Addressing stillbirths
Monday, 18 April 2011
Over 2.6 million babies are stillborn globally every year, but a million of these could have been prevented if mothers had received proper care during pregnancy and birth.
UM Medical Center reunites former infant patients, medical staff
Monday, 18 April 2011
The first time Colin and Andrew Prazak came to the University of Maryland Medical Center, they hadn't even been born.
Suicide rate steadily rising
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
The most recent numbers show a small but steady increase in suicide rates over the last few years, enough to move suicide into the list of top 10 killers.
Officials revamp lead-paint removal program
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
City officials said Tuesday that they've revamped Baltimore's struggling program to remove lead-paint poisoning hazards from housing after...
Minister reacts to nursing compact
Monday, 11 April 2011
A crucial meeting between the nursing profession and the Health Department ended on a high note in Johannesburg, this week. The meeting sought to address deficiencies of a profession that is despised by many South Africans who receive nursing care in government health facilities.
Father of groom connects to wedding guests from Hopkins via Skype
Monday, 11 April 2011
In just a few quick bursts, Jack Shockney was able to make out, on a laptop screen, the white canopy tent adorned with white paper...
Zuma's call to nurses
Thursday, 07 April 2011
SANDTON - Nurses should invoke the spirits of their noble predecessors Florence Nightingale, Cecilia Makiwane and Henrietta Stockdale and restore the profession to its rightful place in society, President Jacob Zuma told a Nursing Summit.
Baruch Blumberg, Nobel winner with ties to Fox Chase, dies at 85
Thursday, 07 April 2011
Baruch Blumberg, 85, a Philadelphia researcher who won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1976 for his work on hepatitis B, died Tuesday in Moffett Field, Calif.
Dealing with childhood asthma
Thursday, 07 April 2011
Of the nation's 22 million people with asthma, six million are children, according to the National Institutes of Health. In Baltimore, as...
Concern over theft of ARVs
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
Civil society organisations want to see government taking a firmer stand to stop antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) from being smuggled into the black market.
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