Gambian President Claims AIDS Cure

The thing is, I want to believe, as must every AIDS patient on the planet. However, until the patients taking President Jammeh's concoction can be independently assessed, it is very hard to take his claims seriously. Throughout Africa, claims have been made that various...

Researchers say cellphones are safe for use in hospitals

Nurses and doctors have been known to use much more radiation intense DECT cordless phones in German hospitals for years. Given the fact, many hospitals have bedside phones and expensive PBX to amortize, other explanations come to mind when one wonders why using cellphones...

Drugstore Attempts Medical Legislation: Denies Patient Morning-After Pill

Kroger's response on this issue is rather tepid. Whilst I'm not sure what I would have suggested instead, denying a patient her prescription is pretty serious."Kroger Co. said Friday it was reiterating its drug policies to all of its pharmacists after a Georgia woman claimed...

Can't wait till one of these get stolen

"Chip giant Intel and tablet computer maker Motion Computing unveiled a notepad-like device Tuesday for nurses and hospital workers to improve patient care, reduce workload and improve the way medical providers deal with electronic medical records."Talk about identity theft...

Laying the hospital's new foundations

"Kettering General Hospital wants to become a foundation hospital, taking complete control over its finances, services and facilities." ''Foundation hospitals encourage members of the community to actively take part in the running of the facilities''.liamssoft

Assisted Suicide: Let The Culling Begin

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - A ruling by Switzerland's highest court released Friday has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives. Switzerland already...

Dialyse

"Was ist eine Dialyse? Dialyse ist eine künstliche Blutwäsche. Sie dient dazu, schädliche Stoffe aus dem Körper zu entfernen. Intakte Nieren filtern giftige Stoffwechselprodukte (harnpflichtige Substanzen) aus dem Blut und scheiden sie mit dem Urin aus. Bei der Dialyse...

A Prosthetic Arm That Acts Like a Real One

"Patients use nerves left intact after amputations to control prosthetic limbs. A new technique that capitalizes on remaining nerves allows amputees to intuitively control their prosthetic limb, providing them with a much better level of control than traditional...

Patients can boycott NHS system, says commissioner

"The Information Commissioner has been told that patients will have the opportunity to refuse to have their details uploaded onto the new NHS medical records system. The news comes just weeks after the Department of Health refused patients that right. The Information...

Is It Anthrax or Just White Powder?

"When a patient is admitted to the hospital with signs of a dangerous systemic bacterial infection, or when a post-office worker finds white powder in a suspicious-looking envelope, the ability to quickly identify potential pathogens is important. To accomplish that, a team...

Pot patient whose case went to Wash. Supreme Court is sentenced

"A medical marijuana patient who lost her case before the state Supreme Court last fall was sentenced today to 60 days home confinement, after her lawyers argued that she was too sick to spend any time in jail. Sharon Tracy, 53, said she was "overjoyed" with the sentence...

Independent Clinical Data Confirms Accuracy of Gene Expression Test for Heart...

BRISBANE, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- For many Americans living with a heart transplant, invasive heart-muscle biopsies that check for organ rejection are a fact of life. However, a simple blood test that analyzes a patient's genes, introduced in 2005, has been evaluated...