In brief

Italian doctor who substituted herbal remedy to treat boy with cystic fibrosis faces manslaughter charge: Antonella Scandellari, Bologna’s public prosecutor, intends to press charges against Guido Sartori, a doctor who is a prominent advocate of ayurvedic medicine, for allegedly substituting an ayurvedic preparation for antibiotics and cortisone in the treatment of a 6 year old boy with cystic fibrosis. The boy later died. Dr Sartori claims that the boy’s parents sought the alternative remedy because the …