Tag: Doctors
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Rozalia Spadafora inquest: doctors did not respond to test results, nurses Sarah Retford and Lucinda Reumer say | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] I am a reporter at The Canberra Times, and was previously a trainee. I have covered various topics at the masthead, including courts, federal politics, breaking news, features and opinion. I previously worked in digital news. I am now a general news reporter, with a focus on health. lanie.tindale@canberratimes.com.au. I am a reporter at…
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Why Won't Doctors Innovate?
[ad_1] Throughout my medical career, I’ve known far too many struggling patients who have seen numerous doctors without getting any answers over what’s wrong with them. In many cases, once I meet the patient, it’s immediately apparent what the underlying issue is, while for many others, with some digging we can eventually figure the issue…
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Quebec’s PREM system for doctors
[ad_1] Article content Quebec’s Court of Appeal has ruled its system of regionally restricting family doctors and the method used by the minister are valid. Dr. Mark Roper and his lawyer, Julius Grey, did not convince the judges the Plans régionaux d’effectifs médicaux (PREM) created a real injustice toward the population of Montreal. Article content…
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Israel-Hamas war: Doctors Without Borders says ‘even war has rules’ as Gaza hospitals forced to operate without painkillers
[ad_1] WARNING: Distressing content Welcome to our live coverage of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. As Sunday dawned in the Middle East, the Israeli military followed through on a promise to intensify its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, its stated aim being to minimise the threat to its soldiers when they begin an…
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In Global Conflict Zones, Hospitals and Doctors Are No Longer Spared
[ad_1] Attacks on medical facilities jeopardize health care not only for those injured by fighting, but also for all those with routine medical needs. On Thursday, Doctors Without Borders (also known as M.S.F., an abbreviation for its French name, Médecins Sans Frontières) withdrew a surgical team from a hospital in Sudan after military authorities blocked…
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Doctors abandon “excited delirium” diagnosis used in police custody deaths
[ad_1] Brooks Walsh hadn’t questioned whether “excited delirium syndrome” was a legitimate medical diagnosis before the high-profile police killings of Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019 and George Floyd in Minnesota in 2020. The emergency physician in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was familiar with the term from treating patients who were so severely agitated and combative that…
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Doctors at Allina Health Form Union
[ad_1] In the latest sign of growing frustration among professionals, doctors employed by a large nonprofit health care system in Minnesota and Wisconsin have voted to unionize. The doctors, roughly 400 primary and urgent-care providers across more than 50 clinics operated by the Allina Health System, appear to be the largest group of unionized private-sector…
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Doctors say at-home screening for HPV could be an opportunity to ‘eliminate a cancer’
[ad_1] Women should be offered take-home kits to screen for cervical cancer, doctors say in new guidelines aiming to reduce discrimination in health care. Provinces are currently moving away from Pap smears, which are recommended at least once every three years for women aged 30 to 69. A doctor sweeps up cells in the cervix to…
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Two doctors serve a small Alabama town. What’s next when they retire? : Shots
[ad_1] Dr. Terry Vester examines Charity Hodge at Vester’s clinic in LaFayette, Alabama. Vester and her husband are the only primary care doctors in the community. Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News Dr. Terry Vester examines Charity Hodge at Vester’s clinic in LaFayette, Alabama. Vester and her husband are…
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Overprescribed opioids prompts doctors to advise reduction for A&E discharges
[ad_1] The study found that half of people in need of pain relief being discharged from A&E needed just five opioid tablets (5mg of morphine) to last them two weeks. But they said that the prescription varies with each type of illness or injury – patients suffering from renal colic or abdominal pain needed only…
