By Kate Foster THE level of experience being gained by doctors during their training has fallen dramatically because of new European laws, Scotland's most senior surgeon has said.

Britain's Royal College of Surgeons warned Monday face transplants could fail within five years and the recipient has a high chance of getting cancer. But the professional medical body still gave a go-ahead to the skin grafts that involve replacing part or all of a patient's face with a donor face.

By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The growing problem of drug-resistant staph infections in hospitals needs a fresh approach -- including antibiotic-free hospitals and perhaps a dose of "good" bacteria on surgeons' hands, one researcher argues.

By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The growing problem of drug-resistant staph infections in hospitals needs a fresh approach -- including antibiotic-free hospitals and perhaps a dose of "good" bacteria on surgeons' hands, one researcher argues.

The growing problem of drug-resistant staph infections in hospitals needs a fresh approach -- including antibiotic-free hospitals and perhaps a dose of "good" bacteria on surgeons' hands, one researcher argues.