Bernie Sanders’s plan to eliminate medical debt, explained
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 11:40
vox.com - Americans go bankrupt every year because of unpaid medical bills. Now Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), one of the leading progressives in the 2020 presidential race, says he wants to eliminate…
Category: Business
vox.com - Americans go bankrupt every year because of unpaid medical bills. Now Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), one of the leading progressives in the 2020 presidential race, says he wants to eliminate…
More than one million people on hospital waiting lists, say consultants
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 10:55
irishtimes.com - The acute hospital system across the country is crumbling, hospital consultants have claimed at their annual conference. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) meeting…
Category: Politics
irishtimes.com - The acute hospital system across the country is crumbling, hospital consultants have claimed at their annual conference. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) meeting…

SNP has been in charge of NHS for 12 years. Just look at the state it’s in – Miles Briggs
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 08:07
scotsman.com - Health Secretary Jeane Freeman must show she has ability to sort out unacceptable situations at the new Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in…
Category: World
scotsman.com - Health Secretary Jeane Freeman must show she has ability to sort out unacceptable situations at the new Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in…

Government admits long delays to medicine in the event of a no-deal Brexit
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 06:30
theneweuropean.co.uk - PUBLISHED: 08:53 21 September 2019 | UPDATED: 08:53 21 September 2019 Health and Social Care secretary Matt Hancock. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA. Email this article to a friend…
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theneweuropean.co.uk - PUBLISHED: 08:53 21 September 2019 | UPDATED: 08:53 21 September 2019 Health and Social Care secretary Matt Hancock. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA. Email this article to a friend…
Health minister accused of ‘cowardice’ after pulling out of consultant conference
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 05:16
irishtimes.com - Minister for Health Simon Harris has pulled out of a planned address to the annual conference of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association in Dublin on Saturday. The IHCA described…
Category: Politics
irishtimes.com - Minister for Health Simon Harris has pulled out of a planned address to the annual conference of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association in Dublin on Saturday. The IHCA described…

To the surprise of nobody, users on Mumsnet really don’t like the NHS LGBT+ rainbow badges
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 03:19
pinknews.co.uk - The latest outcry from the online parenting forum Mumsnet concerns the NHS’s LGBT+ rainbow badges, which commenters claim are “divisive political symbols”. The rainbow pins were…
Category: Art & Entertainment
pinknews.co.uk - The latest outcry from the online parenting forum Mumsnet concerns the NHS’s LGBT+ rainbow badges, which commenters claim are “divisive political symbols”. The rainbow pins were…

Children’s hospital project ‘at risk’ due to staff shortages
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 01:42
irishtimes.com - The opening of the new national children’s hospital is at risk due to shortages of senior medical staff, hospital consultants have warned. Ahead of its annual conference on Saturday…
Category: Politics
irishtimes.com - The opening of the new national children’s hospital is at risk due to shortages of senior medical staff, hospital consultants have warned. Ahead of its annual conference on Saturday…

Babies born by C-section have more potentially infectious bacteria in their guts
Fri, 09/20/2019 - 21:09
sciencenews.org - Babies born by Caesarean section may miss out on many of mom’s helpful gut microbes. Instead, these infants’ guts harbor more bacteria that commonly lurk in hospital rooms,…
Category: Science
sciencenews.org - Babies born by Caesarean section may miss out on many of mom’s helpful gut microbes. Instead, these infants’ guts harbor more bacteria that commonly lurk in hospital rooms,…