+That's Interesting

Aspiring Medical Centre physician Dr Simon Brebner is known in Wanaka for his bright shirts, funny quips and relaxed attitude towards his work. So what makes him tick? Sean Nugent found out

People who had to worry about every cut or bruise being potentially lethal now heal normally after a single treatment
 

Seventeen million babies under the age of one are breathing toxic air, putting their brain development at risk, the UN children's agency has warned

The Philippines has launched an investigation into the immunisation of 730,000 children with a dengue vaccine that could pose health risks
 

Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime. By Susana Ferreira

 

Medications can change body chemistry to make it more hospitable to invading microbes

Professor Philip Bagshaw, founder of the Canterbury Charity Hospital, says the country is stuck in an austerity model for health and it's about time doctors spoke out about it moving to an investment model
 

The prospect of focusing the beams without destroying tissue might someday diagnose or even restore faulty brain circuits

Scarlet fever hit its highest level in England for 50 years, with more than 17,000 cases reported in 2016 - research in the Lancet shows