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...

West Hollywood Dermatologist Indicted

Looks like a silly West Hollywood dermatologist wanted to shoot up his patients with unapproved drugs.  What do you think?" December 19, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by injury lawyers in Los Angeles, a popular West Hollywood dermatologist David Cary...

The Future of Sex Offenders: Your Friendly Paramedic

This probe found at that at least 129 EMT workers have been accused of sex-related crimes in the last 18 months. With nearly 900,000 EMT workers employed in the U.S., this is something that should be investigated...

Viral Therapy May Provide a New Weapon in Cancer Fight

A virus that many people have been exposed to by the end of their teens could provide a massive breakthrough in the fight against cancer.The reovirus is being used to produce the drug Reolysin and viral therapy...

Woman on mission for medical marijuana

"Woman on mission for medical marijuanaCalifornia couple runs only legal marijuana farm in U.S.Valerie Corral and her husband, Mike, founders of the only legally recognized, non-profit medical marijuana club in the United States, pose in their office in Santa Cruz, Calif., on...

The Uninsured Overwhelm Emergency Rooms

The New York Times has an article that discusses how unemployed and uninsured people have flooded the nations emergency rooms as a last resort. Doctors around the country are warning that the already overburdened...

Hedge Funds to Cancer Patients: “Die.”

It is just what we have been saying all along. The thugs on wall street have been crushing the stocks of certain companies that do cancer research. Here is the undisputed proof of what has been going on with...

Israeli world first: Surgeons weld wounds shut with surgical laser

This is a first in the world. An opportunity to seal incisions using a new method that discourages infection by its application and procedure."Surgeons of the future may have to learn welding rather than sewing,...

16 go blind at free eye camp in Jaipur: India

Why this kind of thing happens with poors.They are poor in one hand and know they will be physically dependent.This is an extreme case of neglegence on the part of healthcare professional."At least 16 people are...

US doctors plan to quit or cut back :cause overwork

Well this is fatigue of overwork or financial maket collapse syndrome time will tell, but the US healthcare will suffer, as it depends heavily on immigrated doctors.The refusal to recommend medicine as profession will have very bad effect on the mindset of the...

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