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EHR training at med schools
Some medical schools are incorporating training on electronic health records (EHR) into their curricula because exposure to the IT systems is increasingly considered a...
Cases of neglect increasing at Gauteng hospitals
Gauteng hospitals have been described as ‘killer hospitals’, as the number of ‘adverse’ incidents, including neglect and sexual assault of patients, increases, reports The...
NHS safety plans to save on litigation costs
The UK government has announced a new drive to dramatically curb avoidable harm in hospital patients, in a move that aims to save 6,000...
UK midwives and obstetricians fear FGM prosecutions
Victims of female g enital mutilation (FGM) could be left bleeding after childbirth because medical staff are now afraid they may be prosecuted if...
NeuroPace
The NeuroPace, an implantable device that reduces seizures in patients plagued by epilepsy, has just been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration,...
SA ranks first in HIV incidence in the world – HSRC survey’s grim finding
With over 400, 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012, SA ranks first in HIV incidence in the world, says an Human Sciences Research...
The annual check-up
Most US doctors say it’s time to rethink the notion of a yearly physical, a fixture in medicine since the 1940s, reports Medicinenet. Studies...
Thou shalt be healthy
In a bid to curb rising obesity rates and a growing burden of lifestyle diseases and weight problems in children, SA’s Department of Health...
Medical care or medical cruelty?
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu recently pleased for a ‘mind shift’ in the ‘right to die’ debate. MedicalBrief's William Saunderson-Meyer takes up the issue, arguing...
Autism consensus challenged
Though the symptoms of autism frequently become less severe by adulthood, the consensus has always been that its core symptoms remain, writes The New...