Wisconsin applicants urged to pursue DOE funding for cellulosic biomass
has announced $200 milli...Learning from the big boys: With technology, women urged to go gradual
That was one of the messages to come out of the recent Wisconsin program, where women-owned businesses were encouraged to le...Wisconsin firms urged to pursue federal SBIR dollars
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Just ask Philadelphia. Or San Diego. Or Boston. Better yet, look at the numbers. That's what Ross DeVol, director of regional economics for the Santa Monica-based , did for a landmark study released last summ...Liver transplant oversight urged
Concerned about the increasing number of partial-liver transplants from living donors, some doctors are proposing an external regulator be appointed to certify hospital units to do the surgery.// According to a survey conducted at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, which was woefully inadequate post-surgical care, when a 57-year-old man died after donating 50 percent of his liver to hi...Chance of water births being urged for mums-to-be
A major child birth charity has urged midwives and hospitals in the UK to give mums-to-be the chance of a waterbirth. According to the charity, labour and birth in water offers a number of benefits over conventional practices for healthy women with an uncomplicated pregnancy at term. Past research has also shown that waterbirths tend to make women feel more in control and relaxed, resulti...Medical Fraternity Urged To Revamp Indian Healthcare
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday expressed concern at India's health indicators, describing them among the worst in the world, as he urged the medical fraternity to revamp healthcare within the next decade//. Launching the golden jubilee celebrations of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, he exhorted policy planners and doctors to emulate the example of Keral...Chinese Hospital urged to cater to the poor
Public hospitals in China should focus on providing affordable medical care for the common man and not just cater to the demands of the wealthy minority, the country's health minister said.// Hospitals are spending too much public money to buy expensive medical equipment, trying to keep pace with developed countries, and offering exclusive services that few can afford, Health Minister G...Bush Urged To Press India To Eliminate Medical Tariffs
Several experts in US have suggested that the President George W. Bush should press India to get rid of with tariffs on medicines// and medical products so that it can become affordable even to the poorest there. Jim Driscoll, an AIDS activist and advisor to President Bush on HIV-AIDS, and Roger Bate of the conservative American Enterprise Institute have urged countries such as India,...