Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
So far, the program requires prior authorization for around a dozen medical services, including nerve stimulation, epidural steroid…
Study Finds Women Are Less Likely to Receive Pain Medication, Invasive Treatment, and More
5 min read Women have historically faced barriers to receiving adequate medical treatment, from the long legacy of…
In latest blow to Obamacare, Trump is threatening the entire US health system | Trump administration
The Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on allegations of…
NHS boss says staff suspected of snooping on patients’ records should be suspended immediately | NHS
NHS staff suspected of snooping on patients’ medical records should be suspended immediately and barred from using health…
Exercise May Match Common Pain Medications, Major Review Finds
(Photo by Unsplash+ in collaboration with Blake Cheek) Short, Gentle Workouts May Ease Pain Better Than Hard Ones…
WHO announces expansion of prequalification programme for medical devices
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced a major expansion of its prequalification programme to include a wider…
Mallow hospital had 8% staff absent last month
Three Cork hospitals had staff absence rates well above the national average last month, new figures have shown.…
Telix buys ITM for $1.65B in ‘supercritical’ radiopharma M&A
Australia’s Telix Pharmaceuticals is buying privately held ITM Isotope Technologies Munich in a deal that one analyst firm…
Some dementia patients grow lucid near the end. Scientists hope it’s a clue.
The day before her father died, one caregiver recalled he had his “final lucid experience.” “I came over…
Vaccination rates are falling in Africa, but a new strategy aims to turn things around. Five things it needs to get right
Africa has reached an important moment in its immunisation journey. Coverage is not rising fast enough to keep…
Minority ethnic NHS staff pay a heavy price for speaking up about patient safety | NHS
Your report (One in five black, Asian and minority ethnic NHS managers in England plan to quit amid…
61 Historical Medical Treatments That Did More Harm Than Good
Re-orienting dementia patients. Don’t do it. Edit to add:I quickly saw how devastating it was for patients to…