Posts for Tag: health Care

A Bionic Man


This looks a little too sensational, but it does contain some amazing news: A team of scientists and researchers at the University of Zurich were able to recreate more than 50 percent of the human body using the "most sophisticated" prosthetics and artificial organs (like a full circulatory system) available. The "bionic man" will be on display outside the National Air and Space Museum today.

Poetry helps patient care

For the past year, the National Aspergillosis Centre (NAC) based at the University hospital of South Manchester has employed writer in residence, Caroline Hawkridge, to work with patients and staff, because of a conviction that word exploration is already boosting the effectiveness of the care given by its health staff...

For the past year, the National Aspergillosis Centre (NAC) based at the University hospital of South Manchester has employed writer in residence, Caroline Hawkridge, to work with patients and staff, because of a conviction that word exploration is already boosting the effectiveness of the care given by its health staff.

There's not as much here as I'd like to see about the approach that's been taken, but there's enough to let me know that I'd like to see the approach use more widely.