Dengue's outbreak at Australian detention center
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An outbreak of dengue fever at an Australian refugee detention centre in the tiny Pacific island…
Fire Engine plows into a Chinese Restaurant in California
A crash involving two fire engines sent one of them careering across a busy pavement…
Diabetes, what it means for patients the new scientific advancements?
Author: Dr Zanariah Hussein (consultant endocrinologist)
(THESTAR.COM) - Overweight and obesity are defined as…
Ferry failure in South Korea, hundreds of children rescued
(GUARDIAN) - All 338 high school students and teachers on board a South Korean passenger ferry that began sinking…
What if you were invited to your own funeral?
Virtually no one feels it is dangerous to drive a few km/h faster than the maximum speed limit. However, even this…
Patients too heavy for ambulance transfer are a problem in the Middle-East
The Fire and Rescue Department had to be called in to help transfer an overweight patient from the Banting Hospital…
Palliative Care for patients with chronic illnesses start in Kuala Lumpur
(NEW STRAITS TIMES) - It is estimated that every year, 35 million people die from chronic life-threatening…
Scientists successfully create vaginas in lab to help women born without
REUTERS - Four young women born with missing or abnormal vaginas were implanted with lab-grown versions made from…
Jeff Bauman, Pulitzer prize for a rescue story
What made Josh Haner’s Pulitzer prize winning photo story of well known Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff…
FOAMed news: An Update on Pulmonary Embolism
As has been discussed in a previous post, patients with sub-massive PE (hypoxic, tachycardic, some…