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British medics could face jail for patient neglect
British doctors and nurses who neglect their patients could be jailed under government proposals announced Saturday, in the wake of a scandal at a hospital where hundreds died after receiving appalling care.
17 November 2013
Michael Jackson 'still loves me," says freed doctor
Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray said Wednesday that the late pop icon still loves him, and would be appalled by fans who attack him over the star's 2009 death.
31 October 2013
China doctors protest after murder by patient: media
Chinese hospital staff protested on Monday after a patient killed one doctor and wounded two more, local media said, in the latest violence to hit the country's overburdened medical sector.
28 October 2013
MSF denounces 'unprecedented' violence in C. Africa
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday denounced the "unprecedented" violence in the Central African Republic, urging all sides to respect civilian safety and calling for urgent international aid.
16 October 2013
Malala, Congolese doctor among Nobel Peace favourites
Teenage Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and a Congolese doctor dedicated to helping rape victims are the two most-hyped figures among pundits ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement.
10 October 2013
MSF pulls out of Somalia after 'extreme attacks'
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders closed all its operations in war-torn Somalia on Wednesday, warning of growing insecurity, after 22 years of working in the Horn of Africa troublespot.
15 August 2013
Australian doctors call for ban on smacking kids
Australian doctors Friday called for the smacking of children by parents to be made illegal, saying it was too easy to blur the line between reasonable discipline and abuse.
26 July 2013
Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers
More than 150 doctors from the United States and Britain have written to President Barack Obama urging him to grant independent medical care to hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees.
20 June 2013
Kosovo officials suspected of trafficking human organs from Kazakhstan
Kosovo officials suspected of trafficking human organs from Kazakhstan
20 May 2013
Jackson death doctor had huge debts, trial hears
Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray was in dire financial straits when he was hired to care for the US superstar.
03 May 2013
Jackson doctor refuses to testify at AEG trial
Michael Jackson's jailed former doctor refused Tuesday to testify at a trial in which the singer's mother is seeking massive damages from tour promoters she blames for hiring the medic.
03 April 2013
'Brazilian' could be pubic enemy No. 1
A trend for shaving, clipping or waxing pubic hair may encourage the spread of a skin virus.
19 March 2013
Doctors to decide if Pakistani girl to go abroad
A team of senior Pakistani doctors flew to Peshawar on Wednesday to decide whether a 14-year-old child activist needs medical treatment abroad after she was shot in the head by the Talibanю
11 October 2012
Olympics: Chinese doctor reveals state-sponsored doping
Chinese Olympians were subjected to a state-sponsored doping regime in the 1980s and 1990s, a retired chief medical supervisor revealed to Australian media on Friday.
27 July 2012
Kazakhstan-born doctor accused of $3.5 million fraud in U.S.
Kazakhstan-born Boris Sachakov has tried to cheat Medicare insurance fund in the United States.
15 June 2012
Korean and Kazakhstan doctors exchanged experience in Almaty
International experience exchange medical conference attended by Korean and Kazakhstan delegations completed in Almaty.
04 October 2011