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ITALY TO ALLOW LIVING WILLS AND THE REFUSAL OF END-OF-LIFE CARE
The law permits Italians to write living wills and refuse medical treatment, artificial nutrition and hydration... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MAN'S 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' TATTOO CREATES ETHICAL DILEMMA
Florida man's 'Do Not Resuscitate' tattoo creates ethical dilemma for doctors... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN STATE PASSES ASSISTED DYING LAW
Dr. Baker said that a survey of Australian Medical Association members last year showed a strong minority of support for euthanasia policies... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Dr. Tom Mclaughlin
DESMOND TUTU: I WANT RIGHT TO END MY LIFE THROUGH ASSISTED DYING
Terminally ill people 'should have right to choose a dignified assisted death', he writes in article published on his 85th birthday... READ MORE›
'DEFEND NHS WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT', CORBYN URGES DEMONSTRATORS
Tens of thousands protest against further funding cuts to health service and social care at march through central London... 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›
CHILDREN WAITING UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CQC
Shortcomings in child and adolescent mental health services care mean some children end up experiencing a full-blown mental health crisis, she said... 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›
WHEN LIFE IS A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH
Some claim that modern medicine has done more to prolong death than to extend meaningful life... 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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO DIED DURING AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT TO LONDON WAS CANADIAN
Global Affairs Canada is confirming that a 10-year-old girl who died Christmas Eve after falling ill aboard a transatlantic Air Canada flight was Canadian... 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›
DOCTORS CARING FOR DYING PATIENTS NEED MORE SUPPORT, BMA SAYS
British Medical Association's call comes as poll highlights impact treating patients at end of their life has on doctors... 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›
BANGLADESHI MAN PLEADS FOR MERCY KILLING OF TERMINALLY ILL SONS, GRANDSON
Tofazzal Hossain makes headlines in the conservative Muslim country by saying he wants to help end the suffering of trio struck by rare disease... 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›