HEALTH

Container filled with donated aid from US left on Freetown dock in Sierra Leone for two months

Ugandan man dies from Marburg haemorrhagic fever virus, one of the most deadly pathogens known.

Surgeons used 3D-printing to repair a baby's heart riddled with holes in just one operation.

Scientists believe there is a 1-in-2 chance that Ebola could soon appear in Europe.

The father and daughter, travelling from Liberia to the US were removed from the United Airlines flight by CDC.

Unidentified woman gives birth to healthy boy after a friend donated her "live womb".

A new study claims that reading EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy could turn you into a heavy drinker with a high sex time.

Harvard Medical School study shows schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are linked to dendritic spine loss.

Figure 1 is a social network app that allows healthcare professionals to discuss medical images.

A mummified foetus found in Italy shows signs of undergoing embryotomy, an ancient surgical procedure

IBTimes UK speaks to the founder of healthcare platform Disruptive Women in Health Care.

Edward Adjei believes outbreak is due to the cursed presidential palace on a hill in Monrovia

Health experts say Ebola patients in West Africa can avoid detection at airports by lying

Woman in central Colombian town of Honda put potato in her vagina to avoid unwanted pregnancy.

Discovery of Sonic Hedgehog protein by Canadian researchers may prevent medulloblastoma in children.

Drug nalmefene blocks the pleasure receptors to the brain and could save 2,000 lives in England and Wales

Origin of HIV pandemic "almost certain" to have come from DRC, scientists say.

Boston University researchers are developing a nanotechnology device to detect Ebola virus in field.

UN representative says Ebola could become airborne, although chances are low.

International Development Committee said aid to Ebola-stricken Liberia and Sierra Leone will be cut

US National Social Life, Health and Aging Project finds olfactory dysfunction is a predictor of death.

Ebola expert David Heymann, World Health Organisation, and Action Aid explain Ebola threat to Hajj

A government official has said 150,000 HIV/AIDS patients may not have access to drugs for a month

Ebola victim in Texas was sent home by doctors with antibiotics as search for contacts begins.

Deadly Ebola virus, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives in western Africa, discovered in Texas.

A large tongue size in obese adults could be a key indicator in the development of sleep apnoea.

Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University doctors say they have created an antibody treatment for Ebola

Studies show that cancer treatment during pregnancy has no negative effects on unborn babies

Nearly 1,000 vets attend event in Colorado, one of two states in America where marijuana is legal.