for 27 minutter sidenDoctor previously banned from complex surgery in NSW given senior clinical safety role with Queensland Health
A spokesperson says Dr Michael Byrom no longer has any conditions placed on his practising and cited a ‘rigorous recruitment process’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A cardiothoracic surgeon previously restricted from performing major heart and lung surgery by the New South Wales medical regulator has been appointed to a senior Queensland government clinical safety position. On Tuesday the deputy director general of Clinical Excellence Queensland, Dr Helen Brown, announced Dr Michael Byrom as the inaugural surgical medical lead for the organisation, which focuses on healthcare quality, safety and efficiency. Continue reading...
for 1 time sidenRaskt eller sakte ned i vekt? Dette bør du vite
Det finnes flere myter om vektnedgang, påpeker forsker. Én særlig seiglivet myte er at det er bedre å gå sakte enn raskt ned i vekt.
for 1 time siden– Man ser ikke for seg at man skal begrave sitt eget barn
Dag-Christian Lappebakken Gundersen opplevde alle foreldres verste mareritt tirsdag 20. januar. Nå samler han inn penger for å få gitt sønnen en verdig begravelse.
for 2 timeer sidenMann alvorlig skadet i voldshendelse i Oslo
En mann i 30-årene er sendt til sykehus med alvorlige skader etter en voldsepisode på Majorstuen i Oslo natt til onsdag. En mann i 20-årene er pågrepet.
for 3 timeer sidenMitch McConnell admitted to hospital with ‘flu-like symptoms’
Statement says Republican senator, 83, checked himself into local hospital and that prognosis is ‘positive’ The Republican senator Mitch McConnell was admitted to a hospital on Monday night due to “flu-like symptoms”, his office said in a statement. “In an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night,” the statement reads. “His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving.” Continue reading...
for 4 timeer sidenWhy a beauty spot in South Africa could be about to run out of water
Official estimates suggest that around 55% of the town's drinkable water is lost to leaking pipes.
for 5 timeer sidenOne in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September
Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in England One in six autistic pupils have not been to school at all since the start of this academic year, according to a new survey which found that mental health issues were often behind high levels of school absence. Nearly half (45%) of the parents and children who responded to the UK-wide survey by the Ambitious About Autism charity said they felt “blamed” by the government for the absences. Continue reading...
for 5 timeer sidenHow will Labor’s Thriving Kids work and who is still eligible for the NDIS?
New services will move children under nine with mild developmental delays and autism off the NDIS. Here’s what you need to know Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government has unveiled the model for its new program to move children under nine years old with mild developmental delays and autism off the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Called Thriving Kids, the program will be run with the states and territories from October this year. Continue reading...
for 7 timeer sidenThree-quarters of cancer patients in England to survive by 2035 under new plans
Government to invest £2bn in NHS cancer services in England as figures show diagnosis made every 75 seconds in the UK Three in four cancer patients in England will beat cancer under government plans to raise survival rates, as figures reveal someone is now diagnosed every 75 seconds in the UK. Cancer is the country’s biggest killer, causing about one in four deaths, and survival rates lag behind several European countries, including Romania and Poland. Three-quarters of NHS hospital trusts are failing cancer patients, a Guardian analysis found last year, prompting experts to declare a “national emergency”. Continue reading...
for 8 timeer sidenRedningsaksjon i Jotunheimen – 15 personer i turfølget
Ifølge meldingen til politiet er flere i turfølget nedkjølte og noen bevisstløse.
for 10 timeer sidenLife expectancy of LGB+ people a year lower than heterosexual’s, ONS finds
LGB+ men in England and Wales have 1.2 years lower life expectancy than straight men, at 59.4 years and 60.7 years respectively Life expectancy for people who identify as gay, bisexual, or another sexual orientation in England and Wales was approximately a year lower than their heterosexual counterparts, according to the first-ever analysis of its kind by the Office for National Statistics. The life expectancy for men who identified as LGB+ was 1.2 years lower than men who identified as straight, at 59.4 years and 60.7 years respectively. Continue reading...
for 11 timeer sidenMorsmelkerstatning trekkes tilbake
Morsmelkerstatning og produkter for spesielle medisinske formål fra Nestlé Norge AS trekkes på grunn av funn av giftstoff i oljeråvare.
for 11 timeer sidenFrance teacher fighting for life after knife attack by pupil
A 14-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in a classroom on Tuesday.
for 13 timeer sidenCoop trekker tilbake brød
Coop Norge trekker tilbake Smak Odelsbrød 650g på grunn av udeklarert innhold av sesam. Dette er følger at det er pakket feil brød i emballasjen.
for 13 timeer sidenSeven million cancers a year are preventable, says report
Scientists say there is a powerful opportunity to save lives because nearly 40% of cancers are preventable.
