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MEDICAL STUDENTS: HAVE YOU HELPED AT A HOSPITAL THIS WINTER?


Senior doctors took the unprecedented move of writing to prime minister Theresa May about patients dying in hospital corridors during the winter crisis... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 144

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

11th January, 2018 453

GOOGLE SAYS ITS SECURITY PATCHES NOT SLOWING DOWN SYSTEMS


The flaws, which affect chips from Intel, AMD and ARM, allow hackers to read a computer's memory and steal passwords, putting virtually all phones, computers and servers at risk... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 120

NHS WINTER CRISIS: WHAT IS HAPPENING AT YOUR HOSPITAL?


Patients are dying in hospital corridors this winter, senior doctors have warned in a written letter to prime minister Theresa May... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 144

NHS BEDS CRISIS: SICK PATIENTS CAN SIT IN A&E, SAYS HEALTH MINISTER


Philip Dunne's comments 'ignorant and appalling', says Labour, as claims emerge of patients sleeping on hospital floors... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 2584

BUSINESSES CAUTIOUS IN INSTALLING PATCHES TO FIX CHIP FLAW


Antivirus software makers responded by rolling out fixes to make their products compatible with the updated operating systems, he said... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 721

SECURITY FLAWS PUT VIRTUALLY ALL PHONES, COMPUTERS AT RISK


Bit.ly 2CsRxkj Intel denied that the patches would bog down computers based on Intel chips... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 8210

WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF THE NHS THIS WINTER? TELL US HERE


Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine SAM, said many hospitals reported more than 99 percent capacity in the week before Christmas... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 71

NHS EXPLORES APPS FOR CARE IN A DIGITAL AGE


The task at the NHS Ideas Lab hackathon was to find 21st-century solutions to problems facing patients, doctors and the NHS... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 389

UK SURGEON ADMITS ASSAULTING PATIENTS BY SIGNING INITIALS ON THEIR LIVERS


Simon Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 2008

NHS BOSSES SOUND ALARM OVER HOSPITALS ALREADY RUNNING AT 99% CAPACITY


NHS bosses sound alarm over hospitals already running at 99 percent capacity... READ MORE

7th December, 2017 934

UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION


DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE

7th December, 2017 692

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MAY'S SCAPEGOAT ATTEMPT COULD SPARK MASS RESIGNATIONS, SAYS TOP GP


Dr Kailash Chand says GPs are rightly angry at government effort to shift blame for NHS crisis on to them with seven-day threat... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 8632

ANIMATED MAP OF HOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS WERE INFECTED WITH RANSOMWARE


Tracing the Attacks Path Across Thousands of Computers... READ MORE

14th May, 2017 8236

RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION


The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE

14th November, 2014 8210

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

27th April, 2017 7185

NHS INTENSIVE CARE 'AT ITS LIMITS' BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES


Fifty-two nhs hospitals sent patients elsewhere in busiest week yet... READ MORE

29th January, 2017 5645

NHS ACCUSED OF COVERING UP HUGE DATA LOSS THAT PUT THOUSANDS AT RISK


NHS England has quietly launched an inquiry to discover how many patients have been affected... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 5365

'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

16th June, 2017 5295

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

2nd October, 2016 5268

BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS RANKED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT


Here's a look at the report's top children's hospitals across the country U.S. News Honor Roll 1... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 4706

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

4th October, 2015 4672

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

7th September, 2016 4355

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

22nd July, 2017 3755

CALL TO PUNISH GPS OVER ANTIBIOTICS


The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions... READ MORE

18th August, 2015 2973

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW


It was first reported in England -- hackers gained access to the National Health Service computers, effectively shuttering the entire system... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 2775

AN ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION IN THE DOCTOR'S BAG


For physicians interested in the new scientific medicine, touching patients became a necessity... READ MORE

28th September, 2014 2770

SOLU: THE FINNISH POCKET COMPUTER THAT WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD


And at a launch in San Francisco on 15 October, that's what Lawson and the rest of the Solu team unveiled... READ MORE

18th October, 2015 2763

WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?


Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE

10th February, 2016 2763

NHS 'WILL FAIL' THIS WINTER WITHOUT CASH INJECTION, DOCTORS TELL THERESA MAY


Hospital doctors have warned Theresa May that the NHS will fail this winter and patient care will suffer unless she provides an emergency cash injection... READ MORE

11th January, 2017 2507

NEW WAVE OF RANSOM THREATS SEEN IN UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL ATTACK


Russia and Ukraine had a heavy concentration of infections, according to Dutch security company Avast Software BV... READ MORE

15th May, 2017 2387

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

28th October, 2017 2364

RUSSIA A VICTIM OF THE CYBERATTACK VOICES OUTRAGE


Any government-backed attack on Russian institutions would be considered an act of war, he said... READ MORE

14th May, 2017 2196

SERIOUS MISTAKES IN NHS PATIENT CARE ARE ON THE RISE, FIGURES REVEAL


We have long warned that underfunding and staff shortages within the NHS will impact on patient safety... READ MORE

1st January, 2017 2183

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

5th February, 2015 1994

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

18th February, 2015 1802

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

3rd December, 2016 1548

HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS POTENTIALLY HARMED BY UNDELIVERED NHS MAIL


Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 1519

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

27th June, 2017 1479

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

30th June, 2017 1433

NORWEGIAN EBOLA PATIENT 'GIVEN LAST DOSE OF ZMAPP'


Please read our A Norwegian woman infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is to be given the last remaining dose of ZMapp in the world... READ MORE

8th October, 2014 1382

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

28th December, 2016 1170


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