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NHS WINTER CRISIS: HOSPITAL 'FELT LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A WAR ZONE'
Senior doctors have taken the unprecedented move of writing to Theresa May, warning that winter pressures mean some patients are dying prematurely... READ MORE›
INEXPERIENCED DOCTORS ARE BEING LEFT IN CHARGE OF A&ES, REGULATOR WARNS
Safety fears as junior doctors left to run a es and other hospital units... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL GETS MAKEOVER WITH XI'S HELP[1]
The two leaders laid the cornerstone for the upgrade project of Mahosot Hospital, which was the first hospital in Laos, built in 1910... READ MORE›
POLISH DOCTORS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN HEALTHCARE ROW
Last year, the Polish government spent 4.4 percent of the country's GDP on health services... READ MORE›
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UNTREATABLE GONORRHOEA 'SUPERBUG' SPREADING AROUND WORLD, WHO WARNS
World Health Organization tells of 'very serious situation' after confirming three known cases where all antibiotics were ineffective... READ MORE›
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL UNITS FORCED TO CLOSE TO NEW PATIENTS DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGES
Lack of paediatric doctors and nurses across the UK also means care children receive is at risk, says the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health... READ MORE›
A BLACK DOCTOR WANTED TO HELP ON A FLIGHT -- BUT HAD TO PROVE SHE WAS AN 'ACTUAL PHYSICIAN'
But the incredulous flight attendant asked if she was an actual physician, according to Cross, and requested to see her medical credentials... READ MORE›
USE OF STRONGEST ANTIBIOTICS RISES TO RECORD LEVELS ON EUROPEAN FARMS
Use of some of the strongest antibiotics available to treat life-threatening infections has risen to record levels on European farms, new data shows... READ MORE›
'PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR TRANQUILLIZERS': DOCTOR'S NOTE TO FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS HAS CHIEF CALLING FOR APOLOGY
The note, hand-printed in capital letters, was affixed to the reception desk at Dr. Allister Carter's office... READ MORE›
ALEPPO HOSPITAL RAID: EX-ASSAD CLASSMATE SPEAKS OUT
Moments after the news of the aerial bombardment of rebel-held Aleppo's largest hospital got to him, Dr Zaher Sahloul reached for his phone... READ MORE›
DEAL OVER JUNIOR DOCTORS' CONTRACTS WAS TORN UP, REVEALS EX-HEALTH MINISTER
Deal over junior doctors' contracts was torn up, reveals ex-health minister... READ MORE›
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49
A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... READ MORE›
MY SISTER-THE-DOCTOR HAS GRADUATED - JUST AS THE WORLD HAS TURNED ON MEDICAL EXPERTS
Vice-president Mike Pence claimed the heartbreaking story of the 11-month-old Charlie Gard in England is a story of ..... READ MORE›
ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GONORRHEA IS ON THE RISE
Antibiotic resistance is causing gonorrhea to become harder and sometimes impossible to treat, according to the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
CALL TO PUNISH GPS OVER ANTIBIOTICS
The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions... READ MORE›
AN ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION IN THE DOCTOR'S BAG
For physicians interested in the new scientific medicine, touching patients became a necessity... READ MORE›
NEW 'DUTY OF CANDOUR' RULES INSTRUCT MEDICS TO ADMIT MISTAKES
Known as a duty of candour the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology... READ MORE›
APPLE'S HEALTH TECH TAKES EARLY LEAD AMONG TOP HOSPITALS
"TIMING RIGHT" Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans has been working with Apple and Epic Systems, Ochsner's medical records vendor, to roll out a pilot program for high-risk patients... READ MORE›
UNTREATABLE GONORRHOEA 'SUPERBUG' IS SPREADING WORLDWIDE, WHO EXPERTS WARN
Manica Balasegaram, director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, said the situation was grim and there was a pressing need for new medicines... READ MORE›
CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS
The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›
3D GLASSES CAN GIVE YOUR DOCTOR A COMPLETE VIEW OF YOUR INSIDES
Age 40 Title Founder of EchoPixel, a four-year-old, 18-employee medical-imaging startup in Mountain View, Calif... READ MORE›
DALHOUSIE MEDICAL SCHOOL BOOSTS SCREENING OF WOULD-BE DOCTORS
In an unrelated case that same month, medical student Stephen Tynes was charged with threatening to kill an associate dean and her daughter, along with others... READ MORE›
NEW LAW SPARKS DEBATE OVER FUTURE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Lu recalls when traditional Chinese medicine TCM played a greater role in Chinese society... READ MORE›
LENGTHY WAITS TO SEE GPS MAY POSE SERIOUS RISK TO PATIENTS, SAYS TOP DOCTOR
People with non-urgent conditions may be neglected amid long waiting times, leading to acute problems, warns head of GPs' body... READ MORE›
LABOUR DEFENDS JUNIOR DOCTORS AGAINST 'MILITANT AND OVERPAID' PORTRAYAL
Junior doctors planning five-day strikes are not unreasonable, militant or overpaid, despite what government propaganda suggests, Labour has said... READ MORE›
'OH NO SWEETIE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ACTUAL PHYSICIANS'
She flight attendant said 'Oh wow you're an actual physician?'... READ MORE›
ALEPPO'S HOSPITALS ARE RUNNING OUT OF MEDICINE FOR 100,000 CHILDREN TRAPPED BY SYRIAN REGIME SIEGEA
Physicians appealed this week for the West to airdrop food and medical supplies to prevent a complete collapse of the healthcare system... READ MORE›
BANGLADESHI GIRL THOUGHT TO BE FIRST FEMALE EVER WITH 'TREE MAN SYNDROME'
He took her to Dhaka, where doctors have concluded she could have the same, incredibly rare, condition that has afflicted just four other people... READ MORE›
DAVID STEPHAN GETS JAIL TIME, COLLET STEPHAN GETS HOUSE ARREST IN SON'S MENINGITIS DEATH
CORRECTION A previous version of this story stated Collet Stephan had been sentenced to three months in jail... READ MORE›
WHY MODERN MEDICINE NEEDS TO CHANGE
Fundamentally, chronic problems need a different approach to acute ones... READ MORE›
GERMAN CARPENTER INVENTS ON-OFF CONTRACEPTION SWITCH FOR SPERM
They are surgically implanted on the vas deferens, the ducts which carry sperm from the testicles, in a simple half-hour operation... READ MORE›
HOW DOCTORS HELP SOME OF INDIA'S POOREST FROM A UNIQUELY OUTFITTED HOSPITAL TRAIN
Jordi Pizzaro There is a different kind of train that you might see traveling deep into India's rural areas... READ MORE›
DOCTOR WINS COSTS FROM VICTIM'S SON
A court in Germany proposed Mr Gray pay 75 of the case's legal costs and asked him to write to the doctor... READ MORE›
BUENOS AIRES ADOPTS WORLD'S FIRST CLOWN LAW TO CHEER SICK KIDS
BUENOS AIRES Argentina has a new law for treating children in hospitals that requires doctors to literally send in the clowns... READ MORE›