Sickness News

One in five Europeans suffers from chronic pain

Brussels - Newly compiled health data indicates that one in five Europeans suffers from pain that has been occurring regularly for three months or longer; one in eleven, suffers from pain daily. The research has implications for the planning of health services.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 3 comments

Plague alert hits China

A young man in north western China has died from pneumonic plague, leading to thousands of people being quarantined. The government has sealed off the town where the outbreak occurred.

In the Media by Jane Fazackarley - 2 comments

Parents Pray as Daughter Dies of Treatable Diabetes

"She explained to us that she believes her daughter's in a coma now and she's relying on faith...Please. I mean, she's refusing. She's going to fight it. ... We've been trying to get her to take her to the hospital for a week, a few days now."

In the Media by Brant David McLaughlin - 5 comments

HAZMAT Team Sent To Des Moines School

A mysterious illness struck many students at a physical education class yesterday, sending them on an emergency trip to the hospital via school bus. In all, 22 children are involved and at least two adults.

In the Media by Mark L Harvey - 6 comments

OP-ED/ Can You Afford To Get Sick?

Where Can You Go? If you're sick in America and working poor where can you go to get treatment? Do you have to be living on the street to be poor enough? There's Medicaid. They claim to help those too poor to afford care.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

Who is Sick? A Social Network for Sickness Information

WhoisSick.org a social network site for information on sickness and illness affected areas

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 8 comments

Flordia Teen has been Hiccuping for Over 3 Weeks

She can't stop hiccuping. For more than three weeks now, she has hiccuped close to 50 times a minute. Doctors and home remedies don't seem to work. Do you have any suggestions?

In the Media by Critical_Conformity - 9 comments

New Clinics may open up in retail locations such as a grocery or drug stores - $$$where you have to pay?

Im guessing you could say Two-tier health care will be advancing in Ontario Canada as studys are happening one of which Ive posted the interesting part.

In the Media by Critical_Conformity - 3 comments