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Several people in Quesnel, B.C., have filed complaints about their hospital's general surgeon, Dr. Fernando Casses. They claim they suffered needlessly - and were damaged permanently - when he failed to address serious complications from his surgeries.

(AP) ? WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita city leaders are establishing a mental health court to provide treatment and support, rather than punishment, for people with severe mental problems who break th...

GREAT FALLS, Montana -- As reported by the Great Falls Tribune: 'When the owners of the Prospector Casino went to the city's Design Review board in April to present plans to freshen up the exterior of...

Pets with the most outrageous health claims might earn a Hambone Award.

Forbes.com released a list of the most stressful American cities with Chicago, Ill. taking the top spot.

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - Fear of H1N1 flu will stop devout Neapolitans from performing the time-honored ritual of kissing the blood of their patron Saint Gennaro when the city's annual festival begins later this month.

After three years operating in downtown Moncton, organizers of the city's needle exchange program believe there is a growing need to expand the initiative into rural areas outside the southeastern New Brunswick city.

Any company selling products that addict and eventually kill 400,000 customers annually might well be reluctant to point out the health dangers. So the federal courts should be mighty skeptical when Big Tobacco screams about its First Amendment rights to keep peddling cigarettes without the oversize health warning labels ordered by Congress this year. . . . For decades, tobacco firms hid the devastating health risks of smoking, made bogus safety claims, and pitched smoking to teens. Despite that history as a rogue industry, the tobacco companies contend in their lawsuit that tobacco products are legal and, therefore, they have a right to market widely and refuse labels that 'stigmatize their own products.' The case likely will reach the Supreme Court, which decisively struck down restrictions on billboard tobacco ads on free speech grounds in 2001. Were the industry's broad legal challenge to succeed, FDA regulation of tobacco would be virtually meaningless. Maybe Big Tobacco wi

In China, where schools started their autumn term a week ago, the authorities yesterday confirmed 15 more students have contracted the A/H1N1 swine flu virus. According to state news agency Xinhua, all 15 patients, who are studying at the Shuikou Township Middle School in Qionglai City and Chengdu University of Technology in Chengdu, southwest Sichuan Province, are in a stable condition.

A new study of 3,000 people has claimed men and women with thighs over 60cm (23.6in) in circumference have a lower risk of heart disease and early death. People with narrow thighs may not have enough muscle mass to use insulin properly, raising the risk of diabetes and, in turn, heart disease, the researchers say.