Health News On November 6, 2009

A woman's wedding night in Australia turned into a nightmare when she realized that she was allergic to her husband's sperm. ... Read more

According to The World Health Organisation,millions of people in South Sudan and Darfur need access to healthcare.

WHO funding for health care in Darfur is also set to run out within weeks, with no sign that donors struck by the financial ... Read more

An outbreak of flu and respiratory infections in Ukraine has raised the death toll to 95 but health authorities added that the epidemic is weakening.

"We have 633,877 people suffering from flu and acute respiratory infections," and among ... Read more

Swine flu vaccines reserved for the vunerable lot are now being made available to Wall street firms, which has angered the healthcare union.

The New York Department of Health said Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have applied ... Read more

An army psychiatrist mowed down twelve of his own colleagues at Fort Hood military base in Texas. Thirty one others were wounded.

The killer, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was himself shot by a policewoman, but his condition is said to be stable. ... Read more

Abbott’s drug eluting stents, XIENCE PRIME™ Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System and the XIENCE V® Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System have both received additional new CE Markings (Conformité Européenne), covering the treatment of patients ... Read more

The World Health Organisation has cautioned people to continue to protect themselves against swine flu and vaccination may greatly help in this exercise.

"At the WHO we remain quite concerned about the pattern we are seeing, particularly ... Read more

An international survey has pointed out that US healthcare needs major improvement in both access and quality, even though expenditure on healthcare may be double that of other developed nations.

Insurance restrictions and health care ... Read more

There has been a drastic increase in the number of injuries from hot tubs over last 18 years, say researchers.

The study conducted by the Centre for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital ... Read more

Curcumin, the active ingredient found in turmeric, may help ward off diseases like cancer, psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease. Researchers are now engaged in making capsules of this ingredient so that it may not get destroyed in the gastrointestinal ... Read more