Since the earthquake, Tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan there has been a lot of information floating around the Internet; some of it not very accurate. Although there is still very little information about the specific types of ionizing radiation coming from the Fukushima nuclear complex, there are some informed…
Urgent appeal for support for a medical mission at a Tibetan Refugee camp in India from HERO Founder, Dr. Julie Williams. …
The non-profit Humanitarian Efforts Reaching Out (HERO) is an organization, based in Northern Arizona, that is providing medical care through outreach missions in several places in the world. Two missions to Honduras, in Central America, were conducted in 2008 and 2009. A group of four are leaving again in June, 2010. This is a short film about the work they are doing and the challenges they face getting medical care to villagers in remote areas of Honduras.
A physician in northern India explains one of the causes of the high mortality rate in India. Lack of oxygen in the first few moments of life leads to many more deaths than necessary. The technology is available to prevent this. What can be done?…