doctors

Nearly 40% of US doctors are burnt-out and half would be willing to take a pay cut for better hours

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American physicians are burnt-out and would take a substantial pay cut for better hours, a new survey has found. Researchers found that almost half of Generation X physicians (ages 40 to 54) reported feeling burnt-out mainly due to too many bureaucratic tasks and lack of respect from bosses and colleagues. By comparison, 38 percent of … Read more

Dozens of women who have suffered the heartbreak of a miscarriage reveal how doctors didn’t CARE

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Dozens of women who have suffered the heartbreak of a miscarriage have today slammed the lack of care they received from doctors. Sharing details of their devastating ordeals, many claimed their traumatic loss was so harrowing that it will ‘never leave’ them. One woman claimed she was forced to carry her unborn twins for three … Read more

Doctors pushing new drugs don’t have to admit they are funded by the pill’s makers

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A bright hope has suddenly appeared in depression therapy: the ‘party’ drug, ketamine. Known best as a horse tranquilliser, it is also used as an anaesthetic in hospitals. But ketamine can cause soaring highs and is used illegally, with potentially nightmarish results; the drug is addictive and can trigger psychosis. Recently, leading depression experts lined … Read more

Woman, 23, has been left wheelchair bound after doctors dismissed her stroke symptoms as anxiety 

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A woman says she has been left reliant on a wheelchair after doctors dismissed her stroke symptoms as anxiety. Drewy NovaClara Curious felt numb while driving with her husband Avery in June last year. The now 23-year-old went to hospital, where doctors spent hours trying to uncover what was wrong. They eventually sent her home, saying … Read more

One in four doctors come from countries that are ‘banned from working for the NHS’

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One in four new NHS medics come from countries that are ‘banned’ from working for the health service, figures have revealed. The NHS’ Code of Practice lists 97 nations that ‘should not be actively recruited from’ because they receive aid or suffer from a shortages of medics. But an investigation has shown certain NHS trusts … Read more

Leading expert claims doctors should dish out LAVENDER OIL as first-line treatment for anxiety

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Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more

Doctors are up to 37% less likely to screen you for cancer later in the day

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If you want proper cancer screening, book an early morning appointment, new research suggests. Patients were as much as 37 percent more likely to be screened for cancer if they had an 8am appointment than if they had one at 5pm, according to a new University of Pennsylvania.  Fatigue, backlogs and running behind schedule amount … Read more

Woman, 24, who found a lump in her breast was dismissed doctors who said she was ‘too young’

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After finding a lump in her breast in January 2018, Alexandria Whitaker did what we’re all told to do: go to your doctor.  But that simple step somehow became complicated. Then-24-year-old Alexandria, of Orlando, Florida, was brushed off.  It can’t be anything sinister, her doctor said, because you’re 24. For that reason, the doctor explained, … Read more

British people breathe equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, doctors warn

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British people are breathing in the equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, a leading doctor has warned. The Government is now being begged by two royal medical colleges to do more to tackle the public health crisis, which is shortening thousands of people’s lives. The Royal College of Physicians and Royal … Read more

Indivior salesmen ‘told to send doctors articles about baby deaths in bid to boost sales’

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Indivior salesmen ‘told to send doctors articles about baby deaths in bid to boost sales of new drug’ By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 08:59 BST, 12 April 2019 Indivior salesmen were told to send doctors articles about baby deaths to boost sales of … Read more