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Med scheme support sought for distressed private practitioners
COVID-19 has slashed patient numbers, leaving many private doctors in financial distress and worsening patient health outcomes, writes MedicalBrief. While private health offers to...
Declines in US patient visits during pandemic will cost GPs $65,000 each
US primary care practices are projected to lose more than $65,000 in revenue per full-time physician in 2020, following drastic declines in office visits...
Repurposing of testing facilities vital in the response to COVID 19 outbreak
The improvement in the provision of health services has changed over the years, from the introduction of mobile health facilities to digital and internet...
COVID-19 drives a new African brain drain in medicine
Western countries are luring African medical professionals and healthcare workers to migrate as they seek to bridge the gap in medical personnel created by...
Two studies examine lifestyle factors in becoming a centenarian
Not smoking and remaining socially engaged are significant markers of living past 100, according to a New Zealand analysis of 292 centenarians, while a...
UK's NICE review not recommending vitamin D to reduce risk of COVID-19
A UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) rapid evidence review has failed to find data to support using vitamin D supplements...
Disrupted circadian rhythm associated with later Parkinson's
Older men who have a weak or irregular circadian rhythm guiding their daily cycles of rest and activity are more likely to later develop...
People suffer from prohibitive tobacco harm reduction policies
Tobacco harm reduction advocates have warned that consumers stand to suffer from prohibitive policies imposed by authorities against smoke-free nicotine products such as electronic...
Rather ban alcohol than cigarettes — MRC’s Madhi
From a scientific perspective, there wasn't much merit in preventing the sale of cigarettes – there was more harm in allowing people to buy...
Limpopo accuses 'certain doctors' of fake certificates for teachers
Limpopo's Provincial Coronavirus Command Council (PCCC) has accused some teachers of submitting fake doctor's certificates, on their vulnerability to COVID-19 because of comorbidities, to...