News articles tagged with 'doctor'
Doctors could learn from Shakespeare's deep understanding of mind-body connection
— 24 Nov 2011 18:58 | HealthShakespeare was a master at portraying profound emotional upset in the physical symptoms of his characters, and many modern day doctors would do well to study the Bard to better understand…
Overseas doctors more likely to face serious GMC action
— 6 Apr 2011 18:28 | HealthGeneral Medical Council (GMC) decisions about doctors who qualified outside the UK are more likely to have far reaching consequences (high impact decisions), finds research published…
Could HIV-infected organs save lives?
— 30 Mar 2011 17:13 | HealthIf Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants…
Case study reports singing lowers patient's blood pressure prior to surgery
— 30 Mar 2011 17:04 | HealthDoctors report that singing reduced the blood pressure of a 76-year-old woman who had experienced severe preoperative hypertension prior to total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis…
Critical care outside hospital 'incomplete, unpredictable, and inconsistent' across UK
— 28 Mar 2011 18:12 | HealthThe critical care expertise available before a severely injured person can be admitted to hospital is 'incomplete, unpredictable, and inconsistent,' shows research published online…
How to help heal an injured joint
— 19 Mar 2011 14:54 | HealthThere's nothing like the sheer delight of sun and snow on a skiing trip. But a momentary lapse of concentration can have nasty consequences. Taking a tumble on the slopes often causes…
Academic performance of UK doctors and medical students varies by ethnicity
— 9 Mar 2011 19:56 | HealthUK trained doctors and medical students from minority ethnic groups tend to underperform academically compared with their white counterparts, finds a study published on bmj.com today…
1 in 3 doctors afraid to report underperforming colleagues
— 8 Mar 2011 13:47 | HealthAlmost one in five UK doctors has had direct experience of an incompetent or poorly performing colleague in the past three years, finds a survey of professional values, published online…
Simple blood test at discharge could help reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients
— 1 Mar 2011 19:06 | HealthAn inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse,…
Gay rights movement born in 19th century Germany, scholar says
— 1 Mar 2011 17:36 | HealthSame-sex erotic relationships are as old as humanity, but our modern understanding of what it means to be homosexual - and the earliest gay rights movement - started in nineteenth-century…