Reuters Surgeons like Elias Jaradeh have been working around the clock to treat thousands of wounded people A Lebanese surgeon has described how the sheer volume of severe wounds from two days of exploding device attacks forced him to act “robotic” just to be able to keep working. Surgeon Elias Jaradeh said he treated women … Read more
The move is part of a wider plan to improve access in England but dentists say it will not solve problems. Source link
Ade Williams, who trialled the scheme at Bedminster Pharmacy, in Bristol, told BBC News: “One of the frustrations you have as a pharmacist is that you have patients coming in and then you want to help them – but then you are then not able to. It’s a really big deal for us. Source link
Image caption, Buckingham Palace said King Charles would undergo a “corrective procedure” next week By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Charities and doctors have welcomed the King going public about needing treatment for an enlarged prostate. It could encourage men with similar symptoms to get a check-up, they say. What is an enlarged prostate? An … Read more
Researchers from Devon believe healing properties of watercress could lead to new skin treatments. Source link
New Delhi: Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity and may help clinicians diagnose and better treat cancers that might otherwise go undetected. The tool, called iStar (Inferring Super-Resolution Tissue Architecture), and developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, US, provides both highly detailed views … Read more
Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi Doctors can now refuse treatment to the unruly and violent patients and in such cases, the doctors have been told to follow a procedure of properly documenting and reporting the said violence, their refusal and referral of the patient to other health facilities, noted the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) gazette notification, which notified the … Read more
Patna: All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Patna (AIIMS-P) has adopted the latest technology of artificial intelligence (AI) for treatment of patients. Announcing it at a workshop on Wednesday, executive director of AIIMS-P Dr GK Pal said the e-health section, a leading provider of technological solutions of the ministry of health and family welfare, … Read more
New Delhi: A computer simulation model has shown that four dementia-care interventions reduced nursing home admissions and improved quality of life compared to usual care, thereby, proving their effectiveness and economy, according to researchers. The researchers said that while Alzheimer‘s drugs hold great promise and tend to receive a lot of public attention, many well-researched … Read more
Olaparib specifically targets cancers caused by faulty genes, like BRCA, and could be life-saving. Source link