Dorset GPs delivering ‘more appointments than ever’ as demand soars
Data provided by NHS Dorset shows that GP teams have delivered an impressive 5.7 million appointments in 2025,…
Last doctors at Palmerston North Hospital’s gastroenterology service to leave
Palmerston North Hospital. (File photo) Photo: Last remaining doctors at Palmerston North Hospital gastroenterology department to leave Concerns…
Healthcare tech firm CareCloud says hackers stole patient data
Healthcare IT firm CareCloud has disclosed a data breach incident that exposed sensitive data and caused a network…
Beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine after a heart attack – but maybe they shouldn’t be
For decades, surviving a heart attack has come with a lifelong prescription: Stay on medications called beta-blockers to…
As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals scramble to raise funds for underground shelters
Last week, while medical staff at Hillel-Yaffe Hospital in Hadera were performing a cardiac catheterization in one of…
Glan Clwyd Hospital service ‘not fit for purpose’ warning
A prevention of future deaths report was sent to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board earlier this year following…
Private equity is eying Asia’s health care funding gap as countries get wealthier and older
Asia is getting wealthier, older—and potentially sicker, as rates of non-communicable disease rise across Southeast Asia. Yet governments…
States pay Deloitte, others millions to comply with Trump law to cut Medicaid rolls
States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with…
World News in Brief, Cuba blockade hits healthcare, Haiti’s ‘vortex of violence’, deadly Djibouti shipwreck
In an alert, the UN World Health Organization, WHO, warned that Cuban hospitals have been struggling to maintain…
Perez Hilton Details Scary Hospitalization — And Doctors Weigh In
Media personality Perez Hilton recently said he was hospitalized for 21 days after facing a life-threatening condition. Doctors…
Doctors in the UK gave me two years to live. In Germany, it was a different story
When Bryan Peterson, 49, suffered a sudden seizure last June, he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour…
Longevity tourism is on the rise. It could be coming for you next.
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