More older mothers, obese mothers A soon-to-be-released inquiry into obstetric care in the UK will show that hospitals are battling to cope with rising numbers...

Disgraced doctor removed ovaries unnecessarily An Irish doctor may be prosecuted for performing dozens of unnecessary hysterectomies. Michael Neary, of County Louth, was deregistered in...

Is obesity really just as big a threat to humanity as terrorism? Which of these should keep you awake at night counting the minutes till...

3% of all births, but one-third of all birth defectsGenetics has become the latest battleground in British multiculturalism. A government minister has called for a...

As many as 500 kidneys sold or extorted Pathetic stories of men who sell their kidneys to support their families are hardly new in India....

al-Qaeda recruits mentally impaired women As the notorious experiments in concentration camps by Nazi doctors showed, doctors who ignore informed consent can be responsible for...

Researchers hose down early optimism How long will it be before California’s US$3 billion stem cell initiative produces cures for dread diseases? Five years? Ten...

Yamanaka's latest research allays fears of tumours More progress on the reprogrammed stem cell front. The Japanese scientist who discovered last year how to create...

The clincher, producing a stem cell line, is yet to come After a decade of trying and a spectacular fraud in South Korea, a California...

Could be first in world to contend with new wrinkle in debate The state of South Australia could become the first jurisdiction in the world...