Cuban Doctors faces Daily Challenges in Haiti GONAIVES, Haiti.? Immersed in its daily routine, the city has erased almost all traces of the severe floods that struck two years ago killing thousands of its inhabitants, destroying buildings and blocking roads. Now it is back to "normality," in the...

A Pueblo group will soon drastically expand the medical services available in Haiti's second-largest city. A three-year grant from Catholic Health Initiatives, which owns St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, will send Dr. James Smith and a large surgical team to Gonaives, Haiti, in February. There, the...

Haiti opens new Emergency Operations Center in Les Cayes Haiti?s Civil Protection Agency (DPC) and PAHO/WHO inaugurated a new Emergency Operations Center in Les Cayes. The new EOC will serve the Department of Sud. Between May and September 2004, Haiti suffered devastating floods in Fond-Verettes,...

Doctor Paul Farmer addresses poverty, violence, health care When something stumps Dr. Paul Farmer, it often means it?s time to write another book. ?I actually write to learn,? he said from his office at Harvard Medical School. Farmer said he figured out a better way to deliver health care to the...

Center for Disease Control and Prevention encouraging universal screening for HIV/AIDS Jessica Sondgeroth Daily Texan September 30, 2006 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is combatting the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the United States by encouraging universal screening for HIV,...

Regular Food Remedies to relief Alzheimer's Disease Warning: Please consult with your regular Doctor about combining your medication with Food Remedies info. Researchers are discovering powerful links between diet and dementia. While there is no special nutritional formula recommended for...