Definition: This entry gives the number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, per 1,000 of the population. Medical doctors are defined as doctors that study, diagnose, treat, and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans through the application of modern medicine. They also plan, supervise, and evaluate care and treatment plans by other health care providers. WHO estimates that fewer than 23 health workers (physicians, nurses, and midwives only) per 10,000 would be insufficient to achieve coverage of primary healthcare needs.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Countries with more Subway branches have more fat people: US, Canada and Australia top obesity list
Daily Mail - 5/14/2013 4:28:00 PM
New research has found that the more branches of Subway a country has, the more likely its population is to be obese. Nations with a high density of Subways - such as the U.S., Canada and Australia - have more people classified as being extremely overweight.
Population density: Bihar, West Bengal among world's most crowded
Hindustan Times - 5/5/2013 8:20:35 PM
In a first for Indian states, the population density of Bihar and West Bengal has breached the 1,000 mark. This makes them more populous than even a sizeable country such as neighbouring Bangladesh, an HT analysis shows. Population density is ...
Countries With Highest Density Of Subway Chains Have The Most Obese Population; Eating Fresh May Not Mean Eating Healthy
Medical Daily - 5/14/2013 8:52:51 PM
In comparison, countries with the lowest number of Subway chains like Japan with .13 per 100,000 people and Norway with .19 per 100,000 also recorded the least obese population. In Japan 2.9 percent of men and 3.3 percent of women are considered obese and ...
Countries with most fast food restaurants have highest obesity rates
HULIQ - 5/11/2013 11:55:22 PM
This study isn't going to reflect well on Subway restaurants, the largest fast food chain in the world. (That is correct, Subway passed hamburger giant McDonald's as the fast food chain with the most stores on planet Earth last year.) According to a ...
At least 30 countries in Africa at risk of yellow fever: WHO
The Global Times - 5/19/2013 1:20:08 AM
The UN World Health Organization ... of risk for yellow fever. WHO Kenya Country Representative Dr Custodia Mandlhate told journalists in Nairobi that the global community should not be passive to this reality. "Most of the estimated 200,000 yellow ...
New version of FRAX now available for 53 countries
News-Medical - 5/8/2013 9:47:06 AM
WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool now available for 53 countries and in 28 languages; New models for Armenia, Brazil, Iceland, Morocco and Thailand An increasing number of physicians around ... input of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) values to ...
World Family Doctor Day observed in T&T
Trinidad Express - 5/17/2013 10:15:12 PM
Today, World Family Doctor Day is being observed internationally. It is also being observed here in Trinidad and Tobago by the Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP ... “In some countries there is work to do, and celebrating World Family ...
World Congress on Interventional Oncology to Present Live TheraSphere(R) Administration
The Wall Street Journal - 5/15/2013 11:57:47 PM
The treatment will be administered to a pre-selected patient by Dr. Robert Lewandowski, Associate Professor in Radiology, and his team at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Northwestern University) in Chicago, and broadcast live via closed video ...
US News & World Report Recognizes Dr. Rod J. Rohrich in Top 1% of Country's Top Plastic Surgeons
PRWeb - 5/9/2013 11:26:07 AM
US News & World Report has named Dallas plastic surgeon Dr. Rod Rohrich of UT Southwestern Medical Center among the best plastic surgeons in the United States. In addition to his recognition as a Top Doctor, the US News Top Doctors selection process has ...
Israel has fewer hospitals than Yemen
YNET News - 5/17/2013 4:57:15 AM
Israel's health workforce is not a source of pride either: The country has 31.1 physicians per 10,000 people, putting Israel in the 31st place, after Lebanon, Georgia, Hungary and Italy, but before Canada, Britain and the US. The number of nursing and ...
World's First All-Electric Car Ferry Powered by Electrovaya's Lithium Ion Superpolymer®2.0 Battery
ThomasNet Industrial News Room - 5/17/2013 12:28:13 PM
Toronto, Ontario -- Electrovaya today announced that it has secured, in conjunction with its subsidiary, Miljøbil Grenland AS (Miljøbil) in Norway, an order for a large Lithium Ion battery system for the “Hisarøy” Electric Ferry. The Ferry will be ...
Mindways QCT Comes of Age by Inclusion into FRAX
MySanAntonio - 5/15/2013 8:51:40 PM
The inclusion of Mindways QCT bone density measurement into FRAX®, now offers patients and physicians an accurate and cost-effective alternative assessment method for determining osteoporotic fracture risk. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Fracture ...
A surprising map of the countries that are most and least welcoming to foreigners
Washington Post - 3/22/2013 7:00:56 AM
Other high-ranking countries include the rich and peaceful of the Western world (Ireland, Canada ... United States and low-ranked China have some of the world’s highest rates of foreign tourism. If anything, maybe what’s interesting about this map ...
Health experts examine how density of fast-food outlets associated with prevalence of obesity
News-Medical - 5/10/2013 9:16:05 AM
Even after adjusting for the other factors, countries with the highest density of Subway restaurants (such as the United States and Canada) have a higher prevalence of obesity than countries with a low density (like Norway and Japan).
