No-one knows what to expect when you’re dying – but hospices helped me India Pollock Wales social affairs correspondent BBC Paul Thomas says he appreciates being empowered to make decisions Paul Thomas was struggling alone at home before moving into St Kentigern Hospice in St Asaph to receive end-of-life care,Continue Reading
A California appeals court’s decision to overturn the sex abuse conviction of former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist James Heaps has left his victims devastated and legal experts puzzled by the type of judicial error that transpired, Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Cleveland Clinic officials fired back at a conservative organization’s “Woke Alert” attack ad that asked if the large health system was “the wokest hospital in America,” saying the ad’s claims are “riddled with inaccuracies and lies.” The ad, by Consumers’ Research, says clinic officialsContinue Reading
A California appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former campus gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, on sex abuse charges, Read MoreContinue Reading
Some hospitals are registering patients detained by federal immigration officers under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members. Attorneys and health care workers say the practices facilitate rights violations and create ethical concerns. Hospitals say they’re trying to protect patients…Read MoreContinue Reading
Researchers led by Dr. Claire Foldi at Monash University have discovered that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, produces subtle but distinct effects on social behavior and inflammation that depend critically on metabolic and exercise context in female mice…Read MoreContinue Reading
Caroline Gall West Midlands Getty Images Mind is encouraging people to check on those around them People are being encouraged to open up about their mental health at events as part of Time to Talk Day 2026. The national event on Thursday is organised by the charity Mind and aimsContinue Reading
The Professional Footballers’ Association is set to announce the first comprehensive protocol to prevent CTE in British soccer players, Read MoreContinue Reading
A natural gas explosion ripped through a building for mental health services in Nashua, New Hampshire, and sparked a fire, Read MoreContinue Reading
Nick Triggle Health correspondent Getty Images Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of more strike action in their long-running dispute with the government over pay and training posts. British Medical Association (BMA) members backed more walkouts, which means the union now has another six-month mandate to take strikeContinue Reading
A Wisconsin retiree with glaucoma needed her eyes examined. Her Medicare Advantage plan from UnitedHealthcare listed her optometrist’s clinic as in-network, but she learned the hard way that a clinic can be in-network and out-of-network at the same time…Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients with measles — not just severe cases — but experts warn that this shouldn’t be seen as a replacement for vaccination. In a recent opinionContinue Reading
As new technology capable of detecting dozens of early-stage cancer types with a single blood test hits the market, support for its use is building., Read MoreContinue Reading