Will Anyone be Normal?

Diagnosis and the DSM-5: Proposed Changes to Diagnostic Best Practice Offer a Staggering Range of 'New' Conditions. Sir Terry Pratchett and Others Weigh in on the Impact of Mental Health Diagnosis and the Ever-Shrinking Idea of Normalcy

LONDON, July 27, 2010 – This month Journal of Mental Health features a special issue on
diagnosing mental illness. [...]

Animal Experiments Statistics Total 3.6 Million – “a Shameful Legacy of Science’s Complacency About Animal Suffering”

Humane Society International has reacted strongly to Home Office statistics released today revealing no significant decrease in animal experiments conducted in Britain, still totalling 3.6 million experiments in 2009

LONDON, July 27, 2010 – The Home Office emphasises that most procedures were on rodents (82
percent), but HSI research (see below) reveals mice and rats often [...]

Health Robotics Surpasses 100 Installations Milestone and Acquires Two I.V. Room of the Future Partner Companies

BOZEN, SUD-TIROL, Italy, July 27, 2010 – Health Robotics announced that it has reached final agreements to acquire
all assets from Italy-based MEDarchiver S.r.l. and Biomedical Technology
Consulting S.r.l., merging these companies' employees and operations,
re-entering direct sales activities in the Italian market, and conducting a
re-organization of its Executive Management, expecting to close these
acquisitions over the next [...]

Hospitals in India Experience Downward Pricing

SEBASTIAN, Florida, July 27, 2010 – This month, as predicted in the February 2008 issue of the PHM Emerging
Markets Healthcare Monitor, insurance companies in India announced that they
would only work with hospitals that meet their pricing demands. These firms
control nearly 70% of the Indian health insurance market.

Hank Kearney, president of [...]