BANGKOK, Thailand — An emergency official says an explosion inside the Thai prime minister's besieged office compound has wounded 33 people.
A spokesman from the Narentorn Medical Center said early Sunday morning that five had been hospitalized.
Police have not yet responded to the compound that protesters have held since August.
An Associated Press photographer says the device was hurled from outside the compound. It was not clear what Read the rest of this entry »
Googling for what ails you? You might want to think again.
According to a new study, human nature prevails when it comes to searching for health-related information, with users often jumping to conclusions and assuming the worst.
Microsoft researchers Ryen White and Eric Horvitz said their investigation of online medical search behavior found that it can often lead to "cyberchondria," an eight-year-old term describing the online equivalent of Read the rest of this entry »
DALLAS (AP) — Twin girls born joined at the head have overcome long odds, but the doctor who brought them to the United States to be evaluated for surgery now says there's no longer any chance they will ever lead separate lives.
Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, who will be 5 in January, were born in Rome to Romanian parents. The top of Tatiana's head is attached to the back of Anastasia's, meaning the girls have never been able to look each Read the rest of this entry »
CLAREMONT, Calif.
— Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move little but his left hand, his voice a near-whisper.
Felzer suffers from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The fatal neurological disorder steals the body’s ability to move, speak and ultimately to breathe. Read the rest of this entry »
Medical history is dotted with stories of cancers vanishing without a trace and without any treatment, either. Once considered medical oddities, a new study suggests more cancers go away without treatment than would be expected. The theory, however, is quite difficult to prove conclusively because almost every cancer detected is treated aggressively, leaving no opportunity to explore spontaneous regressions.
Leading the study were Dr. Jan Maehlen, Read the rest of this entry »
Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), with headquarters in Miami, is a
world leader in the research, design and production of
personal-protection systems for ionizing and nuclear radiation. The
company's core technology, Demron, is the world's first and only nuclear
radiation-blocking, anti-chemical and biological protection material.
Demron-W is the world's only NFPA 1994-2007 Certified Fabric for
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Foreign Ministry considers dispatching team of doctors from New Delhi to Mumbai to aid victims of Wednesday's attacks, orders diplomats from across Asia to travel to India to help Israelis. Magen David Adom also preparing to send medical aid to scene
is preparing to send rescue teams to Mumbai, India following Wednesday's
that left 101 people dead and hundreds injured.
In the attack terrorists seized a Chabad office in the city and have been Read the rest of this entry »
About 20% to 30% of those tests give patients a clean bill of health -- and that means hundreds of thousands of people are exposed to needless risk, Miller said.
Many cardiologists see CT scans as a safer alternative because the scans are powerful enough to create a high-resolution image even though the contrast dye is administered by a simple intravenous line and thus more dilute.
Miller and her colleagues at nine hospitals in the U.S., Canada, Read the rest of this entry »
"I would want to have a good, complete, full discussion" before making any decisions, Conway said.
Rick Abbruzzese, a spokesman for
, said it was "too soon to tell" whether the panel's findings would affect the governor's continued support of the replacement plan.
"The governor is committed to the Medevac program," Abbruzzese said. "This will continue to be a topic of debate and discussion in Annapolis."
State emergency medical officials formed Read the rest of this entry »