Overseas doctors facing 'professional death sentences'
Medical groups are warning that hundreds of overseas-trained doctors working in areas of need in regional Australia are under threat of being deregistered. abc.net.au |
US apologizes for 1940s STD study in Guatemala
By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-10-01T18:06:25ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research."... hosted.ap.org |
'Cutting targets saves lives'
More focus possible on 'neglected' areas like epilepsy bbc.co.uk |
Language boost
Are bilingual children less likely to develop Alzheimer's? bbc.co.uk |
Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations
GENEVA (AP) -- The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs were treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Friday.... hosted.ap.org |