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Children's Heart surgery at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital has been suspended after four toddlers died within three months of each other.

A report by National Health Service (NHS) published on Thursday said that, in an attempt to prevent its closure, the hospital managers were trying to increase the unit's capacity to take more patients and had recruited a relatively junior surgeon.

The virulent swine flu has killed 656 people across Turkey since October, a month after the country went on a nationwide vaccination campaign against the pandemic.

"A total of 656 people, confirmed by laboratories (to have been infected), have lost their lives as of July 29, 2010," the Turkish health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

While early detection and treatment has improved the survival rate in prostate cancer sufferers, it has led to potential overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

Men diagnosed with prostate cancer during prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening are at a lower risk of having high-grade tumors, tumors larger than 0.5 cm3, and metastasis.

Preterm babies, even those born one or two weeks before the due date, are at a greater risk of being diagnosed with respiratory disorders, a new study says.

According to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, late-preterm births accounting for those happening between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation are associated with an increased risk of respiratory illnesses in the newborn.

As Moscow experiences its hottest weather in 130 year, officials say hundreds of people may lose their lives to the smog from peat fires.

A heat wave which has engulfed central parts of the European Russia has triggered forest and peat fires across the country.

First-time mothers who are overweight or older than 30 are more likely to experience a delay in their full breast-milk production, a new study finds.

Colostrum, a precursor to breast milk, is commonly secreted after labor until the full breast milk is produced. Delayed lactogenesis or a deferred full milk production is a common concern among new mothers.

While smoking during pregnancy had long been linked with having small babies, a new study says it exacerbates the risk of other pregnancy-related complications.

Previous studies had reported that babies born to smoker mothers are not only small for gestational age but also more vulnerable to developing psychosis and behavioral problems.

A Spanish man, who underwent the world's first full-face transplant four months ago, has regained up to 90 percent of his facial function.

The 31-year-old Oscar appeared before TV cameras on Monday for the first time since his surgery where he spoke in a news conference at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital.

While acupuncture had long been promoted as an effective technique in inducing labor in post-date women, a new study has voiced doubt on its effectiveness.

Post-term pregnancies - those with a gestational age over 41 weeks - place the expectant mother at an increased risk of having complications during labor. Physicians, therefore, use various methods to induce labor in these women and save the fetus that is in danger of not getting enough nutrients or oxygen from the placenta.

Individuals who study longer can adapt to the changes associating dementia and are therefore less likely to present the symptoms of the mind robbing disease.

Previous studies have reported that the more time spent in education, the lower would be one's risk of developing dementia in the long run.