Pharmacies in England to help ease pressure on family doctors Posted June 3, 2023 According to the UK government, the new rules allowing pharmacists to write patients’ prescriptions will benefit millions of people and bring an end to the “8 am scramble
US adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low Posted May 29, 2023 U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data. Meanwhile, electronic c…
Doctors embrace careers in rural Australia Posted May 21, 2023 Doctor Bruce Chater has happily worked in rural areas all his life. And he wants others to do the same. “I’ve been working for really 30 years to try and ge…
California to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment Posted April 26, 2023 California voters would decide whether to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction, under the lat…
A quarter of humanity lacks safe drinking water Posted April 21, 2023 In one suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast's port city and fast-growing economic hub, many communities find themselves without clean water amid the United Nations’ World Water Day. …
Mexico to use traditional medicine, more Cuban doctors Posted April 19, 2023 Health authorities in Mexico said they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country’s woefully under-equipped public hospital system. …
Can’t take statins? New pill cuts cholesterol, heart attacks Posted April 9, 2023 Drugs known as statins are the first-choice treatment for high cholesterol but millions of people who can’t or won’t take those pills because of side effects may have another opti…
Mexico vows not to budge on US corn dispute Posted March 31, 2023 Mexico's president vowed not to back down in a dispute with the United States over a potential ban on imports of genetically modified corn. The U.S. Trade Repr…
Illinois governor plan targets kids’ mental health crisis Posted March 24, 2023 A mental health crisis among children in Illinois will be fought by streamlining and easing access to necessary treatment and coordination between six separate state agencies, Gov…
18% drop since 2020 in people with reported medical debt Posted March 18, 2023 The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million — or 17.9% — between 2020 and 2022, according to a report from the U.S. Consumer Financial Prote…