New poll shows young adults lack practical healthcare management skills
Many young adults may be entering adulthood without the practical skills needed to manage their own healthcare, suggests…
Cetirizine Recall: Check These Generic Zyrtec Lot Numbers Nationwide
Take allergy medicine? Check your medicine cabinets. Four lots of the widely used allergy medication are being recalled…
US medical trial giving multi-million dollar hope for terminal cancer patients
It’s the birthday Kaela Graham-Bowman was told she would never live to see. But for this newly turned…
Hospital ED five-hour wait for heart attack diagnosis breached patient care standards
A 55-year-old man with burning chest pain and a family history of heart attacks had to wait five…
Sleep Disorders Don’t Just Exhaust You. New Research Shows They Change Your Brain
Brain imaging research has identified structural differences linked to sleep disorders, including changes in regions that help direct…
Elon Musk: AI will bring on ‘age of abundance’, surpass human intelligence in five years
Is AI ushering in an “age of abundance” — or a digital apocalypse? Whether people like it or…
Health officials warn high risk groups over mpox
Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) is closely monitoring a rise in mpox…
Lifting Pharmac’s budget will make healthcare system more efficient – ACT
ACT leader David Seymour is promising no existing services would be cut under its election policy to shift…
The Pitt is powerful – but it’s the rawness of The Bear that truly portrays hospital work | Seema Jilani
I pass a mother heaving in grief while her son’s heart monitors flatline. It is the last time…
How telehealth is fuelling a surge in ADHD scripts in a business model that benefits the rich
Seeing a psychiatrist via telehealth became easier from January 2022. That’s when Medicare-reimbursed telepsychiatry arrangements became permanent. The…
What Is Polypharmacy? Risks of Taking Too Many Medicines and Supplements
Women in midlife are especially vulnerable to consumer manipulation. Whether they’re being sold products that promise to help…
Spend on locum doctors at new high
The amount of money spent on temporary doctors to plug gaps in the health system has hit a…