Medical News

A new way of successfully growing liver cells outside the body has been developed by scientists. The technique could offer an alternative to conventional liver transplants.

Spending by major pharmaceutical companies to U.S. doctors exceeded $1 billion in 2012, according to some newly released figures.

London - The College of Emergency Medicines has urged the U.K. government to urgently reform the accident and emergency services. The services are said to be facing potentially critical pressures.

London - A report issued by the British Medical Association (BMA) has raised that the U.K.'s child welfare standards are below-par.

William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk, describes how NASA spinoff technology has turned science fiction into science fact via specially recorded video.

Peoria - A two year-old girl, born without a windpipe, has successfully received a bioengineered replacement made with her own stem cells.

A new smartphone app that can use the in-built smartphone camera to analyze urine, and then to check for a range of medical conditions, has been launched.

Somerdale - A four-year-old boy named Riley O’Brien needs a heart and two lungs transplanted as soon as possible. In fact, he’s needed the transplant for his entire life, starting before he was even born.

Scientists have shown that fecal transplant, transferring the stool of a healthy person into the gut of someone with an antibiotic resistant microbe infection, has a high success rate.

Prague - The lower house of the Czech Republic parliament has approved legislation to make use of marijuana for medical purposes legal in that country.