Thirty-million Americans live with a rare disease, with half diagnosed being children. Despite the serious challenges facing ...

Under a new two-year pilot project, local and regional authorities are covering the costs of “museum prescriptions” issued by doctors who believe their patients could benefit from visits to ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A large scale study by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine has found that patient pain upon arrival to the Emergency Department ...

"When a young patient is already battling a complicated diagnosis, anxiety and constant stress are not good for their health either," said Cunningham. More work is needed to improve mental health ...

The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Neurology, found that the risk of symptoms was cut in half for a small subset of 22 patients who had not shown any problems with memory or ...

But nursing unions argue that this poorly understood technology is overriding nurses' expertise and degrading the quality of care patients receive. "Hospitals have been waiting for the moment when ...

That includes both patients and non-physician staff in the hospital where I work. Even out in public, if I run into someone from the hospital, it is common for them to address me as “Dr. Jones.” ...

Fat patients should be weighed every year so doctors can keep an eye on them, the NHS watchdog says Credit: PA:Press Association It suggests those with long-term illnesses have their body mass ...

The United States healthcare system is failing. We rank last among developed countries in healthcare performance, and Americans face lower life expectancy and growing chronic disease rates despite ...

It may seem counterintuitive, but hospital emergency rooms can be hazardous to the health of elderly patients. The chaotic environment can cause delirium and deconditioning to set in fast ...

He hopes that ditching the ‘world’s largest quango’ will save hundreds of millions of pounds a year that can be spent on patients instead. The Government said NHS England duplicates work ...

But just how this move will ‘deliver security’ for patients facing the daily frustrations, and life changing consequences, of navigating a broken NHS will take years to realise. Article ...