Nurse sacked for slapping violent patient keeps job
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-17 01:33:50 -0700 | health-news
A nurse sacked for slapping a violent mental health patient who spat in his face has been allowed to keep his job. Registered nurse Kees de Bruin was let go by the Canterbury District Health Board after the 2011 incident...
Which Bay Area Town Hands Out The Most Speeding Tickets
Source: Big News Network
Moraga :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 01:14:51 -0700 | health-news
Moraga hands out more speeding tickets than any other town in the Bay Area. Moraga's Officer Russell Douthit to look for speeders. "A traffic stop is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get,"...
Death rate review at heart hospital
Source: BBC
Clydebank :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 01:08:33 -0700 | health-news
Death rate review at Golden Jubilee Hospital heart unit The hospital said mortality rates had reduced over a period of time A leading Scottish heart hospital has conducted an internal review after an audit highlighted higher than expected mortality rates....
Diabetes drug 'may help Alzheimer's patients'
Source: Pak Tribune
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 01:08:21 -0700 | health-news
In a new study, medical researchers have discovered that a drug intended for diabetes appears to restore memory in Alzheimer's brain cells. Jack Jhamandas, principal investigator from the University of Alberta, with the team took brain tissue from animal models...
Babies learn better in sitting posture: Study
Source: Pak Tribune
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 01:08:20 -0700 | health-news
Researchers from North Dakota State University and Texas A&M found that something as simple as the body position of babies while they learn plays a critical role in their cognitive development. The study's results show that babies' ability to sit...
Five easy tips to gain weight
Source: Pak Tribune
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 01:08:19 -0700 | health-news
It is a common phenomenon that we hear that people talk about losing weight and making special New Year resolutions to ooze out that extra fatty layer from their waists, but what about those who want to gain weight and...
Rise in type 2 diabetes among young
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 03:42:24 -0700 | health-news
The number of people under 40 with type 2 diabetes in the UK has risen sharply in the past 20 years, research shows. In 1991 there were about 150 cases per 100,000 people, but by 2010 it rose to 500,...
A day in the life of ... a chief executive of a mental health trust
Source: EMRUpdate
San Ramon :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:55:36 -0700 | health-news
No two days are the same working for a trust with a £100m turnover and 500,000 patient encounters My day is bookended with routine but most days are different, as you'd expect with a £100m+ turnover and 500,000 patient encounters....
Helsinn, Vifor sign distribution deal for netupitant-palonosetron fixed dose combination
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-17 00:50:36 -0700 | health-news
Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg...As per the terms of the deal, Vifor Pharma will not only distribute the product but will also take the responsibility for the registeration of product in Switzerland. Helsinn Group CEO Riccardo...
Officials searching for person who stabbed man at Carpinteria hotel
Source: KSBY
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:49:48 -0700 | health-news
CHP and Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a person who stabbed a man at Motel 6 in Carpinteria Thursday night...Sheriff's officials say someone ran into the hotel lobby and told the clerk that a person had been...
Inmate killed at Kern Ca. prison, cellmate suspect
Source: KSBY
Delano :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:49:48 -0700 | health-news
Corrections officials are investigating the death of a California Prison inmate. They say the death was a homicide and the man's cellmate is the suspect. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement said an inmate at that...
Ask Dr. K: Doctors see inside with an ECG
Source: The Herald
Monterey :: TN :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:47:25 -0700 | health-news
I recently had an electrocardiogram and my doctor gave me a copy of the tracing...Dear Reader: When the 20th century began, more than 100 years ago, doctors had no way of looking inside the body of a living person. Yet...
Hospitals, private clinics bill up to €180m in unnecessary treatment
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-17 00:42:41 -0700 | health-news
Hospitals, private clinics bill up to 180m in unnecessary treatment Friday 17 May 2013 Hospitals and private clinics are billing health insurance companies for millions of euros worth of treatment which is not medically necessary and therefore is not insured,...
'No increase' in euthanasia cases among dementia patients last year
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-17 00:42:40 -0700 | health-news
No increase' in euthanasia cases among dementia patients last year Friday 17 May 2013 There is no evidence that the number of dementia patients opting for euthanasia rose last year from the 49 cases recorded in 2011, according to preliminary...
What Is ICSI Treatment And Will It Help You Conceive?
Posted by: halbertuk7
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 00:27:44 -0700 | health-news
ICSI is short for intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection and it is a procedure whereby a single sperm is injected directly into an egg so as to fertilise it. The resulting embryo is then reinserted into the woman’s womb – this process...
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