David Almond

DURING labour, there are things you expect to happen. In most cases, there will be screaming and shouting - before a new bundle of joy is welcomed into the world. 2You wouldn't believe the items a midwife has found stuck up women's vaginas…

Folic acid should be added to rice as well as flour to prevent hundreds of cases of ‘tragic’ birth defects every year, experts have said today.Ministers have already announced the nutrient will be baked into white and brown bread.Officials…

WHEN Barbora Hjkov's partner said she 'looked a little different', she brushed off his concerns. The 38-year-old had a lump at the side of her head which her partner Ilja, 41, said had changed her face. 3Barbora Hjkov's partner Ilja first…

Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father in North Carolina that he needed more time and more money, he recently recalled. His…

This First Person column is the experience of Set Shuter, a filmmaker and writer who lives in Toronto. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.I knew something was wrong when I felt a sharp pinch below my…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that consumers and health care providers immediately stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears as it investigates a "multistate cluster" of…

AN NHS ‘healthy-eating” app is actually promoting life-threatening junk food, campaigners claim. The health service’s Food Scanner is supposed to tell users how good for you a food is using the product’s barcode. 1NHS Food Scanner app shows…

LONDON (AP) — A top U.S. health official urged the World Health Organization to address allegations reported by The Associated Press that one of its doctors repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct. “There are many of us who stand with…

Kyle Sandilands made the painful admission on Tuesday that the reason he abstains from drinking alcohol is because he comes from a family of ‘ugly’ drinkers.The Australian Idol judge, 51, said when he was a child members of his family acted…

IT'S February 1, so that might mean you're planning on going big on the booze this evening if you have been doing Dry January. But one expert has warned that a blowout could be endangering your health. 1One expert warned that your February…