Half of people on weight loss drugs quit within one year, Danish study finds – more likely to stop taking the drugs if they were younger, lived in poorer areas, or were men
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Kaiser says no limits on COVID vaccine for its patients
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In a concerted effort to improve previously poor cancer survival rates, Denmark's success story has caught the attention of UK policymakers
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Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT
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Swedish study offers strong evidence that remote care, when well implemented, can match in-person treatment in effectiveness, even during something as challenging as a pandemic
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Risk of death higher from emergency surgery at private equity owned hospitals in the US
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Why older people may not need to watch blood sugar so closely
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Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery
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US Food and Drug Administration clears sepsis test that significantly reduces life-or-death risk by shortening identification time
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Amazon One Medical telehealth provider sued for US patient death
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Assisted dying now accounts for one in twenty Canada deaths
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Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for positive drug tests
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses US policy that would have limited anesthesia periods
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Anti-abortion group accused of electronically intercepting patients’ exchanges with clinic
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Study of 500,000 medical records links viruses with Alzheimer's again and again
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Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare
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US Federal Trade Commission sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs
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Cognitive behavioral therapy enhances brain circuits to relieve depression in subset of depression patients
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How a leading chain of US psychiatric hospitals traps patients
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Neuralink: PRIME study progress update — second participant
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More than seventy per cent of dentists now accepting patients through Canadian Dental Care Plan
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The growing scientific case for using Ozempic and other GLP-1s to treat opioid, alcohol, and nicotine addiction
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World’s first larynx transplant restores voice of a cancer patient
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UK's NHS computer problems put patients at risk of harm
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted seven million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease
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Philips agrees to pay $1 billion to patients who say they were injured by breathing machines
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Boarding patients in the emergency department while they wait for available beds is a significant problem that increases avoidable US deaths
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Over-capacity ERs are dangerous choke points. But hospital challenges go far deeper.
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AI may spare breast cancer patients unnecessary treatments
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London hospital cuts waiting lists with innovative system
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US lawsuit on behalf of deceased patients alleges United Health denies care based on AI model with ninety percent error rate
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Patients don’t know how to navigate the US health system — and it’s costing them
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Tired, overworked and underpaid: Why doctors in Europe are going on strike
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‘Our ability to forsee the future and review the past predisposes us to mental illness’
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Wegovy may be valuable new option for heart failure patients
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Some patients who took weight-loss drugs face disturbing side effects
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Artificial intelligence versus human-controlled doctor in virtual reality simulation for sepsis team training: Randomized controlled study
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US health insurance giant Cigna sued over algorithm allegedly used to deny coverage to hundreds of thousands of patients
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The UK's NHS mental health review will fail to answer its darkest secret
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Racism in medicine - the invisible effect medical notes can have on care
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How often do US health insurers say no to patients? No one knows.
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Touchlab has launched a first-of-its-kind robot which gives clinicians the ability to 'feel' patients remotely as part of a Finnish hospital pilot
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Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations
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I’m an ER doctor. Here’s how I’m already using ChatGPT to help treat patients.
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This nonprofit health system cuts off US patients with medical debt
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Cerebral admits to sharing US patient data with Meta, TikTok, and Google
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Nobody has my condition but me - Medical researchers find my genetic mutation endlessly fascinating. But being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient.
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Denmark is using Patient Reported Outcome questionnaires to improve medical care – can the patient's perception of the disease become part of the treatment?
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US Federal law now requires distribution of complete healthcare records to patients in digital formats
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Doctors share views on patients with disability
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