Five workers were trapped deep underground at a hydroelectric plant near Georgetown, Colorado, after a fire broke out, power company Xcel Energy Inc said on Tuesday. Five contractors were working in an underground penstock, or pipeline, at the Cabin Creek

On Saturday, September 29, over 850 people in 60 cities across the country participated in one of the most grueling workouts ever devised, the Crossfit Fight Gone Bad Challenge to raise money for Athletes for a Cure, an initiative of

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement this afternoon upon sending President Bush the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) legislation: "This afternoon, the Congress sent to President Bush a bipartisan bill to insure 10

A doctor involved in a $7 million HIV infusion therapy scheme to defraud Medicare has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, seven months home confinement, and three years supervised release, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal

Professional Postgraduate Services® (PPS), renowned for its award-winning healthcare websites, recently launched LegDisorders.org , a one-stop educational resource for healthcare providers seeking information on a variety of leg disorders. The goal of the website is to enhance competency in the

but they tend to have underlying behavioral or medical problems, indicates research in the journal Injury Prevention.The research team analysed the circumstances surrounding 111 cases of dog bite over a period of four years. All the 103 dogs involved had

Professor Gordon Parker from the Black Dog Institute, who spearheaded the study, said chocolate appears to have a "calming effect" in people who suffer from depression. Nearly 3,000 individuals suffering from clinical depression took part in the web-based study.

More than 60 percent of the 580 products in a newly-updated inventory of nanotechnology consumer products are such 'un-geeky' items as sports equipment and clothing. And, manufacturers are overwhelmingly using silver as the nanomaterial of choice.

Men with certain scores and patterns based on prostate cancer biopsy were found to be at higher risk of PSA-failure, suggesting that this measurement could help predict the risk of prostate cancer recurrence, according to preliminary research.

Sydney's leading emergency department doctors have met with the New South Wales Health Minister to explain first-hand the crisis confronting the hospital system.

Federal Labor says it will set up specialist child care centres for children with autism if elected to Government.

Visitors and staff will have to use alcohol hand wipes before entering Victorian hospitals to try to stop the spread of superbugs.

October's Gastrointestinal Endoscopy compares Electron Magnetic Resonance with mucosal biopsy for Barrett's esophagus-related superficial neoplasms.

Hepatic encephalopathy as a predictor of survival in patients with end-stage liver disease, finds this month's issue of Liver Transplantation.

Negative appendectomy in pregnant women is associated with a substantial risk of fetal loss, shows the latest Journal of American College of Surgeons.

Best Syndication) It may not come as a surprise to some people, but Americans do spend more on health care than any other country in the world. Per capita, Americans spend more money than Canadians or Europeans with socialized or

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