A DENTIST was yesterday accused by Rhona Brankin, the deputy health minister, of staging a "political stunt" after he moved 1,000 of his patients out of the NHS.

THE Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a warning yesterday over a red dye which has been linked to cancer.

CONSTANT text messaging and e-mailing causes a reduction in mental capability equivalent to the loss of ten IQ points, according to research.

THE parents of the seriously ill baby Charlotte Wyatt yesterday failed to overturn a court order allowing doctors to let her die if she stops breathing.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to help the estimated 10,000 Scottish women who suffer from postnatal depression every year.

WOMEN are inventing family histories of breast cancer in order to receive treatment and in extreme cases have their breasts removed, a study by medical experts has found.

PUBLICANS should be at the forefront of enforcing the smoking ban in pubs, MSPs warned yesterday.

Scientists have found that a dose five times higher than the FDA-recommended dosage of potassium iodide in the event of a nuclear accident is needed to protect small animals effectively from radioactive iodide in medical imaging procedures. The long-term animal

Researchers at UCSD and UC Irvine have captured on video for the first time chemical signals that traverse human cells in response to tiny mechanical jabs, like waves spreading from pebbles tossed into a pond. The scientists released the videos

Because of problems with adherence to a daily oral dose of naltrexone, the effectiveness found in treating alcohol dependence with a once-a-month injection of naltrexone could improve long-term treatment outcomes, according to a study in the April 6 issue of

Compelling evidence indicates that in people with a history of heart disease, physical exertion and emotional stress can trigger heart attacks, some of them fatal.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, patients with chronic fatigue syndrome respond to placebos at a lower rate than people with many other illnesses, according to the first systematic review of the topic.

Last year, a colleague of mine met an HIV-positive widow who was having unprotected, albeit consensual, sex with many men in her Western Province village. When my colleague asked her why she was doing that, she replied that that that

The human person is at the centre of this world. Everything that exists is in reference to the human person. This is the specific reason why anything that shakes man's harmonious existence is fought tooth and nail.

New research shows how some items stand out from the pack during a search. It's as if your brain quietly and quickly highlights what matters, glossing over what's irrelevant.

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