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Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla presents research on complex craniovertebral junction surgery

As peptides gain popularity among some wellness influencers and federal government officials, doctors share what you need to know.

Veracruz, Ver., Personal de salud marchó por las calles de Coatzacoalcos para exigir justicia en el caso del feminicidio de la doctora Cristina Ramos Argüello, perpetrado hace una semana.

The President of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, Dr Gertie Chimeka-Anyanwoke, has urged medical professionals abroad to invest in N Read More: https://punchng.com/us-based-doctor-to-colleagues-invest-in-nigerian-healthcare/

Day spas, power naps and the occasional jaunt to Sicily: iconic trainer Gai Waterhouse is as effervescent as ever as she seeks her first Cox Plate.

Six melanoma specialists said the Moderna and Merck vaccine results represent a clinically meaningful result for melanoma patients who underwent surgery.

They are qualified, ready and willing to serve their communities. But scores of doctors in KwaZulu-Natal are becoming increasingly desperate because of a lack of posts in government hospitals and clinics.

What’s in a label? The consequences of a missed, delayed or incorrect diagnosis can be far-reaching and disorienting.

A police officer went in for a pap smear and left profoundly disturbed. Her pursuit of justice exposed alarming flaws in how authorities handle dangerous doctors.

The Minister of State for Health has urged Nigerian doctors to embrace technology, preventive care, and continuous development to improve healthcare delive Read More: https://punchng.com/minister-urges-doctors-to-embrace-technology-preventive-care/

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex medical cases, according to a study published on Thursday in Science.

Domenic Perre refused food and medication in the weeks leading up to his death in custody, according to coronial findings published today.

Dr. Kevin McLeod posted online on Thursday, raising concerns about the current system and calling on the next government to make people in highly paid positions accountable.

Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself.

For years, AI leaders have touted healthcare as one of the clearest examples of where their technology will improve lives. Now "it is finally here," Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells The Verge. The company claims to have developed an AI-powered tool it says can diagnose conditions up to four times more accurately than human […]

The young man was first referred as a case of syphilis.

Prosecutors have requested a 12-year prison sentence for Leopoldo Luque, one of seven healthcare professionals on trial.

Under new rules, procedures including ‘Brazilian butt lifts’ could only be performed by doctors

Abu Dhabi tech-enabled healthcare company M42 has launched Ossi, an AI platform designed to help with administration and give doctors more time with patients. The platform, announced at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit, will be available at seven M42 centres in the UAE and Bahrain, and is estimated to help doctors spend up to 60 per cent more time with pat

ACT wants it to be mandatory for all health and disability benefits to be independently issued by MSD approved doctors.

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The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic Church has had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery.

Pope Leo will not need further treatment after undergoing surgery for lung cancer last week, his doctors say.

Test results after the operation showed that the cancer was localized.

A lawyer for Dr. Leopoldo Luque, charged in Diego Maradona’s 2020 death, claims his client is innocent and a ‘scapegoat’ in the ongoing trial. Read More: https://punchng.com/defence-lawyer-claims-doctor-innocent-in-maradona-death-case/

The 71-year-old pope has begun a gradual return to his duties and hopes to proceed with a planned visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from Nov 6 to 17.

Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday.

The pope’s doctors said he had pulmonary adenocarcinoma, which was localized.

Pope Leo XIV will not need any further treatment after having lung cancer surgery, his doctors said in a statement.

Pope Leo's doctors say final tissue and molecular tests have confirmed his lung cancer was localised, and no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement.

"The results confirmed that the tumor was a pulmonary adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized," Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora said.

A student doctor attending exams in Dublin was punched in an unprovoked attack with "troubling racial aspects", a court has heard.

Woman says assault ‘particularly devastating’ as she had come to Ireland having fled Sudan, where she was ‘targeted as a doctor and a woman’

OpenEvidence is booming despite questions about accuracy and ads.

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and author of "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life," joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the ways artificial intelligence can improve healthcare.

Noel Clarke, the British actor who starred in Doctor Who and Kidulthood, has pleaded not guilty to a series of sexual offenses. London’s Metropolitan Police said in September that Clarke had been charged with two counts of sexual assault, three charges of voyeurism, and one count of exposure. The alleged offenses took place between 2007 […]

The 50-year-old is best known for his role as the boyfriend to Billie Piper's Rose Tyler in the BBC series.

“Industry” and “Doctor Who” producer Jane Tranter has made a career of going against the grain, and at Rome’s MIA Market on Tuesday, she told European producers that the only way to survive in uncertain times is to “go in the opposite direction of everyone else’s traffic.” “If everyone else is zigging, you zag. Because […]

Founder of OpenEvidence chatbot says two-thirds of US physicians use the ad-powered tool, prompting a debate about patient care

Actress Christina Applegate revealed on her podcast Tuesday that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. CBS News' medical correspondent Dr. Cèline Gounder explains what could have happened.

Five Irish medical professionals have returned to Ireland from Ukraine after teaching a trauma aid course for first responders in Kyiv last week.