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Over-prescribed antibiotics cause significant harm – large US analysis
The over-prescription and unnecessary recommendation of antibiotics is not only leading to antibiotic resistance, but also causing significant patient harm, according to a recent...
How physicians can cope with burnout
Large healthcare organisations are leaving physicians feeling overwhelmed, beaten up, and exhausted, with a recent report showing that in the US, 53% of physicians...
Study flags 'highly prevalent' mistreatment at top SA medical school
A recently published study – the first of its kind – found that medical student mistreatment was highly prevalent at a South African medical school...
Not our job to place young doctors, says Health Department
Despite South Africa’s critical shortage of doctors, with barely one doctor for every 1 000 patients, the national Health Department has told jobless doctors...
Why reverse mentoring should be used more in healthcare sector
Opening up communication across generations as medical technology, best practice and attitudes change is critical, say SA Raju and DS Sanders of the Academic...
Rheumatologists top happiest doctors list
Over the past few years, the global pandemic has highlighted many long-standing issues within medicine, and it sometimes appears that it’s a dying career...
First US guidelines for combination of cannabis and anaesthesia
Surgical patients scheduled for anaesthesia should be screened for cannabis use, and if necessary, the operation delayed or rescheduled, according to new guidelines from...