Pregnant women advised to abstain from fasting Gulf News | Dubai: Pregnant women are being urged not to fast, especially during the first three months of pregnancy. | Medical experts said babies need more nutrients at this time, which are essential for growth. | Religious injunctions ban the elderly, the ill, women who are pregnant or who are nursing a ba...
Schering-Plough charges eat into Merck profit Business Journal Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Print Reprints RSS Feeds LinkedIn Share Comments Wichita health ...
Lifeline for Abu Dhabi hospitals straining to keep blood flowing Gulf News | Abu Dhabi: Just one blood bank in Abu Dhabi supplies both the capital city and the Emirate's Western Region's average daily need for 150 units of blood, a consultant pathologist at the blood collection and distribution centre said. | However Dr Mar...
Use of Expert Testimony Questioned in Malpractice Newsvine | A new study calls to the stand the legitimacy of expert witnesses, those doctors and other medical specialists hired by lawyers in medical malpractice suits to convince the jury that someone somewhere goofed. | The study, published in the August is...
Seven infected from bladder tests at Telford hospital BBC News Seven patients received urine infections after undergoing bladder examinations at a Shropshire hospital. | The patients at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford had mild symptoms, or none at all, after the source of the infection was identified as a...
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Do you have a predisposition for Alzheimer's Disease? The Examiner | Alzheimer's Disease health | Most people do not become interested in advocating a particular disease until it strikes their family or themselves personally. It's simply human...
iPads for hospitals: is this a good idea? The Register | Next year, 500 doctors and nurses in Victoria hospitals, will trial the use of iPads. | Graduate doctors, rather than crusty consultants will get the devices, as the "younger gro...
Spain allows medicinal use of cannabis Zeenews Madrid: Spain has allowed the medication derived from cannabis - the main ingredient in marijuana - for the treatment of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis. | Health Mi...
Lawmakers agree on tax holiday, wind farm, criminal records measures The Boston Globe | Despite their protracted negotiations on expanded gambling, lawmakers announced yesterday that they had hammered out deals on a number of other issues, including a sales tax holiday, a measure that would help the state locate new wind farms, and a ...
Charles River ends acquisition bid The Boston Globe | Facing a revolt from angry shareholders, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. has scuttled plans to buy a Chinese drug research firm for $1.6 billion, a deal that would have been the biggest in the Wilmington company's 63-year history. | C...
Master's course in spinal surgery inaugurated at MIOT Hospital The Hindu | Special Correspondent | CHENNAI: A three-day master's course in spinal surgery, trauma surgery and joint replacements offered by the Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation was inaugurated at MIOT Hospital on Friday. | Addressing journalists, P.V.A. Moh...
Merck's 2Q Net Drops on Higher Costs, Charges The New York Times | Filed at 10:38 a.m. ET | Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Friday reported a 52 percent drop in second-quarter net income, weighed down by big merger and restructuring charges from buying Schering-Plough Corp., generic competition and other factors. | Merck, the world's second-biggest drug company by revenue, beat analysts' profit expectations by 3 cents ...
Oklahoma City-area churches plan back-to-school activities, giveaways The Oklahoman By Carla Hinton Oklahoman Leave a comment | Family of Faith Church is built on a hill in Choctaw that is a prime spot for sliding. | The Rev. Pat Franks, the church's associate pastor, said she envisioned lots of children gliding down a giant, water-covered plastic sheet on hot, summer days. | Children take a watery glide down a...
