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Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
Hire scheme aims to get Londoners on bikes
A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire will hit the streets of central London on Friday when the city's mayor Boris Johnson launches a scheme intended to fuel a cycling revolution in the congested capital.
Stemcells coaxed to rebuild bone, cartilage
Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.
Alcohol eases rheumatoid arthritis: study
Drinking alcohol may help reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis and cut the risk of developing the painful and crippling disease, a study published Wednesday has shown for the first time.
AstraZeneca bloodthinner goes before U.S. experts
AstraZeneca Plc's experimental blood thinner goes before U.S. advisers on Wednesday, facing questions over why a trial of the potential blockbuster drug failed to cut heart attacks and deaths in North American patients.
China trains fur farm foxes to combat rat plague
Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
Hospital denies suspected killer got new liver
The widely reported liver transplant at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital to alleged killer Johnny Concepcion never took place, a spokesperson told Reuters Health on Tuesday.
Mom's pregnancy diet not tied to wheezing risk
A woman's overall diet during pregnancy may not be related to her child's risk of developing wheezing problems by preschool age, a new study suggests.
Philippines claims success on organ trafficking
The Philippines said Wednesday that efforts to stop poor people from selling their kidneys to rich and mostly foreign patients had worked.
Health group sues FDA over antimicrobial soap
A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products.
Africa must focus on maternal health: ex-Irish president
Ex-Irish president Mary Robinson urged African leaders Wednesday to boost support for maternal health, during a visit to Sierra Leone where mortality rates are among the highest in the world.
Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.
Indian minister warns of fruit and veg hormone injections
Indian farmers are injecting a hormone sometimes given to women during childbirth into vegetables and fruits to make the produce ripen sooner and gain weight, an Indian minister has warned.
Heatwave smog turns Muscovites into heavy smokers
The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution 10 times above safe levels and Russia's chief lung doctor on Wednesday said residents were inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes every few hours.
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