Italy Health News

An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser. The terracotta dispenser, used in...

Alessandra Mussolini, a former showgirl turned MP, said she immediately informed the police when she found out. The listing, on auction site Ebay, reportedly showed images of a wooden container and ampoules of blood. Ebay, which does not allow the...

The United States passed a legal definition of death in 1981 due to the increasing practice of organ donation. The legal definition is death is either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all...

Berlusconi Builds Support to Cap Length of Trials Published: November 10, 2009 Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gained support on Tuesday for a change that would reduce the length of Italy ’s long trials, including his own.

End the gay blood ban Any man who has had sex with a man, even once, even 50 years ago, and even if they test HIV-negative, cannot give blood Pressure is mounting on the Department of Health and the National...

The groundbreaking study was carried out by academics at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), in partnership with University of Sienna, Italy. Professor Mark Lawler, of TCD's school of medicine, said it could be another three to five years before the drug...