Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can remove need for heart transplant by returning heart to normal
Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can be used to return severely failing hearts to their normal function, potentially removing the need for heart transplantation, according to new research. The mechanical devices, known as Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), are currently used in patients with very severe heart failure whilst they await transplantation. The new study, published in the Ne...Ill Health among Soldiers Returning From Iraq
Professor Simon Wessely, of the King's Center for Military Health Research at King's College London said that British soldiers returning from Iraq are suffering from health problems. // Hence the researcher and his team are examining whether there had been an increase in ill health in soldiers returning from Iraq. Therefore they are comparing the mental and physical health of forces who h...Health Services Returning To Normal
Medical services in state-run hospitals across the country were restored today as doctors returned to work after 20 days of anti-quota protests following a directive from the Supreme Court. // OPD services in premier health institutions like AIIMS, MAMC, Lady Hardinge and Safdarjung in the capital started functioning with junior doctors reporting back to duty. The situation was the sa...Soldiers Returning From Iraq Suffer From Diminished Mental Functioning
According to the researcher, Jennifer J. Vasterling of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System and Tulane University Louisiana it was found that soldiers// returning from Iraq showed mild problems with mental functioning. They suffered from subtle lapses in memory and had difficulty in focusing on a particular issue. They suffered from this condition for more tha...Row in Australia Over Mental Health Support Available for Returning Soldiers
Veterans associations in Australia have called upon the federal government to provide better mental health support services for soldiers //returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Doctor Robert Marr from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War says there needs to be a specific counseling service for servicemen and women returning from overseas conflicts. He says th...Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics
More damning evidence is out on the callousness of the Bush administration towards its own soldiers returning from battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans are finding it evermore difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapists, on top of the already low reimbursement rates and a tangle of red tape, reports say. Trica...