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Warning about chemical found in plastic bottles and food containers

A chemical used to make plastic bottles and other food containers, is suspected to be linked to hormonal and neurological problems.

17 Apr 2008

Surgery successful in removing Indonesian man's disfiguring bark-like warts

An Indonesian man so badly disfigured by warts that he has been dubbed the Tree Man of Java has had surgery to remove the bark like tissue growing from his hands and feet.

16 Apr 2008

No guarantee that bottled water is any better than tap water

How much do you spend on bottled water? If you buy certain brands thinking the water is cleaner or safer, experts say you may as well be pouring money down the drain.

15 Apr 2008

Sydneysiders consider class action over radiation poisoning

A class action against the New South Wales (NSW) government over alleged radiation poisoning is being considered by the relatives of a number of Sydney residents who died of cancer in the 1970s.

14 Apr 2008

Cancer cluster at a fire station in Queensland leads to statewide investigation

The investigation into a suspected cancer cluster at a fire station in north Queensland has failed to establish a link between the building and an increased rate of cancer.

14 Apr 2008

Cognitive ability tests are the best way for medical schools to select their entrants

The selection of tomorrow's doctors is an issue of enduring interest because it raises questions about predicting the characteristics of a good doctor, write Celia Brown and Richard Lilford from the University of Birmingham.

11 Apr 2008

Australian RAAF aircraft used to take obese woman to hospital

The chartering of an RAAF Hercules to transport an obese patient to hospital has triggered a heated debate.

9 Apr 2008

Nurses accused of manslaughter plead not guilty

The nurses 48 year-old Jennifer Annique Valentine of Reedy Creek and 51-year-old Michael George Gibbons of Hope Island, allegedly failed to alert doctors to an emergency situation and as a result a patient died.

9 Apr 2008

Using sunbeds under 35 could prove fatal

Eight out of ten sunbed users have increased their risk of a life-threatening form of skin cancer by around 75 per cent according to Cancer Research UK.

9 Apr 2008

Using street theater to channel the lessons of molecules

Molecules, any chemist will tell you, have lots to teach us. Giving voice to the lessons of molecules and other props of science, as the lamentable state of science literacy in the United States attests, is no easy task.

9 Apr 2008

Heart transplant recipient repeats suicide act of donor

In a bizarre turn of events a man given the heart of suicide victim has now committed suicide in the same manner; even more bizarre is that he had been married to the donor's widow for over a decade.

9 Apr 2008

Climate change and human health

Scientists tell us that the evidence the Earth is warming is "unequivocal." Increases in global average air and sea temperature, ice melting and rising global sea levels all help us understand and prepare for the coming challenges.

7 Apr 2008

FDA seizes body building supplements from LG Sciences

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on Wednesday U.S. Marshals seized more than $1,301,712 of dietary supplements from LG Sciences, LLC, of Brighton, Mich., because the products contain unapproved food additives and/or new dietary ingredients that cause the products to violate the law.

7 Apr 2008