Westmead, Sydney's most prominent hospital has been accused of making patients wait for 17 months for surgeries related to brain and spinal cord by the New South Wales Opposition.

Jillian Skinner, Spokeswoman of the Opposition said that 200 or more patients have been made to wait for neurosurgery at Westmead Hospital while only 10% received dates for surgery.

Citing the reason for this delay, Ms Skinner told that the neurosurgeons are agitated on the issue of less time given to them to operate. She said,

AIDS experts have been in search of a microbicide, essentially a cream/gel or a vaginal ring that the women or men can use for protection against sexual transmission of AIDS. 
At a conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, this week, many scientists suggested to make use of HIV drugs to make these gels work.

The Obama Administration continued to impose pressure on health insurers Thursday, revealing that some companies planned double-digit rate increases while earning billions in profits and paying their bosses multimillion-dollar salaries.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced that there was insufficient clinical evidence involving a proposed Cell Therapeutics, Inc. drug that would treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and revealed that the medicine significantly posed side effects, according to documents released.

Auckland's Regional Public Health Service are calling on the Government to increase tobacco tax and ban smoking in many outdoor public areas such as beaches, playgrounds, bus stops and outside buildings. The recommendations include increase tobacco tax by 5 per cent plus inflation per year, banning tobacco vending machines, licensing tobacco retailers. Dr.

The Salvation Army after saying that it "wants to get out of the hospital business" has finally decided that it will continue to run the Historic Toronto Grace Hospital. This deal was finalized Wednesday afternoon in the middle of an uncertainty was that prevailed regarding the future of the hospital.