The New South Wales Opposition is calling on the Government to provide extra training places in hospitals for university students in their final year of radiology.

Study supports round-the-clock monitoring.

Too many aren't consuming recommended levels, experts say.

Patients dialling 999 can be treated by paramedics rather than be rushed to hospital for care, trial findings suggest.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has checked out of a rehab clinic in Utah where she went in August following charges of drunken driving and cocaine possession, People magazine reported on Friday. The celebrity magazine cited several unnamed sources for its

While there has been some transmission of bird flu among the family members of those first infected through close interaction with ill birds, the virus has not yet evolved to the point where it can spread easily among humans. But

In just under a decade, hospitalizations related to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in Canada increased by 25%, rising from 3,296 in 1996-1997 to 4,104 in 2004-2005, according to new analysis from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). ATVs include both

Smoking prevalence among people with disabilities is nearly 50 percent higher than among people without disabilities (29.9 percent vs. 19.8 percent), according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Preventing Chronic Disease. The

The Royal College of Physicians said today that the UK was failing to help heavily addicted smokers who find it the most difficult to give up. Speaking at the launch of a new College report 'Harm reduction in Nicotine Addiction:

Efforts to shut down horse processing plants in the United States have led to increased abandonment and neglect of horses in this country and the inhumane death of horses in Mexico, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

Enterprize finalist, Dendright, will be pitching its vaccine technology for rheumatoid arthritis to venture capitalists and the public for a $100,000 prize next week.

Iraq's national security adviser said on Friday he strongly opposed any military attack on Iran and, in contrast to the Bush administration's policy, said the option should not even be considered. "Attacking Iran? I say a big fat no. It's

Several medical groups affiliated and aligned with Sutter Health have been honored as tops in quality by the independent and highly respected health care leadership group, the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA). The recognition is part of the IHA's annual Pay

One of the largest annual health and safety conferences on the East Coast, Pennsylvania's 81st Governor's Occupational Safety and Health Conference, is just around the corner and there's still time to register. The two-day conference, Oct. 15-16 at the Hershey

Norway's Agency for Development Cooperation, Norad, has commissioned a study to identify Best Practice and Innovative examples of Capacity Development (CD) in Low-Income African countries. The cases should be from the public sector, in the fields of Health, Education, Water,

For the more than 50 million Americans who experience the phantom sounds of tinnitus -- ringing in the ears that can range from annoying to debilitating -- certain well-trained rats may be their best hope for finding relief.