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Doctors in FUHSO, FUHSTHO inaugurate NAMDA Chapter, elect pioneer executives
Idoma Voice
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August 18, 2025
Medical and dental academics at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO) and their colleagues at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital (FUHSTHO) have inaugurated the pioneer executives of the National...
Doctors seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer
Canada's National Observer
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August 18, 2025
Katie Hulan's family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse. So he gave her some puffers to try, but they didn't work. "I was just getting to the point...
Doctors on high alert due to high syphilis cases in MS
WLBT - Mississippi
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August 18, 2025
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Health experts are warning about the high numbers of syphilis cases in the Magnolia state. The Mississippi State Department of Health is working to slow the spread. “Mississippi has had some of the highest rates of STIs for...
Doctors attempting to see ICE facility at 26 Federal Plaza are rejected
CBS - New York
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Several New York physicians are speaking out against what they say are inhumane conditions at an immigration holding facility in Lower Manhattan. Monday, physicians from the nonprofit New York Doctors Coalition tried to get into 26 Federal Plaza,...
Integrating Ayurveda will help paediatric healthcare: Experts
ETHealthworld.com
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August 19, 2025
New Delhi: Experts on Monday underlined that integrating time-tested practices of Ayurveda with modern scientific validation will not only help in preventive child healthcare but also in addressing emerging health challenges in a holistic manner....
The Challenges and Advantages of US Healthcare in a Worldwide Perspective
Pharmaceutical Executive
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August 18, 2025
In a recent interview with Pharmaceutical Executive, Rob Abbott, CEO of ISPOR, discussed how health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) is transforming the way health systems and governments around the world address rising drug prices. Abbott...
Republicans Can’t Quit the Field on OBBB’s Healthcare Wins
Townhall
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August 19, 2025
Despite an onslaught of fearmongering from Democrats, who carpeted the media with claims that because of the One Big Beautiful Bill “tens of millions” to lose health insurance and people would “literally die,” Republicans stood firm and passed...
One in five PCNs reduced their use of physician associates in the past year
Pulse
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August 18, 2025
Exclusive More than a fifth of PCNs have cut the number of physician associates they employ in the past year, a Pulse and Management in Practice survey has found. The survey polled GPs and practice managers, with 21% of respondents from 425...
Future of Indian healthcare revolves around proactive, tech-driven & people-centric systems: Lovekesh Phasu
Pharmabiz.com
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India’s healthcare future lies in building systems that are proactive in care, powered by technology, and centred around people’s needs, said Lovekesh Phasu, group chief operating officer, Sakra World Hospital. Healthcare has largely focused on...
Pictures: Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion opening day at UCF
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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August 19, 2025
Scenes from the opening day of the new Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion at the University of Central Florida’s Academic Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona, Monday, July 18, 2025. The 90,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will increase...
Ontario's nurses call for mandated staffing ratio to avoid burnout
Niagara-on-the-Lake Local
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A recent study that found Ontario needs to follow staffing standards for nurses like those in BC, Nova Scotia, Australia, and parts of the U.S was discussed at a roundtable Monday in Niagara Falls Nurses in Ontario are dealing with a “devastating...
UCF opens Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion to combat nursing shortage
WFTV - Florida
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August 19, 2025
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The University of Central Florida nursing students began classes today in the newly opened Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion on Lake Nona Boulevard, a facility designed to help address the nursing shortage. The pavilion will...
VCU Health plans to add 16-story hospital tower
Virginia Business
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August 18, 2025
At its downtown medical center campus in Richmond, the VCU Health System hopes to soon construct a major hospital tower that would eventually be 16 stories tall and feature 576 beds. The health system has recently issued requests for proposals for...
Increased investment in preventive health will save billions, boost national health and productivity: RACGP
The National Tribune
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August 19, 2025
Royal Australian College of GPs A strategic shift in healthcare funding could save the Australian healthcare system billions of dollars and dramatically improve health outcomes, according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners...
Ever wonder how compression socks help boost circulation? Doctors explain how
AOL
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What Do Compression Socks Do? Doctors Explain. Justin Steele "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A trusty pair of socks can do more than just provide a barrier between your feet and...
Pamlico County discusses inmate healthcare and animal control in latest board meeting
WCTI - North Carolina
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An update out of Pamlico County on a story we brought you 2 weeks ago. The Board of Commissioners held a meeting to discuss multiple items, including animal control through the county and health services for inmates in the Pamlico County Jail....
UPHS Nurses, Techs brave rain for practice strike in Marquette
Upper Michigan´s Source
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August 19, 2025
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - UPHS-Marquette Nurses and Techs took to Harlow Park on Washington Street in Marquette on Monday for a practice strike. Both groups want hospital administration to know they mean business as contract negotiations continue....
Only one heart machine for PNG: doctors say more are needed to save children’s lives
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 19, 2025
Papua New Guinea has just one portable echocardiographic or echo machine, the ultrasound device that allows doctors to scan and check the structure and function of the heart. It helps doctors diagnose congenital heart defects, valve problems, or...
Qualtrics and Stanford Health Care Collaborate to Transform Healthcare Experience with AI Agents
iTWire
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August 18, 2025
Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the experience management (XM) category, has announced an expanded collaboration with Stanford Health Care to create AI agents that translate predictive insights into timely, targeted actions, reducing the...
Hong Kong can’t afford to outsource its healthcare to mainland China
South China Morning Post
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August 19, 2025
In recent years, Hongkongers have developed a new habit: going north for their medical check-ups. A 2024 survey found nearly one in three residents had sought medical care in mainland China. The reasons are as predictable as they are troubling:...