Houston Chronicle Swiss likely to approve prescription heroin The Associated Press - Patients show up each day to receive their treatment in small doses handed through a small window. Then they gather around a table to shoot up, ... Authorities combat disability insurance abuse

Vicksburg hospital to stop treating La. patients Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - As of Monday, River Region Medical Center says it will no longer offer non-emergency care to Louisiana Medicaid patients . The Vicksburg hospital had earlier ...

ABC News Lawmakers in Papua, Indonesia Seek Microchip Monitoring for HIV ... eFluxMedia - Patients with an active sexual behavior could be implanted with a microchip to monitor their sexual activities, lawmakers said. But human rights activists, ... Indonesian AIDS commission rejects plan to tag sufferers WORLD IN BRIEF: Bill targets AIDS patients Indonesia to tag AIDS patients -

Patients evacuated after fire in Ohio hospital WKYC-TV, OH - CINCINNATI -- A fire broke out on the roof of a six-story hospital in Cincinnati, leading to the evacuation of 40 patients . No one was injured in the fire ... Fire strikes Jewish Hospital

AFP SKorean court grants coma patient right to die The Associated Press - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A South Korean court ordered the removal of a respirator from a comatose patient Friday, saying the "meaningless" extension of ... Court Approves Life-Support Suspension Request South Korea to allow euthanasia South Korean court approves right to die for coma patient

The Southern Ledger Sligo patients not sent to designated cancer centres Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - GPs in the catchment area of Sligo General Hospital are disregarding notices from the Health Service Executive to send cancer patients to one of the eight ... Sligo GPs to disregard HSE notices Nation Briefing

ALS patients test treatments, share info on the Web Newsday, NY - Some doctors caution that patient -led research may lead to unreliable results and false hopes. The Food and Drug Administration has approved only one drug ... Patient -led drug trials defy medical establishment

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SmartAboutHealth Inactivity a risk to depressed heart patients : study Reuters - By Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - The main reason depressed heart disease patients are at higher risk for further heart trouble is because they exercise ... Heart disease worsens among depressed patients Depression's Behavior Changes Linked to Heart Risks Inactivity in Depressed Heart Patients Increases Cardiac Risk -

dBTechno Medevac panel recommends Md. fly fewer patients Baltimore Sun, United States - By Robert Little robert.little baltsun.com Maryland's emergency medical system can fly fewer patients to trauma centers by helicopter without reducing ... Md. Medevac Helicopters Flying Less After Crash Since crash, fewer patients flown by medevac Panel: Md. flies too many medevac helicopters -