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The issues of antibiotic shortage and growing resistance of many microorganisms to antibiotics is a significant global health issue. Strategies to tackle this issue have varied worldwide.
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A recent study suggests measuring a specific hormone in kidney patients can help doctors identify whether they require dialysis or not.
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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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A laptop stolen from a hospital in British Columbia contained personal information on more than 600 patients. It held data such as names, birth dates and health card numbers.
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Avastin, a drug that has been shown to increase the life span of people suffering from advanced bowel cancer, won't be offered to NHS patients in the United Kingdom after a ruling from NICE.
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Nursing is a demanding job. Due to budget cuts and staffing shortages, nurses are being pushed harder than ever-at a cost to patients, a report states.
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A study, “Physician Respect for Patients with Obesity,” will be published in Nov. in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Findings indicate that physicians have less respect for obese patients. Lead researcher wishes hypothesis was "wrong."
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A new survey indicates that over half of the patients being treated for cancer in England do not get free or reduced cost parking fees when they go for hospital treatment. This goes against the governments own guidelines.
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German scientists have completed a study that suggests blocking a specific type of hormone-like molecule may help alleviate the pain experienced by cancer patients.
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In a scandal that rocked the hospital industry, two Southern California facilities were handed stiff fines for dumping mentally ill patients on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.
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A Sussex NHS trust is warned that a number of failings are "putting patients at risk".
Creeping rationing of NHS care is making patients suffer unnecessarily, doctors are warning.
 A northern Ontario MPP is calling on the health ministry to show more flexibility in its travel rules for patients after a cancer patient in Thunder Bay was refused reimbursement for treatment.
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The rise of James Vincent McMorrow
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