November 2014

Riots start in Ferguson and in other cities, as New York, after a St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict officer Darren Wilson, 28, for firing six shots in an August confrontation that killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. The situation…

NHS workers, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, are staging four-hour strikes in England and Northern Ireland as part of a pay dispute, BBC said. They are protesting about the decision not to implement a 1% rise for all staff…

Civil Disobedience and Physicians — Protesting the Blockade of Medicaid Charles van der Horst, M.D. on  NEJM On May 6, 2013, I was arrested by the North Carolina Capitol Police in front of the doors of the state Senate chamber, protesting…

Non-traumatic intramural hematomas in patients on anticoagulant therapy: Report of three cases and overview of the literature Introduction Non-traumatic intramural hematoma in the gastrointestinal tract is a rare event that could have…

On the eve of the 2014 Future of Health Conference, NHS England’s Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Dr Martin McShane, explains why empowering patients is vital: "I was speaking at a conference last week and was introduced to…

Most young women diagnosed with breast cancer do not receive fertility advice, despite the fact their treatment could leave them unable to have children. Chemotherapy can stop the ovaries working for a while or may bring on an early…

At least two people have died from heart attacks while shovelling snow in Buffalo, New York. Every winter, about 100 people in the US die doing this. Why? A study looking at data from 1990 to 2006 by researchers at the US Nationwide…

THE INDIPENDENT - Five people have been killed and a state of emergency declared after a towering "wall of snow" buried parts of western New York yesterday. The fifth death was reported today after the body of a 46-year-old man was found…

Ambulance Victoria study questions practice of giving oxygen to heart attack patients ABC, MELBOURNE - The century-old practice of giving oxygen to a heart attack patient could be causing more harm than good, with a study showing patients…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $5.7m towards a programme to increase production of experimental Ebola treatments in Guinea and other affected countries. The programme will focus on treatments derived from the blood of…