Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical negligence could cost £15.7bn are examined by the Commons spending watchdog.

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday, transportation to the hospital by helicopter for trauma patients is linked to a 1.5 percent increased rate of survival when compared to ground transportation such as ambulance.

All governments have struggled with a solution to meet the costs of the social care - helping with things like washing, eating and the non-medical needs of the elderly and vulnerable.

After working as a senior product-development enginner at a medical device company, Elizabeth P. Cheung realized she wanted a job with more meaning and pursued a career in teaching.

Sometimes even the best laid plans go up in smoke. And sometimes these plans end up costing a lot of money. That's what happened to Mark Haile and Michele Hammer, two Arizona businesspeople who in August, 2010, loaned $250,000 each to Today's Health Care II (THC) http://www.todayshealthcaremeds.com, a Colorado-based medical marijuana dispensary. The agreements specifically stated that THC was using the loan proceeds for "a retail medical marijuana sales and grow center," but neither Haile nor Hammer thought that would ever be a problem. Marijuana is legal in Arizona and Colorado (along with 14 other states and the District of Columbia http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881 ); patients simply need a physician's prescription and they are legally allowed to obtain pot for medicinal purposes.