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Human-like robot smiles, scolds in Japan classroom
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Japan's robot teacher calls roll, smiles and scolds, drawing laughter from students with her eerily lifelike face. But the developer says it's not about to replace human instructors.
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Japan's attempts to import swine flu vaccine may be too late
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Aug 23, 2009 |
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The Japanese government might not be able to import vaccine to combat the new type of influenza -- the H1N1 virus, or swine flu -- before autumn, when an epidemic of the disease is feared will intensify, as experts want pre-import ...
Finnish technology workers warn of strike
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday.
Japan facing obstetrician shortage
May 01, 2006 |
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The severe low fertility rate in Japan appears to have led to an equally worrisome shortage of obstetricians.
Worldwide isotope shortage continues to pose significant challenges
Sep 08, 2009 |
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SNM (Society of Nuclear Medicine) recently conducted a survey of nuclear pharmacies—pharmacies that supply the critical radioisotope Technetium-99m, which is used in more than 16 million nuclear medicine tests each year in ...
British doctors argue over Caesareans
Sep 22, 2006 |
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More experienced doctors present during the final stages of labor would mean a lot less emergency Caesarean sections, a British report says.
Huge cost to filling health worker gap in sub-Saharan Africa
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Hiring the nearly 800,000 workers needed to eliminate the staggering shortage of health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 will cost $2.6 billion a year, or 2.5 times the annual funds currently allocated for ...
Team finds labor induction need not increase cesarean risk
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University ...
Japan creates Asimov-like robotic laws
May 31, 2006 |
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Japan is creating "robotic laws" along the lines envisioned by scientist Isaac Asimov in the Laws of Robotics he presented in a 1940 science fiction novel.
CDC: Up to 6 million swine flu cases in few months
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with swine flu during the first few months of the pandemic, according to estimates from federal health officials.
Drugmaker reports shortage of kids' Tamiflu
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The maker of Tamiflu on Wednesday said there's a shortage of the children's version of the drug - the first-line treatment for swine flu and seasonal flu.
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