He'd been waiting for this day, and when his doctor handed him the mirror, Andy Sandness stared at his image and absorbed the enormity of the moment: He had a new face, one that had belonged to...

More than 800 knee replacement procedures were carried out last year, reaching a new record.  Replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP Chris Said, Health Minister Chris Fearne said the...

Cats would keep their claws under a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to prohibit declawing. The measure, which cleared the lower chamber of the Legislature last month, bans...

The World Health Organization says China has taken steps to end its once-widespread practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners but that it's impossible to know what is happening across the...

Scientists studying oysters along the Atlantic Coast have discovered a critical clue to understanding why more seafood lovers are getting sick from eating shellfish. Researchers at the University...

VGH today said that all standards and procedures in relation to recruitment of staff within VGH hospitals are being strictly adhered to.  In a statement replying to the Medical Association of...

Scientists may have figured out part of the reason why mosquitoes are drawn to people infected with malaria. Mosquitoes prefer biting people already sickened by malaria, apparently attracted by...

Shawn Blazsek knew a string of concussions from high school football and boxing was catching up with him. He would go days without sleeping and was forgetting how to tie his shoes. Still, at age 33,...

Dandruff, the tiny little flakes that fall on to our shoulders after a constant and uncontrollable itching on the scalp, is very often caused by a genetic condition known as seborrheic dermatitis....

When one has an attack of diarrhoea one looks for the diarrhoea sachets containing the electrolytes sodium, potassium and magnesium. These diarrhoea sachets have been taken by your parents and...