cut body parts from corpses and helped forge paperwork so the parts could be used in unsuspecting patients.
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Marijuana vending machines in LA
30/1/2008 |
The city that popularised the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.
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