hospitals

Before listening to the skeptics guide on the train this morning, I was listening to Radio 4. I loved the unapologetic nature of the chap from the lancet towards homeopathy. it's on listen again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ "0713: The Faculty of Homeopathy, has accused the...

It's often been said that a hospital is no place to get well. Here's the proof! Let's say you need some human tissue to replace a tendon, or some burned skin, or a ligament . . . where does that tissue come from? You guessed it, a cadaver. But not just ANY old cadaver, it has to be a clean...

Iraqi Hospitals Are War's New 'Killing Fields' Medical Sites Targeted By Shiite Militiamen By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 30, 2006; Page A01 BAGHDAD -- In a city with few real refuges from sectarian violence -- not government offices, not military bases, not...

Palestinians Fear Gaza Health Crisis After Israeli Pullout Huh? If you "retain control of" your borders, you are occupying your neighbor? And how, exactly, is this Israel's problem? Here's an idea: Why don't the Palestinians build a hospital or two in Gaza? Rude question: How many of them need...

In this thread, there was a somewhat off-topic discussion about doctor's over-prescribing antibiotics and how that causes the pathogens to become resistant to them. Barbrae posted a lengthy quote from WHO (but does not post a link) which states: "About 14,000 people are infected and die each...

Randi's latest commentary notes the following with favor: Many religious persons will bring their own bibles. Really sick patients aren't going to be reading. Bibles are dry, closed articles highly unlikely to harbor infection. All the infection controll doctors I know say that the biggest...

There's been a lot of FUD going around in this forum about how dangerous firearms are. So, how likely are you to be killed by a firearm? I think it is reasonable to exclude those who are shot by the police out of necessity etc. and just focus on accidents and and firearm homicides. According...

The department wants to examine the medical histories for what could amount to dozens of the doctors' patients in the last three years to determine, in part, whether the procedure, known medically as intact dilation and extraction, was in fact medically necessary, government lawyers said. But...

Its my understanding that the VA coveres peoples injuries sustained while in the service. Is there more than that? Ive seen stories about cuts to the VA hospitals and on talk radio I heard some guy complianing about the wait to get cancer treatments. If he gets cancer years after service, why...

Well, it's been a while, but I have had a similar issue to Kourama's with hospital admissions. Both my wife and I "just don't", in terms of religion. I really don't know how else to put it. My wife is racially chinese (born in Mississippi, raised in Colorado, but genetically chinese), and...

I didn't want this war - I don't think anyone really wanted it - but I think that in my time on this messageboard I have managed to have very civil and quite respectful discussions about the "necessity" of military intervention in Iraq : discussions in which neither myself nor those arguing a...