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New York - New York could legalize medical marijuana as soon as this week after a proposal to that effect passed the state legislature on Friday.

The U.K. health service have concluded that the use of products containing copper, which is an antimicrobial metal, is of benefit and enhances patient safety through minimizing hospital acquired infections.

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.

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.

Morgantown - It has long been held that handshaking is a vector for the transfer of disease-causing bacteria from one individual to the next. But an on-the-rise greeting trend could be a step in the right direction for reducing the spread of disease.

Sheriff's deputies went to an assisted living facility on Saturday in Northern California, and they had to remove more than a dozen senior patients.

The Obama Administration has always considered healthcare a central part of its plans. The government shutdown as a result of Republican attitudes towards what they and the media have dubbed ‘Obamacare’ has put thousands of families at risk.

The Kansas legislature is about to give the state the power to quarantine people with HIV and AIDS. It is expected that the legislation will become law within the next few weeks.

Austin - Who hasn’t searched on the Internet for symptoms, causes or treatments to a bothersome ailment? What if there was a way of connecting healthcare professionals and patients without traveling to a medical clinic or a hospital? Perhaps there already is.

Ann Clwyd, a Labour MP and Chair of the Human Rights parliamentary group, accused the National Health Service (NHS) of inhumane treatment and fears the normalisation of cruelty is now rife.

Surgical errors have become far too common in hospitals today. With everything from operating on the wrong person, to infecting a healthy patient with non-sterile equipment, it is hard to trust our medical professionals in such an unstable environment.

Brussels - 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.

A recent study suggests measuring a specific hormone in kidney patients can help doctors identify whether they require dialysis or not.

A UK dementia expert says terminally ill patients who wish to end their lives should be medically assisted to commit suicide.

Burnaby - 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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

When you get out of bed tomorrow morning, your arthritis is going to give you trouble. So tonight you remember to reschedule the knitting session with your friends. How do you know this?

Some revolutionary doctors are revising years of practice by getting their I.C.U. patients up and about as soon as medically possible. The hope is by starting physical activity it will shorten the time it takes to recover.

German medical authorities have suspended a doctor for reusing unsterilized needles on her patients. They believe more than 2,000 patients may have been infected with HIV or the Hepatitis virus.

The American Heart Association is warning emergency room doctors to ask patients that show signs of heart attacks if they used cocaine. It's a matter of life and death. Treatments used for heart patients can be lethal for those using cocaine.

It could well mean the end of an era with regard to the way heart surgery is dealt with. Taking away the patient from the daunting hours of theatre, Frailer heart patients in particular, could now face only keyhole surgery instead

In the UK, it is feared that as soon as we reach an elderly age were we are at the mercy of the care home system or the NHS, our basic human rights drop out of the window, yet who is to blame? Those seated securely in the government have much to ask

Despite medical advances and early detection, some experts fear that a soar in cancer cases will produce a massive doctor shortage. By 2020, the number of cancer patients and survivors is expected to increase by 55 percent.

Nearly two thirds of UK NHS staff would not like to ever be a patient in their own Trusts, according to a new survey

A drug called DCA is bought by the patients through internet.