In a murderous assault inside a reform home for juvenile offenders in the city, a 14-year-old boy died after he was beaten up by Home fellow inmates.
The boy, Mubarak Ali, had run away from his uncle’s house in Erisarampatti village near Pollachi last Friday. The police picked him up on “suspicion” while he was roaming [...]
A new cancer blood test may help doctors find cancers earlier
and monitor cancer treatment.
The new blood test uses microchip technology to sift blood to search for
circulating tumor cells (CTCs), which come from solid tumors and roam through
the blood.
The developers of the test call it [...]
A survey of American doctors released Monday shows wide gaps
between what doctors say they believe about practicing medicine ethically and
what they actually do to fulfill them.
The study concluded that doctors often don’t follow through on their own
beliefs about protecting patients’ privacy, avoiding conflicts of interest, or
reporting incompetent [...]