After a particularly harrowing time fighting the Ebola pandemic, the international community has now braced itself for a protracted struggle against the Zika virus, which has already spread to 28 countries and territories in the two Americas. The scare has reached European shores with two new cases…

A blood transfusion is the transfer of blood or blood products from one person (donor) into another person's bloodstream (recipient). This is usually…

"Your flush wasn't working!" I said as I came out of the washroom of a friend's house last week and found everybody waiting outside. "Oh I'm so sorry!" said the host as he rushed in and turned the flush, "Its working," he said. "Yes," I said, "I…