Category: Community
Nepal earthquake: Disaster overwhelms weak healthcare system
A massive earthquake in Nepal has exposed the woeful state of its medical facilities as hospitals struggle to treat vast numbers of injured with limited supplies and staff. The country of 28 million has only 2.1 physicians and 50 hospital […]
Switzerland, Scandinavia top global ‘happy’ index
Switzerland is the happiest country in the world, closely followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada, according to a global ranking of happiness unveiled in New York on Thursday. The 2015 World Happiness Report is the third annual report seeking […]
Australian health blogger’s lies outed
An Australian “wellness” blogger who built a successful business on claims she survived terminal cancer has admitted she never had the disease. “None of it’s true”, Belle Gibson told Australia’s Women’s Weekly magazine in an interview. Ms Gibson chronicled her […]
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Greenslopes offers both in-patient and day services through its 678-bed facility. Its switchboard operators typically handle 350-400 calls per eight-hour shift. The operators were using multiple systems to access patient and staff information in addition to binders and notes. These […]
U.S.LGBT community find it hard to find doctors sensitive towards them
Finding doctors at U.S. teaching hospitals who consider themselves competent to care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients may be difficult, suggests a new study. Few such hospitals reported having ways to identify doctors knowledgeable about LGBT health, […]
PH health tech startup mClinica picks up equity stake in Medix
Two health tech startups based in the Philippines mClinica and Medix have entered into an equity stake deal. mClinica will be acquiring an undisclosed %age of the fellow Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm. Besides the stake acquisition, mClinica will be given access to Medix’s technologies and development […]
Strong muscles help make strong bones for growing kids
Higher muscle mass is linked with stronger bone development in children, according to researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK. Working with children who were measured as newborns and again between the ages of six and seven, the […]
Thai toddler the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen
Matheryn Noavaratpong died in January 2015 after her family made the painful decision to take her off life support. She suffered from ependymoblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer that occurs in very young children. In an e-mail interview with […]
Five quintuplets born in United States
A Houston woman gave birth to five girls in four minutes by cesarean section last week and all are doing well, a Texas hospital said. The five girls were born on April 8 at 28 weeks and two days. All […]
Georgia approves medical marijuana
People with seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis and other illnesses can now use medical marijuana to treat their ailments. But patients still may find it difficult to obtain the cannabis oil for their treatment, advocates said. Under the law, which takes […]
