Common Irregular Heartbeat May Pose Risks for Surgery Patients
WHO Endorses Experimental Drugs for Ebola Patients
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given a green light for the use of unproven drugs to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in four West African countries.
Obese More Likely to Survive Serious Bloodstream Infection
Preemies' Thinking Skills May Catch Up by Adolescence
Cameroon Fears Ebola Spread from Nigeria
The Ebola scare has gripped Cameroon following reports that cases of the disease were imported from neighboring Nigeria.
For Heart Attack Survivors, More Exercise Isn't Always Better, Study Says
WHO Experts Give Nod to Using Untested Ebola Drugs
Bioengineers create functional 3D brain-like tissue

Confocal microscope image of neurons (greenish yellow) attached to silk-based scaffold (blue). The neurons formed functional...
Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Supported by WHO and UNICEF Kicks Off in Iraq
Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease.
Ebola: UN health agency convenes ethical review of experimental drugs

A government health worker at the Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone attends to a...