By Robin Fields Barbara Scott relied on dialysis to do what her damaged kidneys could not. Three times a week, a machine pumped her blood out of her body, pushed it through a specialized filter, then returned it cleansed of waste. The bright crimson circuit kept the 73-year-old retired bookkeeper alive. Until it nearly killed […]
Medical Humdrum Hijacked by Politics and Emotion
Medical Hum-drum Hijacked by Politics and Emotion By Leo Kretzner, December 7, 2009. What does the average person want from medical studies?? A heaping order of certainty with some simple advice on the side, hold the nuance. Yet what do we usually get?? Relative odds and statistics covered with a creamy sauce of complexity. No […]
Former Rwandan Refugee Builds Schools In Africa
Louise Uwacu, author of The Nightmare of POSITIVISION chronicles a story of survival during the devastating years of war in Rwanda. Uwacu refers to The Rwandan genocide (1994) that took the form of mass killings of two ethnic groups: Tutsis, and Hutu. The death toll over 100 days has been estimated to […]
Breast Cancer And Young Women
Breast Cancer And Young Women National Cancer Institute Statistics estimate that, breast cancer is the leading cause of death in young women ages 15-54. More than 250,000 women age 40 and under in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lives, and more than 11,000 women will be diagnosed […]
Nigeria, others race against time in the fight against malaria
WITH merely two years to meet the global targets of delivering effective, affordable protection against the debilitating disease, BEN UKWUOMA and CHUKWUMA MUANYA write that recent efforts by the international community, have led to hopes that malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem before the end of the next decade. It is a […]
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board reconstituted by JK Governor
Jammu, March 24 – Governor, N. N. Vohra, has reconstituted the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), for a period of three years, with immediate effect. In his capacity as Chairman, SMVDSB, the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under section 4(1) (b) of the Jammu and Kashmir Shri […]
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