Swine Flu – New measures by Dublin Childrens’ Hospitals

The three childrens’ hospitals in Dublin today announced new precautionary measures in relation to visiting patients in their hospitals. Due to the number of in-patient cases suffering from H1N1 Swine Flu Virus they have restricted visiting to parents and/or guardians...

Roman Polanski Taken to Hospital in Zurich

Roman Polanski, the film director who has been detained in Zurich for the past three weeks over child sex offence charges, has been taken to a nearby hospital to have tests; reports have said that he is 'worn...

Human Body Art Exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre

The Body Worlds Exhibition is returning to accommodate the thousands of people that waited in line around the clock to see the plastinated models made from real human body parts taken from cadavers.   Now,...

CNN Medical Reporter Sanjay Gupta Contracts, Blogs About H1N1

CNN Chief Medical Reporter Sanjay Gupta contracted H1N1, also known as swine flu, while in Afghanistan reporting on the war He exposed the news on his blog, where he also describes his experiences in Afghanistan, including how the flu has affected him and camera man Scottie...

Alcohol Might Help In Brain Injury Recovery

A new study conducts alcohol may help people survive trauma to the head, and should perhaps be considered as a treatment method for patients with brain injuries in the future. The study, published in the Archives of Surgery, compared the outcome of patients who had been...

Hospital Food Bingo?

Hospital food has never enjoyed a great reputation in Britain. Stories of how you can get sick while in hospital from eating the fayre that is served up have been a stand-up cliche for decades. After high profile...

Mom Gets Help Delivering Her Own Baby By A 6 Yr. Old

Briana Johnson had gone into labour at her house, where it was just her and her daughter, Diyana Johnson. The six years old had helped her mother by grabbing towels, trying to be brave by learning where a baby...

Delhi school stampede kills five:India

Five girl died in a stampade in school, in Khajuri khas area in capital delhi of India. More than 40 are injured, doctors say that some of them are critically injured. Girls were in school, inspite of heavy overnite rain, to take exam. But this exam turned out to be more...

Strained by Katrina, a Hospital Faced Deadly Choices

Katrina will, I am sure, show itself as a real blight in American history - but as this story shows, will it also show that patients were euthanised by the very people who are writing and passing laws that will negate most civil law suits?"Anna Pou, defended herself on...

Teen wanted to 'catch a body,' jury told

On July 10, 2007 in Castor Gardens, Philadelphia on the 1300 block of Greenby St. a man, Kwok Wai Ho, 69 yrs. old died from a head injury at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital after he was beaten and "robbed" by...

Police: Tornado collapses Texas retail store roof

" Police say a tornado has collapsed a department store roof, overturned cars and scattered debris throughout a mall parking lot, sending several people to the hospital with minor injuries.Holmes says video from a...

Dhaka sees heaviest rain in 53 years

the rains this season seem to be the best and worst the citites have ever seen.....mumbai,delhi, orissa and now dhaka...the heaviest rain in 53 years has disrupted life in a large way and claimed lives....please...

Politician Health Scares: Sarkozy And Scheffer Leave Hospitals

This past week, fatigue-related health incidents have caused hospitalizations of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Will politicians have to change their daily routines to allow for more 'down' time, or is exhaustion part of...

Baby died of salt overdose in hospital

"POLICE are probing the death of a baby who died after being given a suspected salt overdose in hospital. The tiny boy, who had been born prematurely, had been on a saline solution drip. Horrified nurses...

Pope Released from Hospital After Breaking Wrist in Fall

"Pope Taken To Hospital Following Fall " Pope Taken To Hospital Following Fall 9:24am UK, Friday July 17, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI has been taken to hospital in northern Italy after slipping and falling during his...

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