Archive for June, 2008

Ariz. hospital copes with chopper collision

The president of Flagstaff Medical Center says the collision of two medical helicopters on their way to the hospital Sunday is a tremendous loss.

STD Rate Doubles For Middle-Aged People

The rate of sexually transmitted diseases in people over 45 doubled over the last decade, researchers found by checking reports from 19 sexual health clinics.

Smoking ban ‘helps 400,000 to quit’

Stubbed out: A study claims more than 400,000 people in England have quit smoking since the ban on lighting up in public was introduced last year More than 400,000 people in England have given up smoking thanks ...

PM Welcomes Bold Vision for NHS

New NHS reform plans provide a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to make it one of the world's best health systems, Gordon Brown has declared.

7 die as medical helicopters collide over Arizona

Two medical helicopters collided Sunday afternoon about a half-mile from a northern Arizona hospital, killing at least seven people and critically injuring three, a federal official said.

All three people on one of the helicopters were killed in the Flagstaff collision, including a patient and the pilot, said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Four others were killed and three critically wounded, Gregor said. He wasn't sure if they were all on the second helicopter or whether some were on the ground.