Archive: 17/08/2012
Regular patient/clinician interaction can help increase follow-up cancer screening
The line talk to your doctor, which appears in so many medical-related advertisements, is apparently right. An analysis of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who maintained regular contact with their clinicians ...
Aug 17, 2012
Diaspora doctors heed homeland calling on Aleppo front line
A few days ago, Hazem left his wife and 11-month-old son in England and flew to Turkey with another Syrian-born doctor from Manchester to offer help on the front line in Aleppo.
Aug 17, 2012
Trained NHS therapists can help insomniacs
Insomnia sufferers in England could have greater access to successful treatment, thanks to a training programme developed as part of trials of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi), funded by the Economic and Social ...
Aug 17, 2012
To fight West Nile, Dallas launches aerial defense
(AP) Dallas County launched an aerial assault on the mosquito population for the first time in 45 years Thursday to combat the nation's worst outbreak of West Nile virus, which has killed 10 people and sickened at ...
Aug 17, 2012
Colombia drug treatment center plans spark debate
A proposal to open treatment centers in the Colombian capital for drug addicts is causing a stir in this cocaine-producing Latin American country.
Aug 17, 2012