PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, The Associated Press has found. The […]
I can’t make Tim better. But he has made me a better doctor.
Recently, Reddit user Musikcookie took to the popular Ask Reddit page to ask doctors, “What was the wildest self-diagnoses a patient was actually right about?” Medical professionals of all types (and some patients, too) wrote in some truly wild answers. Here are some of the most fascinating: 1.“Patient here. I told my family GP (who […]
As the Israeli military closed in on Kamal Adwan Hospital in recent weeks — the last remaining major health care facility in northern Gaza — Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya remained inside to record the worsening situation. In one video, Abu Safiya, the hospital’s director, showed an intensive care unit with blown out windows where he […]
A doctor’s office can be a very stressful place, and there are times a patient might overlook, ignore, or omit things about their symptoms, medical history, treatment course, or anything else that might bring them to seek professional care. ABC I recently asked medical professionals of the BuzzFeed Community: What common things do people often […]
Having a healthy serving of fruits and vegetables in your daily diet is vital if you want to have a long and healthy life. People who ate five servings of fruits and vegetables per day had a 12% lower risk of death from heart disease than those who ate only two servings a day, according […]
The patient: A 67-year-old woman in the U.K. The symptoms: The woman was scheduled for routine cataract surgery on her right eye. Although her vision in her right eye was poorer than that of her left, historically, she had had “no previous ocular complaints.” Before the procedure, she told doctors she was feeling some minor […]
Last year, Paul Simon confirmed that while making his most recent album, Seven Psalms, he’d suffered major hearing loss. The musician has had to find ways to adapt so that he can keep making and playing music, telling CBS Mornings in a new interview: “I’m going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the […]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Doctors at Mayo Clinic used a new catheter-based approach to draw out resistant pockets of infection that settle in the heart, known as right-sided infective endocarditis, without surgery. Unless treated quickly, the walled-off infections can grow, severely damaging heart valves and potentially affecting other organs as well. In a recent study, over […]
Nearly four years ago, Becca Brown, a 41-year-old resident of Burlington, Vermont, noticed a grape-size lump on the side of her breast as she was getting ready for bed. Follow-up testing revealed a fast-spreading cancer, but its early detection meant the tumor responded better to treatment, and ultimately, Brown recovered from the disease. “Even if […]
