Sleep apnea is a serious condition, causing breathing to stop and start several times during sleep. The most common form of the condition is obstructive sleep apnea, where the throat narrows, blocking ...

A silent disease transmitted by rats continues to kill within days, but a new oral drug could change its fatal outcome.

This winter, as you go about bundling up daily to keep yourself warm, offers a timely opportunity to check on your heart ...

A "grossly incompetent or grossly negligent" Manitoba nurse has been stripped of her licence and fined $10,000 after ...

Mud crabs—species of Scylla—are among the most important architects of Sundarbans creek ecosystems. Yet across large parts of the forest, these engineers are being removed at a pace and scale that the ...

One man passed away shortly after his wife wheeled him out the hospital doors, seemingly against his wishes. Another ended up ...

A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate ...

Conventionally, patients with ARDS do not get transplants because doctors hope that with the right treatment and support, the ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

The external, artificial-lung system could be used to treat other people who are critically unwell and awaiting transplants.

A woman and her pet dog have been dragged from their burning Mount Warrigal home during an early-morning blaze that gutted ...