Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke could faces criminal conviction
...as practiced medicine and if he still does then he himself accepts it to be a criminal offence. As of now he said that the New Zealand workshops are on hold. ...Mental Health Services at Wellington Hospital in Poor Shape
...nt of ward 27 walked away form the ward and killed himself in July 2003. Yet another patient is said to have jumped into the tiger enclosure at a nearby zoo in February 2003. The two proposed care centers are likely to open by the beginning of next year, the locations of which has not been disclosed so far......hepatitis now. Put in to words by the researcher himself Dr. Tang said, "Our findings could prove critical to research on HCV's complex virus-host cell interactions and lead to better, targeted treatments. Currently, any nucleotide starvation therapies, used primarily to treat cancer, can inhibit replicati...A first in Liver Transplant in India – Networking works wel
... used locally. A doctor from Kerala - had listed himself with Sri Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi for a possible liver transplant and desperately required the surgery. The logistic of liver being retrieved and sent to Delhi was proving to be difficult, hence an alternative strategy was worked out. Both the Liver...Brain Filters Sensory Information
... report. It is not possible for a person to tickle himself as the resultant sensations are predictable. A person can easily be overwhelmed if he were to try reacting to all the sensory information directed at him. It will also contribute towards diverting a person’s focus on the objects which require his ...Analyzing Client-Centered Therapy.
.... This makes the patient understand better about himself and about all those aspects about himself that he has been denying. The result is that the patient understands that he has a control over all ...... has suspended the license of the doctor who calls himself an alternative healer. Dan Conaway, the lawyer of the doctor has said that the clinic of the suspended medical practitioner will remain open. Shantha is not known to have any adverse records until date. One of the patients he treated in 2001 with a...Uninsured People Turn To Free Clinics.
...ho suffered from an attack the previous year found himself facing a huge stack of hospital bills and did not have a health insurance. This made him visit the free clinics every year. It’s not that people who live in dreaded conditions, homeless and drug addicts are those who visit the free clinics but is...Mystery behind Brain activity during recalling events disentangled
...n recalling events the person usually tries to put himself back in the same situation he was at the time of the occurrence of the event. This will help in the remembering of minute details about the event. The researchers made use of the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner to document the ...Stem Cell Pioneer Is A Fraud, Claims Colleague
...forbidden in medical research. Subsequently, Hwang himself resigned as the director of the stem cell institute. These fresh allegations are now being denied by him. He is claiming that the research is true, but was subject to 'human errors.' He said at a news briefing that he was sorry to have caused such ...British Doctor cleared of murder
...ad probably murdered more than 250. Shipman hanged himself in his prison cell in January 2004. Dr Martin was alleged to have made a deliberate and unlawful decision to end the lives of his three patients "because their time had come to die". The court was told that he injected the men with 60mg doses of mo...UK Prepares Itself For Flu Pandemic
... been revealed. The person appointed will dedicate himself solely to a bird flu pandemic. He will also be responsible for acquiring vaccines for the H5N1 bird flu strain. The business houses of the country will also be affected with absenteeism of up to 60% if a flu pandemic breaks out. Detailed plans have...Pakistan On Alert After Cases Of Fatal Fever
... native town Sialkot reached, a man who identified himself as a nazim contacted RGH Sunday night asking the hospital authorities not to send it, a hospital official said. IANS...Aussie Nobel Prize Winners Receive Their Awards
...Professor Marshall became very famous for offering himself as a guinea pig. However, their discovery means that ulcers can now be easily treated by administering the appropriate antibiotics. "It will teach us a lot for the stomach environment and I think that'll help new drugs and new vaccine developments in...PCT Calls Upon Doctor To Delay Surgeries
...Alastair Paterson has said that he will not permit himself to be forced to follow the new rules, and that he has never had a waiting list for patients. He feels that a waiting list system will result in the number of patients piling up, resulting in delayed treatment. The Trust is reportedly in a position ...Indian Psychiatrist in UK Accused of plagiarism
...ncredulity this could happen, that a person who is himself a writer could do this. It's very disconcerting." ...iticised by some colleagues who suggest he spreads himself too thin - an allegation he rejects. (Source:IANS) Medindia Related Links MedIndia - All about...Diabetic Friendly Egg Developed In India
...ailments. Dr.Taneja did initial trials of eggs on himself and claimed that diabetics could now have eggs daily or on a routine basis without bothering about cholesterol levels going up and blood glucose level getting affected. 'In fact this egg will bring down the blood glucose level marginally though I w...The romantic legacy of an AIDS victim ended up in tragedy
...oned to death his 25-year-old wife and then hanged himself in the Durgapur industrial town of south Bengal's Burdwan district, near Kolkata. Probir and Basanti Sarkar were a happy couple since their love marriage four years ago. Basanti was recently found to be HIV positive and is believed to have contrac...Maybe It Is Time For Doctors To Look After Their Health As Well
...ses his own health or rather fails to take care of himself while doing so. A recent study has reported poor mental health and burnout among hospital consultants // in the UK, supporting the above-mentioned statement. Over 800 consultants were surveyed and a 27% prevalence of poor mental health was found am......t, animal and mineral substances on volunteers and himself and kept a diary of the symptoms and developed numerous medicines in this way. "Hahnemann knew 140 medicines. Today there are between 3,000 and 4,000," says Karl-Wilhelm Steuernagel, chairman of the German Association of Homeopathic Doctors (DZVhae...