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Doctors' strike: Don't put off treatment during walkout, NHS tells patients
The strike comes at the end of the bank holiday weekend and NHS managers fear demand could be "challenging". Source link
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Singapore: 41-Year-Old Caregiver Admits to Stealing from Elderly Patients, took S$10,000 Using Bank Card
A 41-year-old professional caregiver admitted in court on Monday, December 29, to stealing from two elderly men under his care, including…
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French 'Doctor Death' who poisoned patients jailed for life
A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, including 12 who died. A court in the city of…
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Patients warned to expect disruption as doctor strike begins
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Jim Reed,Health reporter Patients are being told to expect disruption as doctors start their five-day…
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Birmingham doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients
Tom Darby and Andy GiddingsWest Midlands A doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting 38 patients who were in his care, the Crown…
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Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles
Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments…
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How patients are turning to AI chatbots to fight back against the broken $5 trillion healthcare system
On July 29, 2025, at 9:45 a.m., Christine Ressy was supposed to be undergoing surgery to remove kidney stones. Instead, Ressy, a…
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Nike’s New Doernbecher Freestyle Collection Features Heartwarming Designs by Hospital Patients
Nike unveiled Friday its 21st Doernbecher Freestyle collection in partnership with the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)…
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Jess's Rule: GPs to re-check some patients for deadly 'misses'
Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter GPs in England are being urged to "think again" if they see a sick patient three times and can't pin down a…
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Loneliness can be deadly for cancer patients. This app helps foster connections
Amaya Matos was 19 years old when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. She’d just graduated high school, but instead of heading…
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Patients Win with Free Speech for Pharmaceutical Ads
Patients should be free to choose what products they want, but also be free to learn about them. Source link
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Queens Doctor Who Recorded Himself Raping, Sexually Assaulting Patients After Sedating Them, Sentenced
An Astoria doctor was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Thursday in Queens Supreme Court for raping unconscious acquaintances and…
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Oasis’ Noel Gallagher Partners With Finlay to Support Young Cancer Patients
While thousands have been waiting years for Oasis’ upcoming concerts in the U.S., singer and songwriter Noel Gallagher is giving fans…
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RFK’s War on Antidepressants Will Hit Postpartum Patients Hard
“It got to the point where I was just panicked, and my whole body hurt and ached from the stress. And I just broke down,” she said. She’d…
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NHS England told to keep patients in Powys waiting for operations
Emilia Belli Westminster correspondent, BBC Wales News NHS patients from Wales who need knee and hip operations in England face lengthy…
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NHS strike days plan puts patients at risk, says BMA
A row has broken out between NHS England bosses and the British Medical Association over the level of cover that will be made available…
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Hospitals Can’t Keep Hiding Their Prices from Patients
Many Americans have no way of knowing how much a hospital will charge them for a routine procedure until weeks later when the bill arrives…
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A ‘village’ where Alzheimer’s patients move about freely: Perennial’s new care model in China
[XI’AN] Near the scenic Qinling mountains of Xi’an is a life-sized replica of a typical Chinese town. It features residential blocks, a…
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How this Dutch startup is helping paralyzed patients move again
In 2012, when a tree fell on her family’s car, Jessie Owen’s life transformed. Both of her parents died, and the then-27-year-old Owen was…
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NHS app: Plans for more patients in England to get results on phones
The NHS app will become the default method of communication for millions more patients in England and save the health service £200m over…
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Why Do Doctors Write?
The first patient I ever wrote about wasn’t actually my patient; as a first-year medical student, that possessive grammatical…
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Chesapeake Anesthetist Accused of Kissing, Groping Patients While They were Sedated
A Chesapeake nurse who worked as an anaesthetist for 16 years in Hampton Roads has been ordered by state regulators to surrender his…