V.A. Hospital: a Model for health Care? Not if you have Cancer

V.A. Hospital: a Model for health Care?  Not if you have Cancer " "For patients with prostate cancer, it is a common surgical procedure: a doctor implants dozens of radioactive seeds to attack the disease....

Brazil's "Public Option" Health Care a Model for USA

Cross-posted at the Public Option Health Care Now blog.Pardon me for sounding confused, but I just cannot understand the talk about requirements that individual Americans purchase health insurance.   Here in Brazil, there is a "public option" that consists of...

Child's neighbour helped arrest hit-and-run suspect

This is follow up of the news item titled "Car struck three-year-old boy, driver arrested". Lebert St. Bernard, a neibour of the child, saw the car strike the child and leave the scene. " A Mississauga,...

Car struck three-year-old boy, driver arrested

A three-year-old Mississauga boy was struck by Car around 1 a.m. Its believed that the baby had put on his father's running shoes, walked through the front door, squeezed though a break in the fence and was...

Chad McDaniel dies from his injuries during USAC/SMRS race

Chad McDaniel, 34, has died from injuries sustained during the USAC/SMRS midget race last night in Knoxville, Iowa. He suffered head and neck injuries and was transported to Knoxville Hospital and then airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, but died in the early hours of...

Kimora Lee Simmons gives birth, twitters through her labour

Kimora Lee Simmons is currently in hospital, about to give birth to a baby boy by cesarean with her husband actor Djimon Hounsou by her side, but she can't help but share the experience with her fans through...

British medic 'held in Sri Lanka's detention camp'

A British citizen Ms Gnanakumar who was treating injured civilians in Sri Lanka's conflict zone is now in detention camp. She made her last phone call to her family on May 19 as she was kept inside Vavuniya...

Resident opens health clinic in eastern New Orleans

" When his 17-month-old daughter fell ill to a severe ear infection one night two months ago, eastern New Orleans resident Gregory Davis faced two unappealing choices: drive her to a hospital downtown or one in Slidell, both far away. Davis took her downtown and decided he...

Rehab Party at the Hard Rock Hotel: Jeremy Shockey In Hospital

New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey was taken to hospital after he was found unconscious at the aptly named Rehab Party at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. It is reported that Shockey was "dehydrated" but he is expected to make a full recovery.TMZ claims to have...

Wrong medicine kills US Dollar

The doctors were called in, the patient was very ill but still not life threatening sick. They unanimous diagnosed too much debt as cause of the illness and described restructuring instead of reviving his...

24% of adults 'risking health through alcohol'

"मृदु भावों के अंगूरों की आज बना लाया हाला, प्रियतम, अपने ही हाथों से आज पिलाऊँगा...

Death of Baby in New York City Linked to H1N1 Virus?

Update May 20th:The initial nasal swab tests indicate the baby did not have H1N1, officials announced Tuesday night.  Further testing is to be done by the...

Hospital Terrorist

   There is yet another Super Bug amongst the growing list of nosocomial pathogens that are notorious for being resistant to antibiotics.  This lad's name is Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, and although PA...

As Sri Lanka Holds Doctors Incommunicado, UN Deaf and Dumb

As all the doctors from safety zone are moved into detention camps, the civilians deaths are increasing exponentially due to continued fighting going on. United Nations is silently watching the situation and did...

Texas Fight Club Busted In State School For Mentally Disabled

After watching clips on TV about this fight club it was very disturbing. Recordings from a lost cell phone is how the police found out. I hope this opens eyes to Administrators of these facilities. Cameras need to...

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