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News items on 'Forensic Medicine'
Verdict on 'arrogant' pathologist
(BBC 17/06/2009)
A former Home Office pathologist who admitted he was "incredibly arrogant" in wrongly asserting two women were murdered can continue to practise. Dr Michael Heath resigned three years ago after strong criticism of his work following the deaths of two women. A General Medical Council (GMC) hearing found him guilty of serious misconduct, although it found his fitness to practise was not impaired. Dr Heath performed hundreds of examinations for high-profile cases.
Man's genes 'key to baby's sex'
(BBC 11/12/2008)
Newcastle University researchers found men were more likely to have sons if they had more brothers and vice versa if they had more sisters. They looked at 927 family trees, with details on 556,387 people from North America and Europe, going back to 1600. The same link between sibling sex and offspring sex was not found for women.
Mothers' anguish over baby mix-up
(BBC 29/08/2008)
Two South African mothers await DNA results after their babies were mixed up and one died, local media reports.
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