Joan Rivers 'serious' in New York hospitalJoan Rivers, the acerbic US stand-up comic and octogenarian television presenter, remained seriously ill in a New York hospital for a second day.
30 August 2014 11:51
'Ice Bucket Challenge' passes $100 mn markThe "Ice Bucket Challenge" viral craze has raised more than $100 million after sweeping the globe since its launch last month.
30 August 2014 10:43
Kazakhstan makes first brain tumor surgeryNational Center for Neurosurgery in Astana has successfully remove a brain tumor located close to motor cortex - the first such surgery in Kazakhstan.
28 August 2014 16:57
US diplomats banned from Ice Bucket ChallengeIt is the charity stunt that has got everyone from billionaires to pop stars and even former US presidents drenched by buckets of freezing water
Peace Corps withdraws from W. Africa over Ebola fearsThe US Peace Corps announced it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to growing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa.
Two Americans, Freetown resident latest Ebola victimsAlarm soared in west Africa Monday over the deadliest Ebola virus outbreak yet, with an American doctor and a missionary contracting the disease in Liberia and the death of the first victim from Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
28 July 2014 12:30
Paracetamol no better than placebo in low-back pain: studyParacetamol, the first-choice lower-back pain killer, worked no better than dummy drugs administered in a trial of more than 1,600 people suffering from the condition, researchers said
25 July 2014 10:17
Geneticists find 100+ DNA pointers for schizophreniaA massive gene trawl has linked over 100 DNA coding mutations to schizophrenia, yielding critical clues about what causes the illness and possibly how to treat it, scientists said
