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AMA Delegates Dive Into Water Bead Injuries; Patients' 'Scanxiety' Over Test Results

(MedPage Today) -- Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) Saturday attacked dozens of worsening obstacles they blamed for making safe patient care increasingly dif

Government expected to help UK hospices hit by national insurance rise

Financial lifeline could alleviate fears end-of-life services are at risk of closure from tax hike and higher wage billsThe government is likely to offer a financial lifeline to the hospice sector ami

‘Hospice care is life affirming’: call to focus on role of palliative care in UK assisted dying bill

Those running hospices want any change in the law to go hand in hand with greater government investment Sitting at his wife’s bedside, Len was grateful she was in the care of end-of-life experts in

Higher Risk of Kidney Cancer Recurrence After Ablative Therapy

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Should I Get a Handheld Ultrasound?

(MedPage Today) -- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is changing the way clinicians diagnose and manage patients by enabling real-time ultrasound exams directly at the bedside.

Paying Docs for Prior Authorizations Among the Hot Topics at the AMA Meeting

(MedPage Today) -- Paying physicians and their staff for their time spent on dealing with prior authorization requests and denials was a lively topic of conversation at Saturday's session of the Amer

Vulnerable Australians ‘force-fed’ gambling and alcohol ads on Facebook, report finds

Study highlights ‘predatory marketing practices’ of companies who target people at high risk of gambling or alcohol-related harm Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVulnerab

One of the many agonies of pain is that you can’t describe it | Eva Wiseman

Garth Greenwell’s new novel gets as close as one can to evoking the very real indignity and physicality of being in hospitalEvery now and then I try to write down a description of pain, whether labo

For Older Unmarried Couples, Caregiving Obligations Can Be Murky

What should be expected of an intimate partner when a companion suffers a health crisis? Seniors and their families increasingly confront the question.

‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film

The screenwriter behind hit TV dramas National Treasure and Kiri, as well as the Harry Potter stage play, talks about his new, more personal project created with his wife - a feature film, Joy, celebr

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