Parents of terminally ill UK toddler launch new legal bid

The parents of terminally ill British boy Alfie Evans were to appeal  a decision preventing them from going to Rome for treatment on Wednesday, following high-profile interventions in the case f…

Team of US doctors performs world's first penis and scrotum transplant

Doctors at Johns Hopkins University said Monday they have performed the world's first total penis and scrotum transplant on a US military serviceman who was wounded in Afghanistan.The 14-hour operati…

China fights big smog with big air purifier

China has a found a novel way to tackle its massive air pollution problem: Putting up a giant air purifier the size of an industrial smokestack in the middle of a smog-plagued city.Instead of pumping…

Bill Gates hopes $4bn 'will half malaria deaths'

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said his foundation and other donors will be announcing nearly $4bn (?2.8bn) of new funding aimed at halving the number of deaths from malaria.Afte…

Malaria experts fear disease's resurgence

For the first time in 10 years, global malaria cases are no longer falling, sparking concerns about a resurgence of the too often deadly disease.Experts, and philanthropist Bill Gates, are urging cou…

Japan to trial 'world's first urine test' to spot cancer

A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world's first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.Engineeri…

Australian doctors calls flesh-eating ulcer 'a mystery'

Doctors in Australia have called for urgent research into why a flesh-eating ulcer has become a "worsening epidemic" in the state of Victoria.Local cases of Buruli ulcer, a skin disease most commonly…

Night owls risk dying younger, should sleep in: study

People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the Sun, researchers said Thursday.A survey of more than 430,000 people in …

Chinese baby born four years after parents' death

A baby has been born in China to a surrogate mother four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported.The couple, who died in 2013, had frozen several embryos hoping to have a …

Study highlights link between head injury and dementia

Suffering a traumatic brain injury from a blow to the head boosted dementia risk by 24 percent in a Danish study group of nearly three million people, researchers said Wednesday.The survey of 36 year…

Experts urge for a new system for Alzheimer detection

In an effort to speed research toward a cure for the most common form of dementia, experts urged a new framework Tuesday to diagnose Alzheimer's disease using biological clues, rather than symptoms o…

Patient dies from Russian hospital's error

Russian authorities are prosecuting doctors who accidentally gave a woman a fatal dose of formaldehyde instead of saline after an operation.A senior doctor at the Ulyanovsk hospital, Vladimir Demin, …

100 Injured In Bangladesh University Students Protest

Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country's top university left at least 100 people injured.Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at D…

UK rolls out sugar tax in battle against obesity

Britain on Friday joined France, Norway and Mexico in rolling out a sugar tax on soft drinks in an attempt to tackle obesity and tooth decay in children.Drinks containing five grammes of sugar per 10…

70 children killed by measles In Venezuela

At least 70 children from an indigenous tribe have died from an outbreak of measles in a remote jungle region of eastern Venezuela, a human rights group said on Thursday."The propagation started in e…

South Africa's 'Do It Yourself' battle against HIV

Self-testing kits and vending machines distributing prescription drugs are two ways that HIV treatment is being automated to reduce stigma in South Africa, home of the world's biggest HIV epidemic.Wi…

Study shows stem cell eye treatment is safe, restores some vision

Two people with severe vision loss due to a degenerative eye disease are able to read after embryonic stem cell treatment, researchers said Monday.The pair suffer from "wet" age-related macular degen…

Being overweight or obese does pose a risk of heart disease, despite claims to the contrary, a study of nearly 300,000 British adults suggested Friday.While it is generally accepted that being overwe…

33 containers of Tramadol seized by NAFDAC

Operatives of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have seized 33 containers filled with Tramadol, being transported to an unknown location in the country. This…

Study shows lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US

Persistent, low-level exposure to lead over decades is statistically linked to some 400,000 premature deaths in the United States each year, far more than previously thought, researchers said Monday.…