The body needs water to function correctly, but drinking too much too fast can have serious health consequences. The kidneys can only remove 0.8 to 1.0 liters (L) of water per hour, and a very ...

A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been accused of compromising the US healthcare organization's IT systems to ogle female clinicians using webcams at ...

"These animals are reacting to the fact that they are sick," he explained. "They're disoriented, and most likely, most of them are having seizures, and so their senses are not all fully functional ...

A plan to increase workers' statutory sick leave from five to seven days have been paused by the Government. The issue was discussed by Cabinet this morning and a decision was taken not to proceed ...

Celebrity Big Brother contestant Trisha Goddard’s feud with an ITV comedian left her ‘feeling sick’ after she claimed her ‘children were bullied’. The talk show legend has made history ...

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Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair, helped by his personal nurse Massimiliano Streppetti, at the end of a mass in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday April 6 (Andrew Medichini/AP) Pope ...

What is statutory sick pay (SSP)? Statutory sick pay, or SSP, is the minimum you must legally be paid if you're off sick from work. SSP is paid to employees of companies in the UK, who are off sick ...

Still recovering from bilateral pneumonia that hospitalized him for nearly 40 days, Pope Francis made a surprise appearance in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Jubilee of the Sick, sharing ...

Before it became the renowned SickKids Hospital, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children was an 11-room house with six iron cots, rented by a group of women who declared it open "for the admission ...