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Parents of woman who died when Irish doctors refused to perform abortion meet with Indian government to demand justiceSavita Halappanavar, 31, was found to be miscarrying when she was admitted to Galway University HospitalThe dentist,…

A record number of doctors applied to be certified to treat obesity this year amid the soaring popularity of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.Nearly 1,900 doctors signed up for the annual exam this October, the medical board…

More than 100,000 operations and appointments may be cancelled from strikeWalkouts will be repeated next month to coincide with Tory party conference By Kate Pickles Health Editor Published: 19:57 EDT, 19 September 2023 |…

Consultants have taken to picket lines today in their ongoing row with the Government over pay.The senior medics walked out of hospitals across England at 7am this morning as part of a 48-hour strike and are providing a stripped-back…

Consultation considers minimum service levels that covering urgent care Junior doctors have so far held 19 days of industrial action in hospitals this year By Shaun Wooler Health Editor Published: 19:01 EDT, 18 September…

A Sri Lankan teenager had to have a wire surgically removed from his penis after a dangerous masturbating technique went wrong.The 17-year-old - who has not been named - had developed a fetish for putting electrical wire down his urethra…

Claims that the world is becoming 'overpopulated' have been in the zeitgeist for decades, but it's a lack of new babies that really concerns experts in developed countries.Japan announced this week that as many as a third of 18-year-old…

Calls for Covid face masks to return are ramping up amid increasing virus rates and the rise of a highly-mutated new variant.An Atlanta college has become the first since the government declared the pandemic over to mandate masks for…

Madonna's grueling preparation for her epic 80-show world tour may have left her vulnerable to falling ill, doctors warned today after news broke that the 64-year-old icon was hospitalized with a 'serious bacterial infection'.The…

A woman from Kentucky who was told to carry a fetus 'with no brain' for 18 weeks has slammed the state's male-dominated legislature as being out of touch.The fetus was diagnosed with anencephaly, a condition where the brain and parts of…