Tropical medicine expert knighted
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A leading figure in the effort to minimise the impact of disease in developing countries has been knighted.
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NEW YORK -- Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.
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The man who led the team that created Dolly the sheep is among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.
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A researcher who turned cataract surgery into a brief outpatient procedure and three scientists who illuminated how some hormones and vitamins act on the body's cells have won prestigious medical awards.
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John Carvel of The Guardian (UK) has been awarded the prize for BMA Medical Journalist of the Year 2004.
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Medical scientists are using bloodsucking, parasitic worms to treat patients with asthma.
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London (IANS) Four doctors of Indian origin are among prominent Asians in Britain who figure in the Queen's New Year honours list.
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Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, is knighted by the Queen.
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ECONOMIST Roger McLean says that the Caribbean needs to take note of the effect that the HIV/AIDS pandemic has been having on both pillars of growth in the region - the labour force and investment.
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Joseph M. Forshaw, an Australian ornithologist, battles for endangered birds and is considered the worldÂs leading expert on the parrot.
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Britain&#39;s Olympic heroes have been honoured in the New Year&#39;s Honours List, with four-time rowing gold medallist Matthew Pinsent knighted and middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes made a dame.
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In the wake of the tsunami, local medical workers are the unsung heroes.
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Terminal cancer sufferer, Jane Tomlinson, has been made a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
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Â· Surgeon to inject tissue during bypass operation  Â· Charity grant funds trial to combat UK's biggest killer
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A randomised trial in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET shows how a vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection could potentially reduce the global incidence of cervical cancer.
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How will South Africa accredit "traditional healers" as legally recognized physicians?
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A head teacher and a university vice chancellor are knighted in the New Year's Honours.