May 2014

PETALING JAYA - As attempts to convince a 35-year old woman not to jump off the 12th floor of Desa Mentari flat here, firemen quietly rappelled to the lower floor and pushed her back to the balcony. The woman was immediately whisked away to…

STEMO is a principally new stroke care concept, that has closed previous gaps in stroke care practice with the help of specially developed telemedicine solutions and optimization of the care processes. The central objective is to optimize…

Earthquakes happen every day, and as this animation shows, small ones happen more frequently than once per hour. Moderate-to-large earthquakes are less common, however, perhaps 1-2 per month on a long-term average. Therefore April…

8 May is Red Cross Red Crescent Day. Tadateru Konoé, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, talk about the common…

MANILA (AFP) - Twenty-three people were injured when fire and a series of explosions struck a Philippine army munitions depot near the country's financial district on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said. Local television footage showed…

At least six people have been injured in a knife attack at a station in Guangzhou, Chinese officials say. It is unclear how many people were involved in the attack, but one person was shot and then detained by police. There is no…

HONG KONG, May 06, 2014 (AFP) - An air and sea rescue mission scoured choppy waters near Hong Kong Tuesday in a desperate search for 11 crew still missing more than 24 hours after their Chinese cargo ship sank.The Zhong Xing 2, which was…

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a potentially devastating form of acute inflammatory lung injury with a high short-term mortality rate and significant long-term consequences among survivors. Supportive care, principally with…

A drive-by-wire ambulance that goes on the target automatically? Is it is possibile, that's what an Israeli Startup create with the Urban Aeronautics project. The drone is called airMule, it is 20 feed long, over 6 feet wide and weight one…

JAKARTA, 1 May 2014 (IRIN) - Millions of Indonesians who live near the country’s more than 130 active volcanoes are constantly having to decide whether to evacuate or not. Supporting “volcano cultures” with up-to-date…