Former Australian Medical Association President Assaulted And Mugged In Melbourne

AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said she was shocked and saddened to hear of the bashing of former AMA president, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal.
Dr Haikerwal suffered serious injuries when he was assaulted and mugged in Melbourne over the weekend.

Haiti’s Misery Index Rising Daily: Resources Urgently Needed For Food And Infrastructure

Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, called on donor nations to fully fund urgent hunger needs and infrastructure rehabilitation in Haiti, which has been ravaged by a succession of tropical storms.

AHF Advocacy Spurs GSK To Suspend Fear-Mongering AIDS Drug Ads

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit AIDS healthcare provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, acknowledged British multi-national drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for wisely suspending publication of its recent series of direct-to-consumer print advertisements that, under the guise of patient education, [...]

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes ProSolv CardioVascular For Product Quality Leadership In Cardiovascular Image Management Systems

Based on its recent analysis of the cardiovascular image management systems market, Frost & Sullivan presents ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM Company, with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Quality Leadership, in recognition of the quality of the products and services the company brings to the market.

Toddlers’ Focus On Mouths Rather Than On Eyes Is A Predictor Of Autism Severity

Scientists at Yale School of Medicine have found that two-year-olds with autism looked significantly more at the mouths of others, and less at their eyes, than typically developing toddlers. This abnormality predicts the level of disability, according to study results published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.