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Doctors' strike to go ahead after medics reject Government offer
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Strikes by resident doctors in England will…
Five day doctors walkout to go ahead as medics reject last ditch offer
Resident doctors will walkout for five days from Wednesday after voting overwhelmingly to reject a last ditch offer aimed at averting the strike. The British Medical Association said members voted 83 per cent to 17 per cent to proceed with…
Opinion | The Medical Case Against Rescheduling Weed
Your editorial “ Potheads Head for the ER ” (Dec. 10) rightly alerts readers to two of the emerging harms of medicalized and commercialized marijuana. Adolescent emergency-department visits for psychiatric problems rose sharply at…
The Wellness Revolution: Insights Into Biohacking Trends In 2025
Lindsay O'Neill-O'Keefe, CEO of Wellness Eternal, creator of the Biohacking Index, and host of the Optimize WE podcast. The wellness industry is in the midst of a transformation. What often began with niche experimentation in Silicon Valley has…
How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda…
Single-pill combination medications may simplify treatment for adults with high blood pressure
Taking one pill that combines two or more blood pressure medications may help adults with high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) lower their blood pressure level faster and more effectively than taking multiple medications separately, and…
Medical Education Reform Stays Stalled, says SC-appointed Oversight Secy
Kumar was secretary to an oversight committee appointed by the Supreme Court to overhaul and reform medical education in India. The Medical Council of India gave way for the National Medical Council with the advent of NEET for UG and PG. Yet seats…
How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job. It turned out to be the start of a lifelong affiliation – first as a trainee, then as…
Alder Hey shares plea for anyone seeking medical attention
Alder Hey Children's Hospital has shared an urgent plea to anyone seeking medical attention. Alder Hey is one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, they treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist…
How to discuss with consultant about taping/suspending medication without compromising him and without falling foul of NICE?
First, I would like to say that I am very grateful to my NHS teams, unfortunately more than one, and I don't want to do anything without them knowing. I have already been reduced to half the usual dose of my medication because of its effect on…
MSP has gone up under PM Modi, says Vijayawada MP, defends PPP model for medical colleges
Speaking in the Parliament on Monday on the first batch of supplementary demands for grants for 2025–26, TDP MP Kesineni Sivanath (Chinni) highlighted the Union government's commitment to welfare, agriculture, infrastructure, education, and…
No one-time treatment for obesity, medical expert says
Obesity is a chronic disease that can be treated with comprehensive and lifelong care, so people should not expect a one-time treatment through medication, the Taiwan Medical Association for the Study of Obesity said yesterday, as it released the…
Doctors' strike to go ahead after medics reject Government offer
Union members took part in an online poll over the weekend on whether or not the new deal was enough to call off the walkout. The offer includes a fast expansion of specialist training posts as well as covering out-of-pocket expenses such as exam…
Cencora to acquire TPG's stake in specialty medical practice network OneOncology
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No control, no regulation. Why private specialist fees can leave patients with huge medical bills
Seeing a private specialist increasingly comes with massive gap payments. On average, out-of-pocket fees to see a specialist amount to about $300 a year. But many spend hundreds on each appointment. Costs quickly add up, especially if you need…
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