There are currently 613,000 patients on NHS waiting lists for eye care, 15,000 of whom have been waiting more than a year. But Labour plans to send them to Specsavers.
Carlos Chacon agreed to a three-year prison term and a lifetime suspension of his California medical license as part of his plea to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Megan Espinoza
Among patients with incompletely excised basal cell carcinoma (BCC), only about 16% with positive histopathologic margins have clinical recurrence, according to a study published online June 13 in Dermatology.
For patients with severe obesity undergoing knee or hip replacement, commonly obtained laboratory values—including markers of anemia and inflammation—are independent predictors of the risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), reports a…
The causes of missed health care appointments are complex and varied, and not an issue to blame patients for, according to new research which suggests addressing the issue of "missingness" should be a policy priority.
More than 300 medicines are in short supply, including treatments for the side effects of chemotherapy, which can hugely affect a patient's recovery. Here's how.
According to new research looking at every U.S. state, programs that deliver medically tailored meals (MTMs) to people with diet-sensitive conditions such as diabetes and heart disease along with limitations in the ability to perform daily…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted AstraZeneca Plc's (NASDAQ:AZN) marketing authorization application for sipavibart for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients.
The misdiagnosed patient in the latest filing, whose identity is being kept confidential to protect her privacy, is also a North Carolina resident – a mother and grandmother – who was 59 when she was initially diagnosed in 2020 with HER2…
Neuralink has already chosen a second human patient for its latest brain chip implant, but the surgery will be delayed due to the patient's medical issue.
Cancer units in England were found to offer the alternative therapies, including reiki, aromatherapy, reflexology and flower remedies, despite evidence they do not work.