We were especially curious about the echocardiogram results which would reveal how well Johnny's then-19-year-old prosthetic heart valve was functioning. Thankfully, his valve was in good working ...

Deciding to start a family is a big decision for any couple, but it’s even more nerve-wracking when the mom-to-be has a ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

About 30 per cent of patients who require hospital admission are still waiting in emergency eight hours after arrival, according to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Long wait ...

Because public health agencies have learned that these patients had bird flu days or weeks after the person became ill, it has hampered efforts to find out how they were exposed and make sure they ...

Patients are dying in corridors and sometimes going undiscovered for hours, while sick people are being left to soil themselves, according to a damning report into the state of the NHS. The Royal ...

Tearful nurses told an RCN briefing in central London of being powerless as patients spend hours slowly dying on a trolley in a busy corridor and finding a dead patient under a pile of coats.

Lessons from trans health care about the irreplaceable role of the patient could pave the way for a better understanding of what’s truly at stake. This siege on trans health care involves so ...

Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by ...

AI models rely on large volumes of sensitive patient data that require "training." Errors can lead to misdiagnoses, inappropriate treatments or other harmful outcomes. Overreliance on AI poses the ...