An editorial on Investor’s Business Daily argued that the NHS would consider Stephen Hawking’s life “worthless.” The editorial was changed to reflect the fact that Hawking actually lived in the UK and received treatment under the NHS. The Guardian weighed in, and so did the New York Times.
The University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are carrying out Britain’s first swine flu vaccine trials. From the press release: Dr Iain Stephenson, a consultant in infectious diseases at the hospital and clinical senior lecturer at the University, has been carrying out research into swine flu and has published academic papers [...]
Dr Peter F. Buckley, chair of the Medical College of Georgia Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior and associate dean for leadership development in the MCG School of Medicine, has been elected chair of the PanAmerican Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Dr Buckley is a graduate of Ireland’s University College Dublin School of [...]
A new system – NCR MediKiosk – is designed to reduce queuing, increase the immediacy and privacy of patient communications, cut down on paperwork and free up staff to focus on providing the highest standards of clinical care. From the press release: The queue-busting NCR MediKiosk solution enables patients to inform the hospital quickly that [...]
A health system in the US has bucked the trend of making money by offering more services, the Washington Post has reported. Geisinger Health System tries to show that you can make money by offering elective heart surgery for a flat fee with a 90-day guarantee.
Ron, 73, lost his sight 30 years ago from retinitis pigmentosa. He was fitted with a bionic eye seven months ago at London’s Moorfield’s eye hospital, and he “can now follow white lines on the road, and even sort socks, using the bionic eye, known as Argus II.” He is the 18th person in the [...]
“More countries in Europe are considering mandating or allowing chemical castration for violent sex offenders. There is intense debate over whose rights take precedence: those of violent sex offenders, who could be subjected to a punishment that many consider cruel, or those of society, which expects protection from sexual predators.” – The International Herald Tribune. [...]
Hot yoga. Cold yoga. Stone yoga. Yoga for moms and babies and yoga for guys too stiff to stretch. Even as the economy twists us all in knots, this mind-body discipline created millennia ago in India appears to be thriving, with more kinds of classes offering new adherents a soothing respite from today’s troubles. “People [...]
A California woman shocked doctors by giving birth on Monday to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States.
A woman died after consuming four litres of water in under two hours as part of diet. The diet involves dieters consuming just 500 calories a day for 12 weeks by replacing meals with shakes, soups, bars, and drinking water. Death was caused by cerebral oedema, or swelling of the brain. The police have ruled [...]
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