Around 800 women participated in the Cancer Research UK's Race for Life in Perth. The 5km race was completed by hundreds of women in order to raise funds for the research as well as to raise funds for the same.

Some 91 years ago, a research was carried out after which insulin was used for the treatment of type-1 diabetes. It is now that a research is being carried out which will be able to control the condition on its tracks.

It has been revealed that A&E departments have been witnessing jam-packed rush. Acute overcrowding condition has led emergency ambulances to queue up for several hours so that they can offload patients.

France has confirmed the second case of deadly respiratory virus related to Sars. This has led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to raise an alarm that there are chances that the new virus has the capability of passing from person to person.

Resignation of Acting Deputy Commissioner for medical products and tobacco of the Food and Drug Administration is being analyzed by a House of Representatives panel.

The Energy and Commerce Committee has asked for information about the role played at the agency by Dr. Leona Brenner-Gati, who resigned from FDA on May 3, in a note to the FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.

Warnings by Health Minister Norman Lamb suggest that an ageing population has pushed NHS and social-care system to the brink of collapse.

Doctors are being offered up to £1,350 per shift to supply cover for GPs during evenings and weekends by Britain's biggest out-of-hours care contributor.

The GPs are being paid £150 for an hour for nine-hour shift in the absence of the regular staff.

Midwives have warned that lesser staff in maternity units around the country could lead to repeat the catastrophic systems failures that inflicted death on Savita Halappanavar.

A discovery by Irish scientists could reduce the chances of contacting whooping cough. The disease is highly contagious and caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. The disease leads to uncontrollable and violent coughing, which makes it difficult to breathe.

A health screening exercise was conducted on the alleged witches at the Kukuo camp in the Nanumba North District. It has revealed higher cases of hypertension among the inmates.

Madam Mariama Konadu, Deputy Director Accident and Emergency Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, expressed concerns over the situation and called the government to take steps on an urgent basis.