Seven rare albino alligators disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo and authorities suspect animal smugglers stole them, officials said Friday.

As clinics clamour for their share of the £906million cosmetic surgery market, it seems that sales targets take precedence over integrity.

Given the choice, most people say they would much rather break up with someone than get broken up with. But if you've recently initiated a breakup, you know how tough it can be.

What has passed almost unnoticed is that, in recent years, the US has come to recognise the need to treat the EU as an equal partner.

There's a reason why water is the essence of life on the entire planet. Find out why being hydrated is so important and what can happen when you allow yourself to become dehydrated.

Researchers seeking new treatments for heart disease managed to grow a rat heart in the lab and start it beating.

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SCIENTISTS have created a beating heart in the laboratory in a breakthrough that could allow doctors one day to make a range of organs for transplant almost from scratch.

At the age of 12, Howard Dully was given a lobotomy, one of thousands performed by the notorious Dr Walter Freeman in the 1940s and 1950s. Now Dully has written a forceful account of his survival...

A Canadian breast cancer charity, Rethink Breast Cancer, that urges people to "think differently about how to beat breast cancer" has launched a site to raise breast cancer awareness. The site, the Booby Wall, wants women to bare their breasts as support.