High-Speed Internet2 Link Revolutionizes Global Medical Education
...h, dedicated Internet network developed in 1996 by leaders in the research and education community in the United States as a way to better support education and research collaborations worldwide. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Johns Hopkins faculty members will use this technology to conduct an interactive clinical edu...Pressing Need for Additional Staff Consultants at NHS
...ap of around 300 consultant vacancies. Only today, leaders of the medical royal colleges claimed a 70% increase in the number of consultants was needed to provide an NHS fit for the future; today's increase of 0.5% in the last quarter shows just how far we are from our goal." A recent check revealed that mo...Mamata Banerjee Hospitalized Due to Chest Pain
...a rally against the Singur land grab with Congress leaders during the day where she looked visibly indisposed. Source-IANS...World's 3 out of 10 Cigarettes Smoked in China
...raries that began China's smoking epidemic. "The leaders of the tobacco industry have had their eyes on China for more than 100 years and they are not taking them off," she said. "Duke was interested in China and rightly so in a sense because he could see the population numbers. That interest in China ha...Abolish Car Parking Charges at Welsh Hospitals, says BMA Cymru Wales
Doctors leaders in Wales are calling on the National Assembly for Wales to abolish car parking charges at hospitals throughout Wales and release// patients from a heavy financial burden. Welsh Secretary of the BMA, Dr Richard Lewis said: "Charging people to park a...Stigma of AIDS at the workplace
... the University of Westminster in London, business leaders stressed on the urgency to include HIV/AIDS in business school curriculum. Prof Shobana Madhavan, University of Westminster, said, "What we will achieve by introducing this subject is awareness, and action as a result." In spite of India having the...Transfusion-Free Surgical Program Helpful for Liver Transplantation Patients
...of blood products, and it is important that we are leaders in promoting transfusion-free techniques. In conclusion, we propose that the recognized need to minimize the use of blood products be elevated to the same level as antibiotic and deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis (prevention)."...Kashmir Grapples with Growing AIDS
...ad of HIV/AIDS, the JKSAPCS has roped in religious leaders like Muslim imams and Sikh granthis in the state t...ainst the spread of the deadly virus. Religious leaders are no longer hesitant to talk about safe sex now despite being part of a conservative society. Init...Despite High Literacy Rate Female Foeticide is on the Rise in Kerala
... have come as a surprise to politicians and rights leaders alike, mainly because of the state's high literacy rate.// "The number of girls in the 0-6 years category is coming down in Kerala and this has happened just because of female feticide and nothing else. The problem is that we are unable to track how...Transplant Cures Rats’ Type 2 Diabetes without Need for Immune Suppression Drug
...plant-based treatments. Hammerman and Rogers are leaders in the emerging field of organogenesis, which focuses on growing organs from stem cells and other embryonic cell clusters known as organ primordia. Unlike embryonic stem cells, which can become virtually any cell type, primordia are locked into becom...Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Labels
...g from smoking related diseases in Wales, doctors' leaders said today. Welsh Secretary of the BMA, Dr Richard Lewis said: "Every day, doctors across Wales see the devastating effects caused by smoking. The British Medical Association has led the campaign for a total ban on smoking in all enclosed public p...Sports Doctors too few for 2012 Olympics
...he key to improving activity levels. However PCT leaders say that the proposal was unrealistic given other demands. The Royal College is planning to launch a new faculty of sports and exercise medicine. Currently only three sports and exercise doctors are present on the register in London, Belfast and ...Controversial Vaccine Raises Fury of the Church
...ing to yesterday’s report. However Scots church leaders have condemned the move saying that the vaccine is giving the "green light" to under-age sex. It is because of such concerns that other countries; most notably the US has resisted vaccinating young girls as yet. Trials of Gardasil have been comple...Religious Activities Could Promote Obesity
...d body weight since the early 1990s. "If religious leaders and organizations neglect this issue, they will co... we celebrate,'" Ferraro says. "Instead, religious leaders need to model and encourage physical health as an important part of a person's spiritual well-being....California: 'Go Ahead' For Drug Discount Initiative
The Democratic legislative leaders approved the proposed discount drug plan, which will entail about 40% discount on branded medications and 60% on generic ones for the// low-income residents of the state. This initiative will require the prescription drug companies to enable disco...Indian Scientist to Help Reduce Infant Mortality in Africa: UNICEF
... funds for expensive neonatal care, African health leaders are seeing great potential in replicating the model within their own countries. Bang's work in reducing newborn deaths has been published in the "Lancet" and the "Journal of Perinatology". He was included in Time magazine's "Heroes of Health" list ...Defeating the 'Diabesity' Beast
... heard at last,” Prof Zimmet says. “Our medical leaders must recognise their crucial role in supporting this, and Federal and State politicians must look beyond the nex election.”...Processed foods – "the" cause of obesity!
..., it will take a mass effort of doctors, community leaders and consumers. However, Lustig’s hypothesis is doubted by obesity experts who are hesitating to label overweight people as victims of their food supply with not a lot of hope to lose weight without major changes in America's food culture. Defini...Bismillah Khan frets over government ignoring request
... who matter. He has begun to suspect that even top leaders of the country are only paying lip service to him.' Ahmed recalls how Bismillah Khan would often brood, 'Isn't it ironical that a gas agency can be released to any Tom, Dick or Harry on one recommendation from a Member of Parliament or even a legis...... The church programme includes training religious leaders and married couples to become counsellors and discuss issues such as sexual positions, gender roles and how to improve sex lives. (Source: IANS)...