Doctor News

Morgantown - It has long been held that handshaking is a vector for the transfer of disease-causing bacteria from one individual to the next. But an on-the-rise greeting trend could be a step in the right direction for reducing the spread of disease.

Kent - A British grandfather showed up at a school to pick up his granddaughter to take her to a doctor's appointment. The school mistakenly released another girl with the same last name as his granddaughter who was then erroneously taken to the doctor.

Ohio - It seems Google Glass can do more than take videos of cats and talk to friends, as one doctor from Ohio State University has shown.

A highly-regarded anesthesiologist in Russia was recently fired after he brutally beat a heart surgery patient, who later died.

A doctor in Brazil could prove to be one of history's worst serial killers of mankind, according to the British newspaper The Guardian.

Virginia Soares de Souza is being investigated by the Brazilian health authorities on suspicion of intentionally killing close to 300 patients to free up hospital beds at the Hospital Evangelico in Curitiba, south Brazil.

Toronto - A beloved Toronto doctor from the Little Italy area has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of one of his young patients.

Los Angeles - Reports say that reality TV star Kim Kardashian, expecting a baby with her boyfriend Kanye West, was rushed to the doctors on Tuesday night fearing she was having a miscarriage.

A woman in central Sweden went to the doctor because she had a sore shoulder but instead of receiving care she ended up being invited to the doctor's home and was given a sex toy as a gift.

Melbourne - A bottle of vodka turned out to be a puppy's best friend after the inquisitive pup drank antifreeze and began to go into kidney failure.