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POLICE INVESTIGATE SPITEFUL NOTE LEFT ON CAR FOR TERMINALLY ILL BOY OUTSIDE SHOPPING CENTRE
Her seven-year-old son has been left blind from the degenerative disease and is slowly losing his motor functions... READ MORE›
ENGLAND HIT BY 50-YEAR SPIKE IN BACTERIAL INFECTION
A new study says England is seeing a dramatic increase in cases of scarlet fever, an infectious disease that mostly affects children... READ MORE›
HOUSE-CLEANING, WALKING TO WORK, STAVES OFF DEATH
The World Health Organization recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week... READ MORE›
B.C. WOMAN WHO CHALLENGED RIGHT-TO-DIE LAWS GETS MEDICALLY ASSISTED DEATH
Based on that ruling and with another doctor's concurrence, Wiebe helped end Moro's suffering on Aug. 31... READ MORE›
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DICK GREGORY, COMEDIAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, DEAD AT 84
Dick Gregory, who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humour to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died... READ MORE›
COMMENT: WHAT DOCTORS KNOW ABOUT DEATH THAT THE REST OF US DONT
We want to believe that death is optional, so we don't talk about it, and we don't make plans for our deaths... READ MORE›
BRAZIL EBOLA CASE TESTS NEGATIVE
Souleymane Bah went to a public health centre in the town of Cascavel in the southern state of Parana after suffering a fever... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CLAIMS 'CURE' FOR MERS, AIDS AND EBOLA
According to the pro-North Korea website Minjok Tongshin, the drug was originally produced in 1996... READ MORE›
RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY
The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›
AUSSIE DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA AFTER BALI MONKEY BITE, EXPERTS WARN OF MISSED CASES
They had stumbled on a 27-year local man who contracted the disease despite having never travelled outside of Indonesia... READ MORE›
EVERY HALF AN HOUR, ANOTHER CHILD IS DIAGNOSED WITH LEPROSY
Poonam's journey could've been very different, had the disease not been detected and the impairments worsened... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD ZIKA VIRUS ACCORDING TO WHO SCIENTISTS
As climate change reaches almost every corner of the Earth's ecology, different diseases could be unleashed... READ MORE›
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›
JAPANESE WOMAN DIED FROM TICK-BORNE ILLNESS AFTER CAT BITE, HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS
A woman in western Japan died from a tick-borne disease last year after being bitten by a stray cat, the health ministry said... READ MORE›
NEW 15-MINUTE TEST TRIALLED IN GUINEA OFFERS HOPE FOR THOUSANDS
Ebola outbreak New 15-minute test trialled in Guinea offers hope for thousands... READ MORE›
EBOLA SCARE AT ASDA AS PATIENT TESTED FOR KILLER VIRUS
We have advised all front line medical practitioners dealing with patients to be alert to signs and symptoms of Ebola in those returning from affected areas... READ MORE›
CALEB BRATAYLEY DIED OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, FAMILY CONFIRMS
The doctor confirmed today that Caleb passed away from a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy that went undetected in his yearly checkups... READ MORE›
TREATING EBOLA: INSIDE THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITALS HIGH-LEVEL ISOLATION UNIT
Treating ebola inside the royal free hospital's high-level isolation unit... READ MORE›
PENTAGON TO CREATE MEDICAL SUPPORT TEAM FOR U.S. EBOLA RESPONSE
Three cases of Ebola have been diagnosed in the United States, prompting widespread concern about the potential spread of the virus... READ MORE›
HALF OF OLDER WOMEN UNCLEAR ON BREAST CANCER SYMPTOMS
National figures show that around 9,500 women a year die from breast cancer, of whom 5,400 are aged 70 or over... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS ARE SCANNING 100,000 PEOPLE TO OPEN A 'NEW WINDOW' ON THE HUMAN BODY
The brains, hearts, bones, arteries and body fat of some 100,000 volunteers will be scanned to create a massive database as part of the UK Biobank study... READ MORE›
EBOLA UNLIKELY TO BE CAUSE OF BRITONS DEATH IN MACEDONIA
Dr Roberta Marshall, Ebola incident lead at Public Health England, said We remain involved in discussions around the death of a British National in Macedonia... READ MORE›
ALMOST HALF THE WORLD COOKING AS IF IT WERE THE STONE AGE
Now we know air pollution gets into the bloodstream and leads to strokes and heart diseases... READ MORE›
GERMAN PARENTS JAILED FOR FORCING SICK SON TO STOP MEDICAL TREATMENT
Cystic fibrosis is a serious genetic disease that attacks the lungs, pancreas, liver, kidneys and intestine... READ MORE›
CDC: FIVE-STATE E. COLI OUTBREAK LINKED TO SOY NUT BUTTER
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since Jan. 6, people have also become ill in four other states California, Arizona, Maryland and Oregon... READ MORE›
THE AMAZING STORY OF PRISCILLA LOPES-SCHLIEP AND THE IOWA MOM
Jill Viles, in a recent photo with her son Martin, has a rare genetic mutation, one similar to former Canadian Olympic hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, right... READ MORE›
BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA ATTACKS JUNIOR OLYMPIAN TRACK STAR MICHAEL RILEY
In the US only three people out of 133 infected in the past 50 years have survived... READ MORE›
MICHIGAN COUPLE ALLEGEDLY RENTED OUT DISEASED BODY PARTS FROM CADAVERS
The government says Rathburn and his wife Elizabeth Rathburn rented out body parts for medical or dental training... READ MORE›
S KOREA MERS VIRUS TOLL REACHES 14
Authorities in South Korea have temporarily closed two hospitals amid persistent fears over the Mers virus outbreak which has killed 14 people... READ MORE›
JOHN GRISHAM SAYS HIS NEW BOOK IS SO IMPORTANT HE'S GIVING IT AWAY FREE
Focused ultrasound is a non-invasive treatment in development for cancer and other diseases that uses beams of acoustic energy to heat and destroy diseased tissues... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN CONSULATE SECURITY OFFICER DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
Initial police reports said Cergej Krivov, 63, was beaten in the head and face, but he actually died from hemorrhaging related to a tumor, the Medical Examiner's Office said... READ MORE›
NYC WOMEN CONTRACTED INFECTIONS FROM COSMETIC SURGERIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Eight women from New York City who had cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic contracted infections, the city's Health Department reported Thursday... READ MORE›
HAND WASHING WITH SOAP COULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
Hand washing improves school attendance by reducing the spread of preventable diseases, which means children are not staying home because of illness, it says... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS LAUNCH GLOBAL PROJECT TO MAP EVERY CELL IN HUMAN BODY
Scientists launched a global initiative Friday to map out and describe every cell in the human body in a vast atlas that could transform researchers' under... READ MORE›