I remember when I was recently in Nairobi ,Kenyan asked me if it was true that in my country people knew the baby's sex before birth. With a smile on the verge of becoming a laugh I said yes, it ...
Hospital Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, this morning reported on the details of the first full face transplant in the world, which was held last March 20 by 30 professionals who were employed for 22 hours.
Quitting smoking makes you put on weight but carrying on smoking makes you gain more. That is the conclusion researchers have reached at the University of Navarra and have been monitoring people for 50 months.
Each year, the dengue virus infects 50 to 100 million people and kills on average 22,000, about three times higher than those killed by the virus A (H1N1) in 2009.
So says an article published ...
The cloud of ash that covered much of Europe has no health effects, except for people living near the volcano in Iceland.
This was stated today at the World Health Organization (WHO).
The consumption of GM foods involves substantial risks for growth and development and reproductive capacity of laboratory animals, according to a separate study conducted by a group of Russian scientists.
To have a healthy child it may no longer be sufficient to havejust an egg and sperm. In families in which they run, from generation to generation, disabling diseases such as muscular dystrophy or cerebral ataxia,...
Throughout their lives men health compares badly to that of women and the statistics concerning the health of men in the UK make uncomfortable reading:
45% of men are overweight
1/3 of ...
The Mayor is working hard to improve the capital's air through his draft Air Quality Strategy 'Clearing the air'. Read it now, then have your say in our air quality consultation which runs to 21 June.
Children with a particular variation of strabismus -- commonly referred to as "cross-eyes" -- appear highly likely to develop nearsightedness by adulthood, according to a new study.
In the study,...
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