Boston bombings suspect moved from hospital to prison

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been moved from the hospital to a federal prison 40 miles away that provides specialized medical care, the government said Friday. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was moved from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he has been h …   Original post on nbcnews.com    Comments on reddit.com   

San Francisco probes report Nevada dumped psychiatric patients

From Yahoo! News: By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s city attorney said on Monday he has opened an investigation into recent newspaper reports that a Nevada mental hospital was illegally busing hundreds of newly discharged psychiatric patients to California and other states. In a letter to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, City Attorney Dennis Herrera cited a Sacramento Bee investigative series documenting what it described as rampant   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Virginia mall shooting leaves two injured, one suspect in custody; Shooter reportedly posted ‘details’ of his plan to a message board beforehand

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A man shot two women at a mall branch of a community college in Virginia Friday before he was subdued by police, a city official said. One of the victims was airlifted to a hospital and the other was taken by ambulance for treatment, said Christianburg city spokeswoman Becky Wilbur.   Original post on nydailynews.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.   Original post on time.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Russian cop faces 5 years in jail after leaving disabled man to die on street in -40C

After losing his fingers as a result of twelve hours spent in subzero temperatures, a disabled man has died from a blood clot in a Russian hospital. A policeman who refused to fulfill his duty by helping the man is now facing five years behind bars.   Original post on rt.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Bathinda gangrape story fabricated, ‘victim’ taken into custody

A Moga woman’s story of her kidnapping from Chandigarh and dumping in Bhatinda after gangrape in a moving car has turned out to false. Bharat Khanna and Ashpuneet Kaur Sandhu report.   Original post on hindustantimes.com    Comments on reddit.com   

UV Light Emitting Machine Disinfects Hospital Rooms In Minutes

It’s a staggering modern-day irony that the most common complication for hospital patients is acquiring an infection during their visit, affecting 1 in 20 patients in the US. It’s a problem estimated to cause millions of infections with 100,000 or so leading to death per year and a whopping $45 billion annually in hospital costs. If this isn’t bad enough, the tragedies from deadly superbugs within healthcare facilities are on the rise and will likely continue as the last lines of antibiotics fail without any new drugs moving fast enough up the pipeline to help.   Original post on singularityhub.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Deadly ‘superbugs’ invade U.S. health care facilities

A USA TODAY review finds that deadly CRE bacteria are showing up in hospitals and other health care facilities across the country and there is virtually nothing to stop these ‘superbugs’ at this point.   Original post on usatoday.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Jeremy Hunt ‘disgusted and appalled’ by reports of neglect at hospital where elderly man died of starvation – Home News – UK

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is ‘disgusted and appalled’ by reports of neglect at a hospital in Worcestershire where a man died of starvation.   Original post on independent.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

3D camera for brain surgery a big leap forward

Toronto neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Cusimano, who pioneered what has become an international standard in neurosurgery, is once again breaking new ground, becoming the first surgeon in Canada to use a 3D camera to remove a brain tumour.   Original post on thestar.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Gunman, 3 women dead; 4 others hurt in shooting near Brookfield Square

Authorities say three women were killed, and four other women are hurt following a shooting at the Azana Salon and Spa near Brookfield Mall Sunday morning. Brookfield’s police chief confirmed the gunman, 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton, is dead. Authorities believe the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.   Original post on todaystmj4.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Indian baby suffers horrendous burns in shocking dowry dispute

An Indian woman has died and her 13-month-old daughter suffered horrendous burns after her husband and father-in-law set them on fire as they slept, in a dispute over a dowry payment.   Original post on telegraph.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban moved to army HQ hospital

From Yahoo! News: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani schoolgirl fighting for her life after being shot by Taliban gunmen was transferred on Thursday from a hospital in a province that is a militant haven to a specialist hospital in the army garrison town of Rawalpindi. Malala Yousufzai, 14, was unconscious in critical condition after being shot in the head and neck as she left school on Tuesday, but doctors said she had moved her arms and legs slightly the night before….   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Food Sickens Millions as Company-Paid Checks Find It Safe

William Beach loved cantaloupe — so much so that starting in June last year he ate it almost every day. By August, the 87-year-old retired tractor mechanic from Mustang, Oklahoma, was complaining to his family that he was fatigued, with pain everywhere in his body.   Original post on bloomberg.com    Comments on reddit.com