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Olympic host cities: businessmen out, lepers in
Five of China's six Olympic host cities have banned foreign businessmen from making non-urgent visits until after the Olympics."Authorities in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao will no longer... Trinity Mother Frances and Texas Oncology-Tyler among the First in U.S. to Bo...
Patients of Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute and Texas Oncology-Tyler are among the first in the nation to have access to state-of-the-art radiation equipment that provides faster and more accurate...`Cuckoo's Nest' hospital to be torn down
The set of the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Oregon State Hospital, is going to be torn down. Most of the dilapidated, 125 year-old building will be torn down and replaced this fall."Although mean Nurse...Sans females, Men go gay in some part of India
India has long history of preference of male child and it leads to skewed sex ratio and many parts of country have very low female population. Residents in many part of country find difficult to get bride and there are cases where brides have been imported from other culture...Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's U-turn on knife crime plan
" The Government’s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital. ... Retinal transplant boosts vision
There has been a big discovery for the causes of blindness in old age. Researchers at the University of Louisville have successfully used foetal retinal cells to boost the vision in the old age blind cases. "An experimental transplant of cells into the eyes of patients with... Famous heart surgeon DeBakey dies
In the late Sixies and early Seventies, news of heart transplants and artificial hearts was splashed over front pages around the world. Dr. Michael DeBakey was in the forefront of such research. He pioneered surgical treatments which are common now, but were... Cutting Medicare, Funding the War
First you go to the war, a noble sense of duty on defense of our Country, then you get old, retires, and now you can't go to the doctor. What kind of budget administration is that? " With a veto-proof margin, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday blocking a Bush... Strike shuts down hospitals in Nepal capital
A doctor's strike in Nepalese capital Kathmandu has crippled hospital services and hit the life very hard. Doctor are demanding protection against attacks by angry relatives of patients who have died. " Nepalese doctors walked off the job Wednesday, shutting down... Three patients under intensive care died following power blackout
Hospital or electricity company to take this responsibility?.. or, three patients? of course NOT. "The death of the three patients was confirmed by the hospital`s public relations officer, Dr.Pribakti, on Tuesday."It`s correct, three patients in the emergency ward... US Scientists to test if cancer cure can work in humans
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIf this proves promising and a cancer cure is the result. Other News of problems plaguing us, such as high gas prices, global warming, wars, economy etc will be on... Japan approves CyberKnife system for extracranial use
"Robotic radiosurgery system offers non-invasive treatment alternative for tumors anywhere in the body Sunnyvale, Calif. (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Japan's... Nurses to be rated on how smiley they are
Well a smile is great but getting a 'drip' in a vein well and with as little pain as possible will do - smile or not. " Nurses are to be scored on how compassionate they are towards patients as part of a government plan to improve quality in the NHS to be unveiled in... Banned cancer drugs better than NHS ones
Is this what we want?" A former fireman who developed liver cancer after 25 years’ service has been told that if he pays for the only drug that can treat his disease his NHS care will be withdrawn. Barry Humphrey,...Flooding batters Iowa, forces evacuations
Iowa is experiencing its worst flooding in 15 years, and now there's word that some of the flooding has reached Ohio."he worst flooding in 15 years has paralyzed large sections of eastern Iowa, with heavy rains and...
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