About two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the court on Tuesday will revisit the issue of reproductive rights, this time contemplating whether to limit access to mifepristone, the first of two pills used in medication abortion. Ahead of oral arguments and eventual ruling, doctors and patient advocates are expressing alarm about… Continue reading Doctors fear restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone
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South Korea doctors’ strike widens as medical professors join protests | South Korea
Medical professors in South Korea have said they will reduce the hours they spend in practice, while some say they plan to resign, in a widening of a doctors strike in the country. The move will begin on Monday in support of trainee doctors who have been on strike for more than a month over… Continue reading South Korea doctors’ strike widens as medical professors join protests | South Korea
Doctors, patients try to shame insurers online to reverse authorization denials
Sally Nix was furious when her health insurance company refused to pay for the infusions she needs to ease her chronic pain and fatigue. Nix has struggled with a combination of autoimmune diseases since 2011. Brain and spinal surgeries didn’t ease her symptoms. Nothing worked, she said, until she started intravenous immunoglobulin infusions late last… Continue reading Doctors, patients try to shame insurers online to reverse authorization denials
Doctors must show zero tolerance of sexual harassment, says UK medical council | Doctors
Doctors will be expected to demonstrate “zero tolerance” of sexual harassment, the General Medical Council has announced. For the first time, new professional standards, published on Tuesday, introduce explicit rules on sexual harassment towards colleagues. The announcement follows a Guardian/BMJ investigation that found more than 35,606 “sexual safety incidents” were recorded by NHS hospitals in… Continue reading Doctors must show zero tolerance of sexual harassment, says UK medical council | Doctors
Doctors were forced to apologise for raising alarm over Lucy Letby and baby deaths | Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby’s colleagues were ordered to apologise to her after repeatedly raising concerns that the nurse may have been behind a series of unexplained baby deaths, the Guardian has learned. Senior doctors had warned for months that Letby was the only staff member present during the sudden collapses and deaths of a number of premature… Continue reading Doctors were forced to apologise for raising alarm over Lucy Letby and baby deaths | Lucy Letby
Using stem cells, doctors restore vision to people blinded in one eye
It was the Fourth of July in 2020 when Nick Kharufeh’s life changed. Just 23 at the time, he was at a family party when an errant firework struck his left eye. It wasn’t painful, but he couldn’t see out of it. It was so dark outside that his dad couldn’t tell how bad the… Continue reading Using stem cells, doctors restore vision to people blinded in one eye
Doctors weigh in on Georgia couple’s baby decapitation
A Georgia couple filed a lawsuit last week alleging their child was decapitated during delivery by a doctor who used too much force. Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr. are suing both the Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale and their obstetrician, Dr. Tracey St. Julian, who is not affiliated with the hospital, after… Continue reading Doctors weigh in on Georgia couple’s baby decapitation
Emergency room doctors beg for help treating children with mental health illnesses
Three influential groups of pediatricians and emergency medicine providers are pleading for more support and resources as the number of children and teenagers with mental health concerns overwhelm emergency departments nationwide. “The scope of this problem is really great,” said Dr. Mohsen Saidinejad, a professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics at the David Geffen School… Continue reading Emergency room doctors beg for help treating children with mental health illnesses
Doctors push for more aggressive efforts to fight Chagas disease, a silent killer
When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her illness only by chance, after participating in a Red Cross blood drive organized by her employer, Universal Studios. (Universal Studios is owned by Comcast, the same parent company as… Continue reading Doctors push for more aggressive efforts to fight Chagas disease, a silent killer
‘Daunted’: new junior doctors in England voice worries as strike begins | Doctors
As junior doctors in England take to the picket line on Friday morning, thousands of them will have been in their roles since only last week after finishing medical school. Now in their first year of foundation training, they will be ending their working week by hanging up their stethoscopes and picking up a placard.… Continue reading ‘Daunted’: new junior doctors in England voice worries as strike begins | Doctors