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Starting from July 1, eleven doctors from private practices in Windhoek will volunteer at Katutura Health Centre (KHC), working evening shifts without pay to help alleviate patient congestion. This initiative, led by Health Minister Dr. Esperance Luvindao, aims to reduce long queues and improve primary healthcare in the capital. Katutura
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Labour's 10-year plan for the NHS aims to make the health service "self-sufficient" in staffing, with a focus on prioritizing British doctors for roles. The plan aims to overhaul a system where two-thirds of new doctors currently come from abroad. The government plans to limit overseas
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Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence system that surpasses human physicians in diagnosing complex medical cases. The AI system, led by Mustafa Suleyman, uses a panel of expert physicians' approaches to tackle intellectually demanding cases. When paired with OpenAI's advanced o3 model, Microsoft's system solved
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Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, celebrates the organization's commitment to revolutionizing healthcare access in Africa, Asia, and beyond through education, training, and awareness initiatives. As part of its "More Than a Mother" campaign, Merck Foundation has provided over 2,282 scholarships to young doctors
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A doctor has spoken out about the benefits of eating an unpopular vegetable, okra, which he claims can promote gut health, aid in weight loss efforts, and lower cholesterol levels. Okra's slime, or mucilage, contains soluble dietary fiber, which provides a multitude of health benefits. Despite its slimy
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The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has filed a petition to President Bola Tinubu, claiming that non-physician health professionals and educators are being marginalized by physician-led interest groups. The ACPN accuses the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), and the Nigerian
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A 20-year-old woman, Grace Callaghan, visited a GP surgery three times with serious stomach and chest pains before being diagnosed with aggressive cancer, highlighting the need for better training for doctors to detect cancers in a timely manner. Despite suffering for weeks with exhaustion, sickness, and stomach pains, Grace was
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Compututed tomography (CT) scans have become increasingly common in Japan, with the country recording the highest number of CT units per million population among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2020. The excessive use of CT scans has raised concerns about unnecessary procedures, increased costs, and increased
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Primary care doctors in America are dealing with overwhelming digital messages from patients, which is contributing to burnout, cutting back on hours, and leaving their practices early. However, a series of studies from the University of Michigan show promise in easing this crisis, and improving both patient care and doctor
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In a significant breakthrough in medical technology, an Indian-origin doctor, Dr Vipul Patel, successfully performed a transcontinental robotic telesurgery on a cancer patient over 7,000 miles away. The surgery, which took place on June 2023, was part of a clinical trial approved by the US Food and Drug Administration
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A 44-year-old patient from the Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh underwent a life-saving surgery at AIIMS Bhopal to correct an aortic aneurysm and a severely leaking aortic valve. The patient had been experiencing chest pain and palpitations for six months due to the swelling of the aorta, which was approximately
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The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has accused the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) of using blackmail and strike actions to dominate the country's health and education sectors. In a petition to President Tinubu, ACPN complained about the physicians' alleged marginalization of non-physician professionals,
