mirror.co.uk - A mental health helpline for students that ran for 48 years was axed just before freshers’ week this year. Keele University’s volunteer service has been closed, leaving support services outsourced to…
washingtonpost.com - Until another doctor’s recent arrival, Ed Garner was for years the only full-time staff physician at Culberson Hospital in Van Horn, Tex. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) By Eli Saslow Eli…
news-leader.com - On a recent balmy afternoon, 67-year-old Janetta Stevens sat on the concrete wall outside the Veterans Coming Home Center smoking a Pall Mall menthol. Homeless for more than a year and a half now, sh…
economictimes.indiatimes.com - Dr Devi Shetty Sixteen years ago, when there was drought in Karnataka, farmers lost the capacity to buy healthcare. I was able to convince the state government to launch a micro health insurance sche…
agingcare.com - All caregivers need a break from their responsibilities from time to time, but after months or years of providing care for a loved one with dementia, a proper vacation is usually in order. Respite ca…
opindia.com - At a point of time when the common man is struggling to meet the expenditure of health care which may cost a family’s lifetime savings, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme has come as a lifeline to the poor w…
thehindubusinessline.com - Shanta Rao still remembers the day it sank in. It was a cold winter in 2015, and the 74-year-old homemaker could feel the onset of her usual asthma attack. After having lived in the US for 50 years, …
mirror.co.uk - Everyone suspects the Tories have a long-term plan to abolish the NHS. A new documentary film will lay bare the plot dating back decades, and within sight of success. Under The Knife charts the secre…
mirror.co.uk - The number of patients waiting for more than four hours in A&E after a decision has been made to admit them to hospital has increased by 1,400% since the Tories came to power. NHS England figures sho…
publichealthy.co.uk - In health terms, ‘prevention’ basically means doing stuff that reduces risks to health. Primary prevention focuses on the whole population to stop a problem occurring in the first place, for example …
