General Medical News

Doctors are calling for human tissue to be routinely kept for genetic testing whenever young people die without explanation.

How teenager Chas recovered from devastating injuries

Has anywhere on the planet escaped swine flu?

Enrollment has ended early in a large, multicenter clinical trial comparing two distinct resuscitation strategies delivered by emergency medical service (EMS) providers to increase blood flow during cardiac arrest. The study's independent monitoring board and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the lead sponsor of the study, stopped enrollment based on preliminary data suggesting that neither strategy significantly improved survival. One strategy compared different durations of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by EMS providers before they assessed whether defibrillation was needed, and the other strategy tested the potential benefits and risks of an investigational device to maintain pressure in the chest during CPR.

The rigors of medical training sharpen a doctor's ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of human afflictions. However, drug abuse and addiction are often insufficiently covered in medical school curricula, despite the fact that drug use affects a wide range of health conditions and drug abuse and addiction are themselves major public health issues.

The company that built Wembley Stadium wins the £670m contract to construct the New South Glasgow Hospital Campus.

German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.

A bowel cancer screening programme is delayed because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu.

Losses lead to "sombre mood" at Camp Bastion

Scientists have developed an atlas of the bacteria that live in different regions of the human body.

Doctors are warning expectant parents that at-home foetal heart rate monitors can give false reassurance.

Senior academics call on the UK government to respect the independence and freedom of its scientific advisers.

Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause damage to DNA across a cellular barrier - without having to cross it

A doctor says a baby in a right-to life case will be able to communicate with other people and will be better off at home.

In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you.

All schoolchildren and college students should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Tories say.

News two schoolgirls went into labour during exams, gave birth and continued with exams in the afternoon shocks Ugandans.

An international team including researchers with the National Institutes of Health has discovered that mutations in either of two related genes cause a severe and rare form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young children.

Parents are to lose their right to opt their children out of sex education classes once they reach the age of 15.

Why would a healthy couple kill themselves?