Medical blog

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — The world's biggest computer chip maker on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.
Intel Health Guide uses gadgetry and Internet connections to enable medical personnel to monitor the health of chronically ill people from afar.
Doctors and nurses can keep tabs on heart functions, blood sugar levels and other health factors of at-home patients Read the rest of this entry »

"My feeling is this accident rate is epidemic," said Jim Hall, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Investigators have just started looking into Wednesday's crash and have not reached conclusions on what factors played a role. But the accident put a new spotlight on a disturbing trend. Lax government regulation and fierce competition for customers have created a disincentive for helicopter transport companies to invest Read the rest of this entry »