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18 votes
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I'm a Christian doctor and I help women have abortions. Here's how I reconcile that.
5 votes -
The fertility doctor’s secret children - Donald Cline used his own sperm to inseminate over fifty of his patients without their knowledge
9 votes -
What if you could diagnose diseases with a tampon?
7 votes -
Going to work in South Africa, with a depression prescription
Good news: I'll be starting my new work in Cape Town, South Africa soon. Not so good news: I have depression, and is currently on the antidepressant Sertraline. My question would be the following:...
Good news: I'll be starting my new work in Cape Town, South Africa soon.
Not so good news: I have depression, and is currently on the antidepressant Sertraline.
My question would be the following:
How are prescriptions of the antidepressant handled in the South African health care system? Can I obtain, from either a GP or a Specialist, a sort of "long-standing" prescription, valid for (say) a few months, that will allow me to refill at pharmacies or dispensing GPs, without me having to be referred to a Specialist each time I need a refill? I understand that recurring examinations by a Specialist are likely necessary, but I don't expect those to be frequent, as my condition is fairly stable now.
Also a related question: I'm otherwise young and physically healthy, not affected by chronic conditions except depression. However, it seems that any health insurance schemes there that cover my condition would be rather expensive. Those policies typically include a broad coverage of chronic conditions, most of which I don't foresee a need. For one like myself, what suggestion would you give in terms of health insurance selection?
Many many thanks <3
7 votes -
Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
15 votes -
The super-fast logistics of delivering blood by drone
3 votes -
One in ten people with a Medicare card have chosen to opt out of the new My Health Record digital health system, more than 2.5 million Australians in total
3 votes -
Nauru bans 'telemedicine' for medical transfers in threat to new Australian laws
5 votes -
Facebook charged with misleading users on health data visibility
8 votes -
Cutting through the claims: the refugee medical debate, explained. What exactly are the changes that passed through Parliament against the government's wishes, and what will they mean?
4 votes -
China investigates HIV contamination of 12,000 blood plasma treatments
6 votes -
Phoenix police department obtain DNA samples from Hacienda HealthCare staff in the week after vegetative patient gives birth
7 votes -
Open standards may finally give patients control of their data and care via Electronic Health Records
6 votes -
Five key things learned from reading 1,182 emergency room bills
15 votes -
New study shows Medicare-For-All savings likely 2.5x previous estimates
15 votes -
GPs to prescribe very low calorie diets in hope of reversing diabetes
8 votes -
Healing the body electric: In the next five to ten years, a new generation of small networked sensors will provide doctors with up-to-the-moment insight into patients’ health
5 votes -
The fax is not yet obsolete
10 votes -
DeepMind’s move to transfer health unit to Google stirs data fears
11 votes -
Indigenous women kept from seeing their newborn babies until agreeing to sterilization, says lawyer
22 votes -
My Health Record: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt bows to pressure and extends opt-out deadline as website hits issues
6 votes -
Aetna ordered to pay $25.5 million after denying coverage to woman who died of cancer
13 votes -
What stops some US states from providing universal healthcare on their own?
I'm not very familiar with how government works in the US, and I've always had this question. Like, if states are reasonably independent, and it seems like there are some states who lean way more...
I'm not very familiar with how government works in the US, and I've always had this question.
Like, if states are reasonably independent, and it seems like there are some states who lean way more into the socially liberal side of the spectrum from providing universal healthcare (or at least some better healthcare policies) on their own?
21 votes -
Losing Laura - Laura Levis died from an asthma attack just outside a Boston-area ER, after calling 911 from outside its locked doors. Her husband has been piecing together how it happened.
9 votes -
Seventeen million Australians to be automatically enrolled in My Health record
4 votes -
‘I’m Dr. Cohen’: The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers
9 votes -
Last chance to opt out of #MyHealthRecord, Australians! (Deadline November 15, 2018)
7 votes -
Sarah Kliff brings transparency to ER prices, one hospital bill at a time
5 votes -
Using technology to fight counterfeit medicines in Africa and South Asia
5 votes -
A senior Australian doctor offering medical care to refugees on Nauru was detained by police yesterday and deported from the island this afternoon
7 votes -
UK Biobank data on 500,000 people paves way to precision medicine
8 votes -
Toronto's Sick Kids hospital preparing policy for euthanasia for youth over eighteen that could one day apply to minors
4 votes -
The comforting fictions of dementia care
8 votes -
The comforting fictions of dementia care
6 votes -
The US was once a leader for healthcare and education — now it ranks 27th in the world
9 votes -
Taken for a ride: MD injured in ATV crash gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip
13 votes -
Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is 'morally wrong'. Former UN secretary general accuses ‘powerful’ health interests in the US of blocking universal healthcare
11 votes -
NHS beats drug companies in £100m Avastin battle
5 votes -
GPs treat mental health issues more than any other condition, reveals the latest Health of a Nation report released by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
7 votes -
A psychiatrist-in-training grapples with the power to involuntarily commit patients
12 votes -
Insulin’s steep price leads to deadly rationing
12 votes -
What Ötzi the Iceman’s tattoos reveal about copper age medical pactices
6 votes -
Pharma chief defends 400% drug price rise as a ‘moral requirement’
8 votes -
Nearly 600 Russia-linked accounts tweeted about the health law
9 votes -
The secret drug pricing system middlemen use to rake in millions
5 votes -
Does a generic EpiPen mean lower prices? Don’t hold your breath
8 votes -
The roots of cooking for the sick and why hospital food is so bad
13 votes -
Bed sores, neglect, alleged abuse: Inside one of the lowest-rated veterans' nursing homes in the country
7 votes -
Considerations on cost disease
7 votes