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Vancouver -
A nonprofit privacy advocacy group called Open Privacy Research Society discovered that the sensitive medical information of patients being admitted to certain hospitals across the Greater Vancouver Area. Eve Maler of ForgeRock explains more.
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Scientists have made a major breakthrough with music therapy using a process called brain hyperscanning. This reveals how the brains of patient and therapist work in sync during music therapy, and this could lead to improved treatments.
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By AFP
London -
A British man exposed to the nerve agent Novichok is no longer in a critical condition, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday, as police still struggle to understand what happened.
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Adelaide -
SA Health is to implement a digital health solution in the form of a post-surgery cloud-based patient monitoring system. The system will be fitted into the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
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Healthcare-focused startups are continuously producing technological developments for both healthcare professionals and patients to help improve quality of life and quality of care. Here are four startups applying new technologies to the industry.
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Neurosurgeons, teaming up with engineers, have created a device that allows paralyzed patients to communicate their thoughts into speech. The brain controlled device has come out of a research center at Stanford University.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the top dozen of bacteria that pose the greatest risk to humanity. The United Nations health agency also warns that medics are running out of options to treat the diseases.
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Sonora -
A few weeks ago, a doctor in Sonora, Mexico performed surgery on a 14-month-old cancer patient, but he ended up removing the wrong eye, according to a health official.
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San Francisco has agreed to pay nearly all of a $3 million legal settlement with the family of a woman who was found dead 17 days after disappearing from a room at the city's main hospital last year.
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Ian Brooks, 47, from the UK, is clear of growths just two weeks after he started a new treatment that acts like an armor-piercing shell.
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Birmingham -
On Tuesday, Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw walked six miles in the snow to perform a life-saving brain surgery. Dr. Hrynkiw said that any good doctor would have done the same thing.
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Exactly what triggers cancer cells to spread throughout the body remains a mystery. However, a study of the brain of a patient with brain cancer offer some clues.
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A rally organized by the National Medical Marijuana Coalition took place in Lansing Michigan. Hundreds of protesters took part in the rally against medical marijuana discrimination and the abuse of power by legal officials in the state.
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Iram Leon's story has gone global. The 32-year-old is a marathon lover who has terminal brain cancer, and he has gone on to win a marathon.
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A new poll shows that the residents of the state of Kentucky overwhelmingly approve of medical marijuana laws being passed in the state.
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Cadillac -
In a recent undercover sting undercover officers posed as patients to stop fraudulent doctors. Dr. Harwell of Cadillac Michigan was charged with five felony counts. It is unclear at this point if his medical license may be revoked.
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Topeka -
While the former Kansas abortion provider is not likely to face criminal charges for discarding patients' private records in a recycling bin, there are worries about potential violations of patient privacy laws.
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A hospital located in Utah, fired a couple of nurses after they taped a patient's mouth shut, according to hospital officials.
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Falsified medicines are a major threat to public health and safety and the number are, according to the European Commission, increasing each year.
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A UK dementia expert says terminally ill patients who wish to end their lives should be medically assisted to commit suicide.
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Providence -
Rhode Island Hospital is being investigated by the state’s department of health after a piece of a surgical drill bit was left inside a patient's body following surgery.
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After nurses refused to give a glass of water to a patient, despite his pleas, the dying man used his cellphone to call the hospital switchboard to beg for some water.
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London -
After three days of having water denied to him in a leading teaching hospital a 22-year old became so dehydrated that he rang police.
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It’s bad enough to be a patient in an ambulance, but having the vehicle stolen and taken for a joy ride around a parking lot can’t be too good for the patient’s well-being even if paramedics were along for the unwanted ride.
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Eastern Cape Health Department officials have launched an investigation into the death of a patient who died in a hospital and was only found five days later.
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At a North Carolina private hospital, a man was left in a chair for 22 hours without food. He later choked on medication, and the nurses didn’t attend to him, as they were playing cards and watching television.
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Many Americans are unhappy with their local health care, a national survey found. Patients may not recommend hospitals to friends or relatives, but the survey has at least sparked a useful tool: a website to compare various hospitals in any given city.
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A Muslim dentist made a young woman wear an Islamic headscarf before treating her for toothache. A hearing with the General Dental Council will determine whether he can continue his job with the National Health Service.
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A man bleeds dark green blood after being operated. He had this green blood because of overdosing on medication which created a rare condition sufhaemoglinaemia, which produces green blood.
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Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta attorney who exposed his fellow plane passengers to a dangerous strain of tuberculosis says he was told he "wasn't a risk."
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