To meet the criteria for informed consent, the patient must receive and understand five things: The diagnosis The proposed treatment The risks and benefits of the treatment Alternative treatments and ...

In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said. By Teddy Rosenbluth Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West ...

As explained by Ifrin Fittok, CEO of SisterWorks, the opportunities and participation of new arrival women in Australia are still hampered because the mainstream programs provided by the ...

Medfield State Hospital, built in the 1880s and closed more than 20 years ago, is a little creepy but also pleasantly calm as one walks around the abandoned campus.

The streaming wars are over. The rich won. Here's the Average Social Security Benefit at Ages 62, 67, and 70 Scientists are concerned as earthquakes strike near US volcano about to blow Why Did ...

Thousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) are set to benefit from a life-changing ‘take at home’ tablet, as the NHS becomes the first healthcare system in Europe to roll it out ...

JENNINGS, La. (KLFY) — A Jennings doctor accused of assaulting one of his patients has pleaded not guilty in district court. Bahmen “Ben” Sabbaghian is charged in the 31st Judicial District ...

March 9.--A story more startling than any previously related was reported to-day before the Legislative committee investigating the Dixmont Insane Asylum. The witness was R.B. Parks, a former ...

In 2025, the top threats to patient safety reflect a mix of long-standing challenges and emerging risks, according to a new report from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

Dr. Michael Zollicoffer, known affectionately by his patients as Dr. Z., is a 66-year-old private family practitioner who is rich not in money — he says he is pretty much broke — but flush ...

Imagine walking into a cyber café to download an Aadhaar card or update your PAN details, only to realise later that you have fallen prey to a sophisticated cybercrime network that mass-produces fake ...