Moshe Rute survived the Holocaust by hiding in a barn full of chickens. He nearly lost the use of his hands after a stroke two years ago. He became debilitated by recurring nightmares of his childhood following his wife's death last year. (Sourc... [Full Article]
Medical devices are at risk from computer attacks and malware, government experts say. The problem, in part, stems from fears that updating or modifying existing software could break U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has dispatched a medical team to evacuate a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban if doctors decide she should be taken abroad for treatment, a UAE news agency reported on Sunday. The WAM state news agenc... [Full Article]
British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells - a discovery that scientists hope to tu... [Full Article]
Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party, has gone abroad for a "regular check-up" after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed condition last year, a party official said on Saturday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Two Palestinians were wounded early Saturday morning, medical sources in the Gaza Strip said, as Israel launched airstrikes at training camps in the enclave. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A Palestinian man was in stable condition on Friday after being shot by Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank against Israeli settlements, a hospital spokesman said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billy Crystal will share his comedic views on life and aging in a new memoir to be published on his 65th birthday, Henry Holt and Co said on Thursday. The actor and comedian will reflect on his life, career and aspects of aging i... [Full Article]
A team of French military doctors headed to the Syria-Jordan border on Thursday to set up a mobile hospital to treat refugees fleeing Syrian violence by the thousands. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]