A hospital in Rhode Island was fined $50,000 after a doctor mistakenly operated on the wrong side of a patient's head. This sums up to three incidents of the same nature for the hospital.

The latest brain operation mistake involved the hospital chief resident operating on the wrong side of the head of an 82-year old patient. The Providence Business News reported that as bedside procedures were being performed, "prior to entering the skull, it was determined that the procedure was being performed on the wrong side and it was immediately stopped

A hospital in Rhode Island was fined $50,000 after a doctor mistakenly operating on the wrong side of a patient's brain. This sums up to three incidents of the same nature for the hospital.

The latest brain operation mistake involved the hospital chief resident operating on the wrong side of the brain of an 82-year old patient. The Providence Business News reported that as bedside procedures were being performed, "prior to entering the skull, it was determined that the procedure was being performed on the wrong side and it was immediately stopped

A leading human rights organization Friday blasted China's policies towards people living with HIV/AIDS, saying the government discriminates against people living with HIV/AIDS, with policies that limit their freedom of movement, expression and speech.

At an international gathering of AIDS activists in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch representatives said that although China has passed much-needed anti-discrimination legislation in recent years, AIDS activists continue to be intimidated and detained by security forces. Chinese authorities have also allegedly shut down meetings and demonstrations held by civil society groups, closed the offices of a leading AIDS advocacy organization and detained key activists, including 2005 Reebok Human Rights Award winner Li Dan

A new survey of Montana high school students shows 38 percent admitted to binge drinking within the past 30 days, much higher than the national average of 28 percent. Binge drinking is defined as having five or more drinks on one occasion.

Keeping the recent figures in mind, the Addictive and Mental Disorders Division of the Department of Public Health and Human Services will award $9.86 million in federal grant money to various agencies to help reduce substance abuse

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director Dr Samlee Plianbangchang on Wednesday appreciated Bangladesh's health policies and said the country is well on the way to achieve the health-related targets of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals.

The WHO regional director, based in New Delhi, said this when he met Foreign Advisor of Bangladesh Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his office in the capital, Dhaka