Palmerston North Hospital. (file photo) Image: The last remaining doctors in the gastroenterology department at Palmerston North Hospital are leaving Concerns have been expressed about a postcode lottery for patient care Health NZ says it is filling gaps in the department by drawing on staff from across the country, and recruiting new specialists. Doctors at … Read more
By 2024, fewer mental health patients will be waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022. But Massachusetts still has some of the nation’s longest waits, and behavioral health patients with special needs — such as the elderly, pregnant women, or children with autism — often can’t get treatment in time. Get the Gavel A … Read more
by Emily Sener, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, for KFF Severe leg pain forced Jaylon Smart to start taking weight loss injections a year and a half ago. Smart was 285 pounds and worked as a caterer in Savannah, Georgia. After she was on her feet for long … Read more
Are doctors overwhelmed by busy work, so they don’t get much time to help people? If you read no further, this is the crux of my argument. Friends ask if I have a family doctor. I acknowledge that Dr. C has been my doctor for two decades. He inherited it after my old school doctor … Read more
You may want to leave this medicine alone. Calls to the nation’s poison centers about natural supplements marketed as energy boosters, mood enhancers and pain relievers have risen nearly 1,200% in the past decade, a new study has found. Hospitalizations, and even some deaths, have been looming, with health experts sounding the alarm over a … Read more
The ‘white coat army’ faces the heartbreak of being denied or delayed care Doctors struggle to make ends meet on a monthly salary of $16 The Cuban government says patient visits and hospital admissions are down About 96,000 people are on the waiting list for surgery, and that number could rise to 16,000. HAVANA, March … Read more
Emily Sener, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Listen: Taking GLP-1? Doctors say don’t forget to move your body and take care of your mental health as well. Severe leg pain forced Jaylon Smart to start taking weight loss injections a year and a half ago. Smart was 285 … Read more
Media personality Perez Hilton recently said she was hospitalized for 21 days after suffering a life-threatening condition. Doctors who specialize in gastrointestinal and family medicine say the case helps illustrate why it’s important to always contact your health care provider. Hilton, born Mario Lavender, said A video has been posted on YouTube On Monday, he … Read more
cEasy, intuitive and delivering results in minutes, rapid health and wellness tests are popping up on pharmacy shelves across Australia. There are blood skin tests for vitamin D and iron levels, urine tests for perimenopause and menopause, and several health kits that cover urinary tract infections and a cocktail of metrics like glucose, ketones, and … Read more