Helping nature: Inducing labour avoids cesarean for some moms

Move over, Mother Nature. First-time moms at low risk of complications were less likely to need a cesarean delivery if labour was induced at 39 weeks...

N.B. man dies after single wasp sting, had no idea he was allergic

FREDERICTON — A 43-year-old New Brunswick man has died after being stung by a wasp, although his family says he had not previously displayed signs of...

Study: 1 in 7 children of Zika infected moms have problems

NEW YORK — One out of every seven babies born to U.S. mothers who were infected with Zika during pregnancy developed some kind of health problem,...

Chinese astronomers discover giant star rich in lithium

BEIJING — Chinese astronomers have discovered the most lithium-rich giant star ever known, which could shed new light on the evolution of the universe. With 3,000 times...

New drugs put cancer cells into ‘permanent sleep’

SYDNEY — Australian scientists said they have discovered a new type of drug that targets specific proteins to arrest the growth and spread of cancer, without the...

Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C

Jails, prisons slowly loosen resistance to addiction meds

GREENFIELD, Mass. — Four inmates sit silently in the library of the Franklin County House of Correction one summer morning. But these men aren’t here to...

Older people less likely to recognize errors they make

WASHINGTON — A new study published in the latest issue of Neurobiology of Aging showed that the older people get, the less apt they may be to...

DOH launches search for HIV/AIDS ambassadors

MANILA–In a bid to increase the public awareness on ways to prevent HIV-AIDS among the youth, the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday launched the tri-beauty...

Close to 1K persons with HIV recorded in June

MANILA — Almost 1,000 persons in the country were included on the list of reported new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for the month of June....