Asia
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Sleeping pill risk of heart failure patients
Sleeping pills increase the risk of stroke and heart attack in heart failure patients eight-fold, Japanese researchers have found. Read more
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New boost for life expectancy
Life expectancy is improving across the world, in rich and poor countries, according to a report published yesterday. Read more
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Middle East virus threat grows
Concern is growing about the risks from the new Middle Eastern respiratory virus, world experts warned yesterday. Read more
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Endometrial cancer clue found
Aggressive forms of endometrial cancer are linked to high levels of a protein linked to appetite and blood pressure, a conference heard yesterday. Read more
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Syria fuels world polio crisis
The Syrian civil war has contributed to the re-emergence of polio as a global health threat, experts warned yesterday. Read more
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Pregnancy deaths fall – but still affect thousands
Deaths of pregnant women have nearly halved globally in the last 25 years – but still kill more than a quarter of a billion people every year, according to a new study today. Read more
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Time running out on antibiotic resistance
The world is running out of time to tackle the problem of drug-resistant infections, experts warned yesterday. Read more
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Kidney printing to boost surgery
Surgeons are beginning to use 3D models of kidneys to plan cancer operations, it has been revealed. Read more
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Air pollution’s global death toll
One in eight people worldwide is dying from air pollution, world health officials claimed today. Read more
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Antibiotic abusers revealed
Rates of antibiotic use vary massively in the countries on the fringe of the European Union, according to figures published today. Read more