Gen Z turns to AI for advice instead of GPs
The findings come amid warnings about the dangers of relying on chatbots and social media for medical information.…
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…
“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…
In This State, a Chatbot Now Doles Out Prescriptions
A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big…
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…
‘Game-Changing’ Saliva Test Can Diagnose Endometriosis in Days Rather Than Years
Credit: Curated Lifestyle for Unsplash+ Two new rapid tests, EndoSure and Endotest, can drastically reduce the wait time…
Why I used an £89,000 pension lump sum to buy five acres of woodland
Matthew Barber, 66, decided to do something a little different when he received his pension lump sum four…