Harold Shipman was arrested a quarter of a century ago, but we still have problems with prescribing controlled drugs: Oleg Troino/Shutterstock Catherine Hudson drugged two patients on the stroke ward of Blackpool Victoria Hospital to give herself an easier life. She has been jailed for seven years and two months. Her colleague, Charlotte Wilmot, who …
Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think – who’s behind it and how it could be controlled: A Sudanese man who testified to selling a kidney to traffickers in 2017. Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news. In March …
TB in children isn’t being controlled – it’s key to fighting the disease for everyone else: In many developing countries TB vaccination for children after birth is mandatory. Paul Kane/Getty Images World TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the …
The British monarchy has always controlled how much we see of it, but Charles III could change that: The late author Hilary Mantel once wrote of Queen Elizabeth II that she was “a thing that existed to be looked at”. This became even truer in death. From the moment the sovereign left Balmoral Castle in …
Diabetes can be controlled. But there’s no medicine for some people who need it.: Diabetes can be controlled using medicines, diet and lifestyle modification. Shutterstock The burden of diabetes is increasing globally. There are about half a billion people in the world living with the disease. In sub-Saharan Africa, 23 million people had diabetes in …
South Africa in the news: Ivermectin and Covid-19: SA drug regulator allows controlled, compassionate access: South Africa’s medicines regulator finds middle ground to authorise ‘compassionate use’ of ivermectin, whilst still stating that there is not yet sufficient evidence for full registration.: “South Africa” – BingNews South African opposition party goes to court to seek vaccine …
How WWI soldiers’ bodies were controlled, transformed and abused to secure victory: Ernest Brooks/Imperial War Museum Between 1914 and 1918 the British Empire amassed a force of nearly nine million men to go to war. Ravenous in its need to field soldiers, the dwindling professional British army was soon augmented by reserve forces, conscripts and …
A nice WordPress image: Version controlled goodness Image by eston All of the hyalineskies software is now kept under version control using Subversion on my grid server. Now my workflow on my home projects is almost exactly like it is at Facebook, down to the coding conventions and templates. You get used to it in …
Bomb Jammers for Prevention of Remote Controlled IED Bomb Attacks: Bomb jammers are used in convoy protection, checkpoints, border crossings, and other military setups that are prone to IED or remote operated device attack. CT-6080DDS 800W DDS bomb jammer is a new generation of jammer signal synthesizers that use digital signal generation for more precise …