Aspirin 'helps protect against bowel cancer'

" A daily aspirin tablet may help prevent bowel cancer, a study suggests. Oxford University found it cut cases by a quarter and deaths by more than a third in a review of 14,000 patients. Aspirins are already widely used to help protect people against strokes and heart...

Pollen allergy hits Pakistan capital in big way

The life of pollen allergy patients in Pakistan capital has become difficult with the advent of spring season and the number of patients visiting hospitals is growing with the passage of every day."ISLAMABAD: With the advent of spring season in federal capital Islamabad, the...

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...

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...

China Organ Transplant Scandal, 65% Come from Death Row Inmates

China has an organ transplant scandal on its hands. It seems that in 65% of all organ transplants performed in China death row inmates have been the donors. With 65% of all organ donor being death row inmates it is...

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...

8 Ways Health Care Reform Brings Security and Stability to Public

I have a sibling who is a medical doctor supporting Barack Obama's health care reform. My sibling forwarded the following e-mail message to me for guidance as the health care debate rages on.  It seems to have been prepared by President Obama's folks as key talking...

'Transport patients to governor's office'

" CEBU CITY -- Patients from Cebu Province who are not in an emergency situation will not be served at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). They will instead be sent to the governor's office. Cebu City Mayor...

Sri Lanka asks aid agencies to scale down operations

Sri Lanka asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other aid agencies to scale down their operation amid increasing pressure from international community to ease the restrictions on aid agencies....

Sri Lanka doctors 'to be tried'

By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colomb group of doctors who worked in Sri Lanka's rebel-held war zone are being held on suspicion of collaborating with Tamil...

Sri Lanka rebels holding 300 patients hostage

Rebel Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka have been accused of holding hospital patients. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have prevented international aid workers from evacuating some 300 hospital patients inside rebel-held...

15 child cancer patients from Gaza to be treated in Israel

 " Fifteen Palestinian child cancer patients are slated to arrive at the Israeli clinic at the Erez crossing in the Gaza Strip.   The children will undergo preliminary testing and be transferred for medical treatment in hospitals in Israel. (Meital Yasur – Beit Or)"

Seizure-detecting device could give a 4-5 hour forewarning

Fear of death due to epilepsy has been increased by all the media information about Jett Travolta's death. It is a serious condition and it has its dangers. Jett Travolta had persons taking care of him, bells and...

Plastic Surgeon uses Liposuction Fat to Fuel Car - YUCK!!!

 Are we going a bit far with using Lipo-Diesel?  In a Traffic Jam?" A top Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon says he used fat he removed from patients in liposuction operations to power his 'green' 4x4 car....

Nintendo Wii Hospitalzing At Least 10 Per Week

Was watching Fox News and had to get this up before someone else.  Can you believe video games are injuring so many folks?  Ay yi yi. " The growing toll has prompted NHS doctors to warn of the dangers. Wii-itis sufferers usually have excruciating pain in the...

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