Women who suffered from preeclampsia, which produces high blood pressure during pregnancy, are at a greater risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD), new studies have found.

Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and swelling, as well as more serious problems, according to the National Institutes of Health

A newborn infant infected with an unknown form of bacteria is in intensive care in an Alberta hospital.

The Chinook Health Region is still awaiting test results to establish the cause and type of the infections. A baby boy died, reportedly, of the same infection Friday morning after surgery

A debate has sparked among U.S. surgeons over deciding when an organ donor can be pronounced dead after a team of doctors from Denver published their first account of infant organ transplantation.

A detailed description of the transplants in Wednesday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the surgeons removed the hearts of severely brain-damaged newborns less than two minutes after the babies were disconnected from life support and their hearts stopped beating. The organs of the babies were transplanted into infants who would otherwise die

Health authorities have issued a state of emergency here after E. coli bacteria was discovered in the water supply.

To counter the situation, authorities distributed as much as 8,000 gallons of free bottled water to Pembroke residents Sunday morning. The bacteria was first detected in the water supply last week

Like fuel, prices of drugs have been soaring from 100 percent even up to 1,000 percent, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.

What is alarming is the prices of medicine could escalate further and double again in the next four years, the researchers said. The study said the average wholesale price of 26 brand-name drugs doubled in a single cost adjustment in 2007