Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is among the winners at the inaugural BBC Audio Drama Awards in London.

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Tennant wins award for Kafka role

Getting people off the street and into the doctor’s

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Helping the homeless to better health

Getting people off the street and into the doctor’s

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Helping the homeless to better health

The jury ends its first day considering the case against the doctor charged over the death of singer Michael Jackson, and will return on Monday.

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No quick verdict in Murray trial

A recording of Michael Jackson bemoaning his unhappy childhood is played to the trial of the doctor charged with his death.

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Jackson bemoaned lost childhood

The Michael Jackson death trial hears his doctor did not reveal Jackson had used a surgical sedative, and the singer seemed lifeless when paramedics arrived.

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Jackson doctor ‘silent on drugs’

The Michael Jackson death trial hears his doctor did not reveal Jackson had used a surgical sedative, and the singer seemed lifeless when paramedics arrived.

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Jackson doctor ‘silent on drugs’

Watson, the IBM supercomputer that defeated the world’s best “Jeopardy!” players this year, has found a job in medicine . It won’t be consulting with patients, but a version of the game-show champion could appear in examination rooms, offering assistance to flesh-and-blood physicians. But how soon might you see Dr. Watson? And could Dr. Watson be better than your doctor? Read full article > >

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Dr. Watson: How IBM’s supercomputer could improve health care

Not long ago, when my father was about to undergo a heart procedure, I hinted to the cardiologist, a colleague, that I wanted to be there, too, not just to offer comfort but also to be present for the play-by-play that would lead to a critical decision: whether to open his blocked arteries with a stent or to perform bypass surgery. Draped in an X-ray-shielding body suit over his blue scrubs, the doctor hesitated. I understand why. I’ve stood in his shoes and listened to family members say they want to be present 24/7 with their loved ones, often in the most challenging of hospital environments, such as the intensive care unit. Read full article > >

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Intensive care units grow more friendly to patients’ families at some hospitals

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the pathologist who championed assisted suicide, died this morning at the age of 83. He had been hospitalized for kidney and heart problems for the last two weeks. Kevorkian’s lawyer, who was with the doctor when he died, says his…

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Jack Kevorkian Dies

The Daleks will be given “a rest” from battling Doctor Who, the series’ chief writer Steven Moffat tells the Radio Times.

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Dr Who’s Daleks to be ‘given a rest’

Have you ever looked at one of those puzzle pictures? You know, in the old Highlights magazines that you would most likely read while you waited to receive your annual flu shot at the doctor’s office? The puzzle pictures are the “hidden pictures” in which everything looks normal at first sight, but you are challenged by the caption beneath the image to discover what aspect of the image is alien, which infinitesimal speck(s) on the page don’t belong. I used to sit idle in the corner of the waiting room, curled up atop a beanbag chair, searching for these hidden items, ignorant of time flying by.

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Meaning in the Hidden Spaces: Q&A with Negar Ahkami

Stars of the small screen are preparing for Sunday’s Bafta TV awards, which see Doctor Who star Matt Smith up for best actor against Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Stars get set for Bafta TV awards

Rapper Wyclef Jean claimed to have been shot in the hand on Saturday night while campaigning in Haiti on behalf of a presidential candidate. Local police, however, say Jean was only cut by glass. ‘We met with the doctor who saw him and he confirmed…

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Did Wyclef Jean Lie About Being Shot?

Veteran actor Nicholas Courtney, best known for playing Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart on Doctor Who, dies at the age of 81.

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Doctor Who’s Brigadier dies at 81