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Haptics for health E4: Engineering
Researchers from John Hopkins University in the US have invented a way to include haptic feedback to medical robotic systems. The innovation will help surgeons cope with their lost sense of touch when performing medical surgeries from a computer console with robotic tools.
Supervisors: 'Cut retiree health subsidies' North County Times
SAN DIEGO -- Without debate and over the objections of vocal hundreds of current and former county workers, San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to cut health insurance benefits for thousands of current and future county pensioners.
Walking the first mile: Saint John mental-health court helps mentally ill get treatment, avoid prison or reoffending The Halifax Daily News
They are a leftover class from the asylums of yesteryear. Increasingly, the mentally ill are being left to the streets, cutting themselves a cruel living in shelters and boarding houses all across the country.
Students get a healthy dose of experience The Iowa City Press-Citizen
WEST BRANCH -- In her health careers class, instructor Deb McCarthy doesn't just want her students to read what it is like for patients. She wants them to feel, smell, touch and taste the experience themselves.
Legwold: Stretch run at record adds a nice touch Rocky Mountain News
Four fingers. Hold 'em up high, the season's fourth quarter is under way.
No fine if you're smoking, for now Dayton Daily News
Violations of the state's new indoor smoking ban won't result in fines until the state has enforcement rules in place, likely by early May, said Jay Carey of the Ohio Department of Health.
Canada spends $4,548 per person every year on health : CIHI report EARTHtimes.org
Latest statistics estimate that Canada's government will shell out an average of $4,548 per person for health related expenditures this year – an increase by almost 5% from 2005. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has come up with its most recent report which analyzes the country's health expenditure in terms of on whom is most spent, in what areas, what diseases, the regions,
Counter-intuitive cures Guardian Unlimited
Tony Blair plunged into the finer points of emergency health care with his usual gusto yesterday and was rewarded with what is becoming the usual two-fingered response from ardent critics in the NHS and beyond.
Area Taco Bells reopen today Trentonian
TRENTON -- State health officials revealed yesterday that one of the 55 victims sickened by E. coli bacteria in New Jersey lives in Mercer County.
Be mindful of health icLanarkshire - Rutherglen Reformer News
CAMBUSLANG and Rutherglen residents wanting to find out just how healthy they are have the chance to do so this Friday (December 8).
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