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Despite bed crisis, NHS hospitals mothball scores of wards
Hospitals in the United Kingdom are mothballing scores of wards, closing them to patients despite the ongoing beds crisis in the National Health Service (NHS),...
Traumatic brain injury significantly increases dementia risk
The risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s, was significantly higher in people who had experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than for people who had...
Cavernous malformation predicts haemorrhage risk in young adults
In people younger than 45, the presence of a cavernous malformation (CM) in the infratentorial region and the existence of a developmental venous anomaly...
Medical journalist paid a high price for ethical stand
One of South Africa’s most notorious quackery-promoting publications has closed down after 18 years. In a Groundup report George Claassen, a former head of the department...
Provincial health departments' audit outcomes criticised
South Africa’s Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC) has criticised the National Department of Health for not doing more to ensure provincial health departments improve...
New assessment tool builds on Glasgow Coma Scale
The University of Glasgow's Sir Graham Teasdale, co-creator of the Glasgow Coma Scale, has teamed up with Paul M Brennan and Gordon D Murray...
Progressive interventions needed to stem medical litigation 'explosion'
As Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi described soaring medical malpractice litigation claims in South Africa as an “explosion”, it was revealed that Gauteng Health...
Common iron compounds may increase colon cancer risk
Two common iron compounds increase the formation of a known biomarker for cancer, according to a study of cancer cells from Chalmers University of...
Even short trips to developing world can spread colistin resistance to bacteria
The emergence of antibiotic resistance among dangerous pathogens is increasingly problematic worldwide. Researchers at Osaka University have followed Japanese travellers to find out how short...
High amounts of carbs may increase head and neck cancer recurrence risk
Consuming high amounts of carbohydrates and various forms of sugar during the year prior to treatment for head and neck cancer may increase patients'...