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Australian of the year Ita Buttrose has revealed both major parties invited her to join them but she decided she did not want to become a politician. Ms Buttrose told the National Press Club on ...

Britain s most senior doctor has called for a crackdown on cosmetic surgery, with tougher controls on who can offer the procedures which have become normalised in the pursuit of perfection

Seattle police are investigating reports that a fake nurse tried to obtain narcotic pain medication from several patients' rooms at Swedish Medical Center.

A woman impersonating a nurse entered patients rooms at Swedish Medical Center trying to steal pain medication.

At a summit in Abu Dhabi, Bill Gates and other leaders push for $5.5 billion to wipe out polio by 2018.

PUBLISHED: 00:12 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 00:12 GMT, 24 April 2013 The way we sneeze tells a lot about our personalities, according to an American study. Sneezing is a reflex action caused when ...

PUBLISHED: 00:56 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 00:56 GMT, 24 April 2013 The procedure uses a balloon-like device to create space between fractured bones in the spine which is then injected with ...

Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be available only on prescription, a UK review of cosmetic procedures has said.

A group of independent experts has slammed Britain's cosmetic surgery industry for not protecting patients adequately and is calling for stricter controls in the aftermath of a breast implant scandal in Europe last year that left tens of thousands of women with cheap silicone implants prone to ruptures. A top British health official, meanwhile, signaled support for their recommendations.

Patients are getting lost in hospitals across the UK because they are constantly being switched from ward to ward amid pressures on A & , nurses say.