SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week as they refuse to end their weekslong walkouts that have burdened the country’s medical services, officials said Thursday. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike … Read more
A person can lose their voice (dysphonia) from a cold, speaking constantly as a teacher, singing at the top of their voice at a concert, or from allergies – but they always recover. However, there are diseases that cause vocal cord paralysis, in which you can’t control the movement of the muscles that control your … Read more
Home » S&P 500 sets a fresh record despite hotter-than-expected CPI Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for March 12 Despite data indicating the latest CPI numbers were hotter-than-expected, major US equity indexes closed higher Tuesday with the S&P 500 notching its 17th record high of 2024. While the latest inflation reading was higher than expected, … Read more
A medical team at Cromwell Hospital in London strapped on the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro during two spinal surgeries. Doctor’s are calling the device a “game-changing” tool, beefing up Apple’s claims that the headset has a future as a medical device. Apple’s Vision Pro Seems Powerful, But Who Is It For? | Future Tech Doctors … Read more
Home » Wheat futures advance despite third Chinese cancellation Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for March 11 A significant round of technical positioning and bargain buying helped push wheat futures higher Monday despite pressures from a third cancellation of US soft red winter wheat sales by China, bringing the total voided sum to 504,000 tonnes, … Read more
Staff at Surrey Memorial Hospital in British Columbia are celebrating the arrival of new technology that could help save the lives of some of their tiniest patients. “The brain is the most important organ but the least monitored organ in the ICU, and this device will provide better brain monitoring,” pediatrician and neonatologist Dr. Samer … Read more
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Thirty-three-year-old Ben Erikson considered himself active and healthy until three years ago when he went for a routine checkup. “That’s when they found an abnormal rhythm on my EKG,” Erikson said. He was later diagnosed with a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is caused by abnormally thick muscles. If … Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis again asked an aide to read his remarks and was unable to get back onto his popemobile Wednesday, as lingering respiratory and mobility problems continued to take their toll on the 87-year-old pontiff. Francis presided over his weekly general audience, held outside for the first time this year in … Read more
Home » Corn, soybeans, wheat dip ahead of WASDE Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for March 5 Corn, soybean and wheat futures could not sustain overnight bargain-buying rises and dropped lower Tuesday. Corn and soybeans hovered near three-year lows ahead of Friday’s updated supply and demand numbers from the US Department of Agriculture. Soybeans were … Read more
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights … Read more