I’m an ENT surgeon — 5 things I would never do
Sometimes medical advice goes in one ear and out the other. We chug our beloved hot morning beverage…
Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death
Hayden Panettiere died after taking just one pill that is believed to have been oxycodone laced with fentanyl,…
5 Different Types of Pain You Should Never Ignore
When it comes to severe medical situations, emergency medicine doctors see it all. They’re the physicians who folks…
Boy, 6, died from hidden scurvy after multivitamin lacked vitamin C
A six-year-old boy died from cardiac arrest linked to the “sailor’s disease” scurvy, after a hidden vitamin C…
Alisha Rush: Family’s tribute to girl let down by mental health system
WARNING: This article discusses mental health and suicide. When 12-year-old Alisha Rush took her own life late last…
Antitrust questions circling Epic Systems, nation’s largest EHR vendor
The Federal Trade Commission is examining Epic Systems Corp., the nation’s largest vendor of electronic health records, for…
Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated
When Rebecca Green arrived for her first appointment with a urologist, she was asked whether she consented to…
Health regulator AHPRA apologises for breaching doctor privacy in bulk email
The national healthcare watchdog has inadvertently identified more than 100 doctors, nurses and other practitioners who were offered…
“No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency
“After that, we put on a hood, and then an apron. We are checked for any leaks of…
Opinion | Capping the Price of Health Care Is a Mistake
With health insurance premiums surging again, a growing chorus of economists and policymakers has settled on a cure…
15% of doctors put in over 960 hours of overtime, health ministry survey finds
Fifteen percent of hospital doctors in Japan work over 960 hours of overtime per year, a health ministry…
South Korea’s beauty tourism boom draws doctors away from hospital work
Health Care Chinese, Japanese visitors flock to Seoul region for cosmetic procedures Advertisements for cosmetic treatments line the streets…