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  • Indo-China bilateral meet on healthcare sector held at Geneva

    Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Li Bin, Minister of Health and Population, People's Republic of China met here yesterday on the sidelines of World Health Assembly to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in healthcare sector. Congratulating Dr Li Bin for taking over as Health Minister of China, Azad stated that in view of her keen interest ...

  • Incentives push doctors to electronic medical records

    More than half of doctors' officers and 80% of hospitals that provide Medicare or Medicaid will have electronic health records by the end of the ...

  • Kauai Clams gets OK from Hawaii Health Department to raise and sell shellfish

    The Hawaii Department of Health has given the green light to Sunrise Capitol Inc., doing business as Kauai Clams, to become the first Hawaii company in 26 years to farm and sell shellfish. The company, whose operation is in Kekaha on Kauai, is currently growing clams, and it plans to introduce locally-grown oysters in the near future. Gov. Abercrombie asked the department to help bring a ...

  • Doctors Save Life Of Kaiba Gionfriddo Ohio Boy By 3-D Printing Him An Airway Tube

    In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba (KEYE'-buh) Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to spare. Because of a ...

  • Kaiser in preliminary stages of of buying Moanalua Golf Course land

    Kaiser Permanente Hawaii officials said talks to buy 10 acres of land from the Moanalua Golf Club adjacent to its Moanalua Medical Center for $4 million are in the very preliminary stages. The opportunity [to buy the land] presented itself this year, Kaiser spokeswoman Laura Lott said Wednesday. At this time we dont have any specific plans for the land. There are a lot of things that have to be ...

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Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

There are few things more inexplicable than the death of a child. Death itself is a difficult enough concept--the severity and finality of it--but when death comes to someone who has only begun to experience life, it is particularly devastating, the kind of blow that can shake the ... ...

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  • US doctors save boy by 3-D printing splint

    IN a medical first, US doctors have used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance in the booming field of regenerative medicine - making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to spare. Because of a birth defect, the ...

  • Fast and cheap for cops and nurses -- New York eats it up

    This is not the place if you are dieting, looking for romantic intimacy or elitist dining. It is, however, a place for inexpensive ribs. Foodies in New York City crave Per Se, Nobu and Daniel where dinner for two can set you back $250 to $300. But for working-class and middle-class New Yorkers, one popular and growing chain of restaurants is more affordable: Dallas BBQ. Dallas BBQ recently ...

  • Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing

    WASHINGTON - The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them. Jon Letko of U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC, based in ...

  • Will Ranbaxy Labs Be Excluded From Medicare And Medicaid

    English: Logo of Ranbaxy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One week after Ranbaxy Laboratories agreed to pay $500 million to resolve civil and criminal charges stemming from a long-running manufacturing scandal that involved substandard products and providing fraudulent data to the FDA (back ...

  • A medical first Doctors save Ohio boy by laser-printing an airway tube so he can breathe

    Kaiba Gionfriddo plays outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind biodegradable airway made by Michigan doctors using plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer. (AP Photo/Mark ...

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