Wednesday, April 30, 2014

'Superbugs' that can overpower antibiotics are spreading: WHO

By Kate Kelland LONDON, April 30 Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:37am EDT LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - The sprea...

How to tidy and take cuttings of dianthus

3. To plant your cuttiings, fill a pot with a gritty mix of compost, and strip anything from each stem that will be below compost level, s...

Gardening calendar: pick lilac and plant rosemary

2 Lift and divide narcissus Attend to your narcissus in the grass or borders, dividing older clumps and replanting them in groups of thr...

Abu Dhabi's Louvre displays treasures at the Paris one

By Johnny Cotton PARIS Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:17pm EDT French President Francois Hollande (C), Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al...

World Cup tourists face sky-high prices in Brazil

By Walter Brandimarte RIO DEIRO Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:53am EDT 1 of 2. A man arranges beach chairs at his stall...

Exercising in the heat? Cool down for better performance

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:05pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using cold water...

The superbugs we should all fear

WHO officials have warned of a crisis that is threatening to turn these common infections, which are currently easily treated with a short...

Caesarean section does not reduce fertility

Among low-risk first-time mothers, 224,024, or 21.4%, were delivered by Caesarean section, with fewer than 4% having an elective caesarean...

Bear Grylls: my volunteer hero, the Duchess of Cambridge

Looking back, I am so grateful to a few volunteers in my local Scouts who took time, when I was young, to teach me some basic survival s...

Eden Hall: a happy home for horse and human

They married and for 10 years ran a riding school in the Algarve, where Henry passed on to Sylvia all he knew about advanced riding. In 19...

American author Solomon wins Britain's Wellcome prize

By Michael Roddy LONDON Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:18pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) - American psychologist and wr...

J&J suspends sale of device used in fibroid surgery - WSJ

Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:01pm EDT (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson suspended sale of devices used in fibroid...

SeaWorld says San Diego killer whale is pregnant

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO Calif. Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:37pm EDT An Orca killer whale is seen underwater at the anima...

Exclusive: Sanofi explores $7 billion-plus drug divestiture - sources

Chris Viehbacher, Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi, poses for the media before the company's 2012 annual results presentation in Pari...

Andrew Solomon wins Wellcome Book Prize 2014

Academic and journalist Andrew Solomon has been announced as the winner of this year's Wellcome Book Prize for Far From the Tree: Pa...

GP out of hours services put patients at risk

In one service it was found that doctors had been employed without criminal records checks and references had not been looked at.. Anoth...

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

GP services have reached crisis point warns BMA

Applicants for GP training are at their lowest point since 2009, it was warned and adverts for GP partners are going unanswered. Dr Chaa...

Sunday, April 27, 2014

HIV Turns 30 Today

ABC US News | ABC Business News Copy It's been 30 years since scientists announced the cause of AIDS: a shift...

HIV Turns 30 Today

ABC US News | ABC Business News Copy It's been 30 years since scientists announced the cause of AIDS: a shift...

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Anthony Seldon: I have done all I can for Wellington, but not for Joanna

We met at Oxford in the Seventies, when I was directing plays, and she was renowned for her extraordinary intellect: her tutor, Professor ...

Friday, April 25, 2014

HIV Turns 30 Today

ABC US News | ABC Business News Copy It's been 30 years since scientists announced the cause of AIDS: a shift...

Alternative health: pregnancy

During her 12 years working as an obstetrician in the NHS, Gowri Motha became increasingly convinced that many of her colleagues were m...

Thursday, April 24, 2014

HIV Turns 30 Today

ABC US News | ABC Business News Copy It's been 30 years since scientists announced the cause of AIDS: a shift...

UK Doctor: 'I'd Rather Have HIV Than Diabetes'

ABC US News | ABC Business News Copy A U.K. doctor has stirred up controversy after writing an op-ed in the U.K. ...

HIV Turns 30 Today

ABC US News | ABC Business News Copy It's been 30 years since scientists announced the cause of AIDS: a shift...