Tag: Doctors
Zimbabwe doctors report 800 typhoid cases
by on Jan.29, 2012, under Health and Fitness
An independent doctors' group in Zimbabwe is reporting 800 cases of the bacterial disease typhoid in a recent outbreak.
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Kenyan doctors call off strike: union official
by on Dec.13, 2011, under Health and Fitness
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan doctors have called off a week-long strike demanding better pay, after the country's leaders pleaded with them to end the industrial action that left many patients unattended, a union official said on Tuesday. Some 2…
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Czechs to send 30 doctors to Slovakia
by on Dec.02, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The Czech government has agreed to deploy 30 army doctors in Slovak hospitals after more than a thousand local doctors resigned over low pay.
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UK doctors call for ban on smoking in cars
by on Nov.16, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The British Medical Association is calling on the government to ban smoking at all times in cars, a step that would go beyond regulations elsewhere.
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Too Few Doctors Screen Young Athletes for Hidden Heart Trouble
by on Nov.14, 2011, under Health and Fitness
SUNDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) — Tragic stories appear in the
media about seemingly healthy young athletes dying on the playing field
due to an undetected heart problem.
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Doctors split on Avastin for breast cancer – survey
by on Oct.27, 2011, under Health and Fitness
An international survey of cancer doctors shows that many question U.S. health advisers' 2010 rejection of Roche Holding's drug Avastin to treat advanced breast cancer.
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Doctors slap down claim Chavez to die in 2 years
by on Oct.23, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Physicians treating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez disputed on Saturday claims made by a former doctor of the socialist leader that he would die within two years from his undisclosed cancer.
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CA industry group for doctors backs legalizing pot
by on Oct.16, 2011, under Health and Fitness
California’s largest industry group for doctors is calling for the legalization of marijuana even as it maintains that the drug has few proven health benefits.
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Kingdom for god scientists and doctors working for your heal
by on Oct.03, 2011, under Preventative Medicine
If 1.2 million is gathered for those doctors and scientists as preventative medicine can they help make your body stronger than you on your own? Yes or No
Doctors question Perry’s stem cell back treatment
by on Aug.19, 2011, under Health and Fitness
He calls it innovative. Others call it a big risk. In any case, the stem cell procedure that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had last month was an unusual experiment to fix a common malady: a bad back.
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