Doctors News
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By AFP
Burj El Baiyara -
When a Palestinian doctor stopped to help a family of Israelis targeted in a West Bank shooting, it was hailed as a rare moment of compassion in a bitter conflict.
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By AFP
Brussels -
"Shredded" bodies, mangled limbs and charred flesh: the victims of the Brussels terror attacks were rushed to hospital suffering the type of wounds normally seen in combat zones, doctors said Wednesday.
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The last couple of years have seen a slight lowering in the number of cases brought against medical companies; however, at the same time, there was an increase in the level of fines paid out.
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By AFP
Paris -
Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world's most-wanted men for his involvement in international terror in the 1970s and 80s, has won a case against a renowned French psychiatrist for breach of medical confidentiality.
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Ever wondered about the coffee drinking habits of others and wanted to compare them to your own? If you do and medical profession comes to mind, you can read on to find out which doctors drink the most coffee.
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Flint -
Scary news out of Flint, Michigan shows that when the city switched from Lake Huron to the Flint River for its drinking water, blood tests revealed that the tap water residents are now drinking is causing elevated lead levels in the city's children.
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London -
Should doctors who indiscriminately administer antibiotics to appease patients where there is no clinical need to do so be fined? This is the call of a leading health expert.
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The latest figures for the amount of money spent by the pharmaceutical industry on the medical profession for the U.K. has been revealed — £41 million ($60 million). This is dwarfed by the amount spent in the U.S.
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Sacramento -
After the severest measles outbreak in decades occurred earlier this year, California lawmakers approved a bill this week that would prevent most parents from opting out of vaccinations for their children enrolled in school.
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Google has developed an Ebola-proof tablet for use by health workers in Sierra Leone. It can resist the storms and high humidity of West Africa and can be dipped into antibacterial chlorine after use.
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Dublin -
A hankering for licorice landed a 56-year-old woman in the hospital after she suffered headaches, vision problems and a seizure.
Doctors who treated her think the licorice habit is the cause of her problems, which were fortunately short-lived.
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Halifax -
A new program in Nova Scotia aims to keep or attract doctors to under served areas of the province by providing tuition relief.
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According to a new study released by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, nearly half of all primary care physicians in the U.S. say they are becoming less likely to prescribe opioids to patients for pain management.
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Honda -
A woman from Colombia had a potato removed from her vagina, after she placed it inside of her in an attempt to use it as a form of birth control.
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Munich -
Today, the only way doctors can definitively diagnose patients for lung cancer is by an invasive and uncomfortable biopsy.
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Lund -
A budding discovery courtesy of research teams at Lund University in Sweeden may open the door to defeating deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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The main groups that represent doctors in Canada announced that they will not be participating in the upcoming anti-drug campaign targetting young people.
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Baltimore -
Dr. Nikita Levy allegedly recorded two women while working as their gynecologist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Administrators will allegedly pay out $190 million in a settlement.
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Developers have produced an online and mobile service that is designed to make complex and previously unattainable U.S. government data on each doctor easily searchable in 10 seconds or less by anyone. Digital Journal took a look.
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Cafe au lait, port wine and anchovy sauce are among a strange mix of foods that help doctors diagnose disease. Descriptions of different foods run through any medical textbooks, helping trainee doctors to spot medical signs and symptoms.
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Dr. Charlotte Jones, chair of the British Medical Association’s GP Committee, said that the success of novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" could be giving older couples more sexual confidence but warned that there is a risk of failing to protect from STDs.
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According to The Daily Beast, nine out of 10 doctors discourage others from joining the profession, and 300 physicians commit suicide every year. A few years ago, physicians were named as having the second-most suicidal occupation.
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Your eyes are a window into your overall health, and it’s important to get your eyes checked even if you don’t think you have vision problems, according to a lead eye specialist.
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Toronto -
Canadians lost a combined $1.1 billion, or an average of $1,202 per patient, as a result of lengthy waits for medically necessary health care in 2013, according to a new study revealed to Digital Journal.
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By AFP
Havana -
Cuba's doctors got a big pay raise Friday -- to 64 dollars a month, the official Communist Party newspaper Granma said.The hike in pay from $25 a month was to reward health professionals for being the country's top source of hard currency export earni...
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Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, knows when his patients’ hearts are racing or their blood pressure is on the rise, even if they’re sitting at home.
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By AFP
Washington -
A potent new painkiller hit the US market this week, despite warnings from top experts that the drug may deliver a deadly setback in America's battle with opioid addiction.Zohydro ER can contain 10 times the amount of hydrocodone as the most popular pr...
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By AFP
Rio De Janeiro -
Two doctors have been sent to prison in Brazil for selling contraband organs to the United States as part of a suspected trafficking scheme, law enforcement officials said Friday.
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Orlando -
Out on the front lines of the battle against drug resistant microorganisms aka “super-bugs” are physicians and other health-care workers.
Their uniform, the clothing that they wear, is their armor — their defense against deadly pathogens.
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What most people assumed were permanent advances in medicine may become anything but, as pathogens gradually build immunity to antibiotics.
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President Barack Obama greets doctors and nurses following his remarks about health care reform in the East Room of the White House White House photo by Chuck Kennedy
An examination table in a doctor's office.
New tech may help physicians keep tabs on patients Courtesy Kaiser Health News
Belgian PM Charles Michel (R), King Philippe (2nd R), Queen Mathilde (3rd R) and Minister of Health and Social Affairs Maggie De Blocka (4th R) attend a meeting with medical staff on March 23, 2016 at the Erasme hospital in Brussels Dirk Waem, Pool/AFP
:Johns Hopkins Hospital Complex wikimedia
Doctors perform surgery Tareq Salahuddin
Greece: General strike Video screen capture
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