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A £25,000 solar-powered portable operating theatre which can be set up within 10 minutes has been unveiled by its Kent inventor. The "hospital-in-a-box" can also run on pedal power and be used in developing countries and disaster zones. The CompactOR operating theatre was invented by Alexander...

I could not help smiling at this report. I particularly liked: Oh happy day!

Link. This I found interesting: But... Somehow, Parkland seems to be able to figure out who's illegal, since they bill Uncle Sam (i.e., you and me and everyone else who sends in a 1040 on April 15) for the cost. Historica: Parkland Memorial Hospital is where President Kennedy died after being...

Yesterday my uncle was admitted to the hospital. He was having intense headaches for a couple days, then yesterday it got so bad they called 911. When the ambulance arrived he had already started going into seizures. All the info I have is what I got from my mother, so I was hoping I could spill...

Taken to hospital according to the news there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4594992.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4582574.stm Not many details yet. Not sure what effect this will have on Israel's politics.

In the "those books are Satanic!" section of Randi's latest commentary, there's a couple of sentences that disturb me even more than the know-it-all front desk attendant thinking Demon-Haunted World was Satanic. It was these: It's state-run, but it pushes Christianity on its patients? Sounds...

Hello my dear JREF'ers (i really don't know how you are suppose to pronounce that...) It is with great dismay that I write this post, in the middle of what should be the time devoted to study for my exam in Sports Medicine.... Anyway, surfing trough pages about Secretaría de Salud (Health...

It's nice to be reminded that there are still a lot of nice, caring people in the world: Shriners Hospital Aids Tsunami Victims

The BRAC Commission has voted 8-0 earlier today to close Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. For those interested, the hearings are being covered on CSPAN-2. From the NBC Washington affiliate: The new facility will also be named Walter Reed.

Link (probably requires registration): http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050502witchcraft,1,1967300.story?coll=chi-news-hed Highlights: "The suits alleged Libman used tarot cards, pentagrams and love potions in therapy." "One suit alleges that the Libman asked a client to submit...

About three years ago, I found myself in serious pain. The pain was so bad that I could not stand or walk. Desperate, I called a friend and asked if he could drive me to an emergency room. It was a Sunday. We decided to go to our local hospital. Eventually I managed to move myself into the...

Western scientists are researching the effectiveness of bacteriophage viruses, which are already used in Russia and Poland, for the treatment of many different bacterial infections due to various potentially multi-drug resistant organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, E.coli, Streptococci, Ps...

In some versions of her story, "Kaz" talks about how, in American hospitals, there is a procedure which must be followed before a patient can be declared dead. There are variations in her telling of it, but basically she says that three different doctors have to check the patient's vital signs...

Salve, I thought this is a topic both the hardcore left-wingers and we "compassionate" defenders of the free market economy can agree on. THIS... http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19615 ...health insurance company is doing society a disservice by existing and exercising...

Terminally ill ones.

At the same time that Yassir Arafat seems poised to find out whether or not there is anything to this afterlife business, a man with a far less bloodstained legacy entered a hospital as well. The local Memphis TV news just announced that Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director of the NAACP...

I saw this headline, and thought it might be about trying to exclude homeopathy from a hospital, due to the fears about its effectiveness. Imagine my horror.... BBC news, of all places my vote for daft quote of the day: I mean, if you are not going to use drugs, visit the GP, or use...

According to www,cnn.com, he has been hospitalized and is in the ICU with acute pancreaticis (sic.) brought on apparently by Gallstones migrating from the Gallbadder to the pancreas. It is apparently a very serious and painful condition. I am no fan of Ashcroft and believe him to be one of the...

Police said Green Hornet contains a mixture of sedatives and stimulants and has harmful side effects, including severe body rash, high heart rates, high blood pressure and seizures. The four Colorado Springs teens were rushed to the hospital about 6:30 p.m. Friday from a hotel, police said...

Still can't believe there is a real medical hospital named after that quack. At least no one practices homeopathy there...

Boston Globe story I'm having new windows installed in my house soon. Can I order special "Mary windows"?