for 14 timeer sidenMann døde etter arbeidsulykke i Askvoll
Mann døde etter arbeidsulykke i Askvoll Én person er død etter en arbeidsulykke i Askvoll. Det melder Vest politidistrikt. Pårørende er varslet. Både luftambulanse og ambul
for 15 timeer sidenTre ansatte i ungdomsfengsel tatt med i ambulanse etter voldsepisode
Tre ansatte i ungdomsfengselet på Bøn i Eidsvoll ble tatt med i ambulanse etter vold fra flere innsatte mandag kveld, men er alle hjemme igjen tirsdag.
for 16 timeer sidenFastlege vant betalingskrav-sak i tingretten – nå anker staten
En fastlege vant mot staten i Oslo tingrett i desember i en sak om betalingskrav. Nå anker staten dommen.
for 17 timeer sidenElever skal ikke få fravær for besøk hos helsesøster
Utdanning- og forskningskomiteen på Stortinget vedtok at besøk hos skolehelsetjenesten ikke skal omfattes av fraværsgrensen.
for 19 timeer sidenTrafikkulykke i Oslo: – Iverksatt livreddende tiltak
Politiet har iverksatt livreddende tiltak etter en trafikkulykke i Oslo.
for 22 timeer sidenAid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study finds
Modelling suggests 5.4m children under five among those who could die if budgets of donor countries such as UK and US continue to be slashed Aid cuts could lead to more than 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five, according to the most comprehensive modelling to date. In the past two decades there have been dramatic falls in the number of young children dying from infectious diseases, driven by aid directed to the developing world, researchers wrote in the Lancet Global Health. But that progress was at risk of reversal because of abrupt budget cuts by donor countries, including the US and the UK. Continue reading...
for 22 timeer sidenHøiby innlagt på sykehus – dette sier forsvarerne
– Vi håper saken går som planlagt, jeg tror i det lengste at vi klarer å starte, sier forsvarer til Nettavisen.
for 1 dag sidenLeiebilviruset er dødelig og rammer tilfeldig
Problemet med utenlandske leiebilsjåfører er så stort at ingen gjør noe. Utrolig når vi vet at «leiebil-viruset» er potensielt dødelig og ubarmhjertig der det rammer tilfeldige ofre.
for 1 dag sidenEmergency pneumonia cases surge to half a million a year in England
There were 579,475 instances of emergency hospitalisation being needed in the year to March 2025, analysis finds The number of people requiring emergency care for pneumonia has risen by a quarter over two years to reach more than half a million cases, new figures show, amid warnings that preventable cases are adding pressure on overstretched A&E departments. Analysis of the most recent NHS England data from between April 2024 and March 2025 found that there were 579,475 cases of pneumonia requiring emergency hospitalisation, and this was likely to have risen further since, according to the charity Asthma + Lung UK. There were 461,995 cases between April 2022 and March 2023. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenRFK Jr announces $100m in grants to address homelessness and substance use
Kennedy’s pilot program to offer funding for long-term recovery after Trump signed order related to addiction Robert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $100m in new grants for a pilot program aimed at addressing homelessness and substance use recovery in eight cities, building on an executive order Donald Trump signed last week related to addiction. The funds will be distributed as part of the Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Supports (Streets) program, which will be managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Samhsa) within the Department of Health and Human Services. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenFlorida couple sue fertility clinic after being implanted with wrong embryo
Couple say they love their daughter immeasurably but have a moral obligation to try to find child’s biological parents A couple is suing a Florida fertility clinic after learning that they were implanted with the wrong embryo, and are going public with their attempts to find their child’s biological parents. Tiffany Score and Steven Mills have filed a lawsuit against IVF Life Inc, which operates as the Fertility Center of Orlando, and its lead physician, Dr Milton McNichol. The suit, which was initially filed under pseudonyms to protect their family’s privacy, states that three viable embryos were created with Score’s eggs and Mills’s sperm, and an embryo was successfully implanted in April 2025. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenLack of mental health beds contributed to UK teenager’s death, inquest finds
Poor communication also cited as factor in death of Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, on Worthing hospital’s grounds A shortage of mental health beds and poor communication between agencies contributed to the death of a teenage girl on hospital grounds, an inquest has found. Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, who had a history of self-harm, died in March 2022 after absconding from an acute children’s ward where she had been put because of a dearth of appropriate mental health beds. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenHavskilpadden har fått nytt hjem
Endelig fikk havskilpadden nytt hjem!
for 1 dag sidenResident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months
British Medical Association members back further action as part of long-running row over pay and jobs UK politics live – latest updates Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of continuing industrial action over the next six months, the British Medical Association has announced. Ninety-three per cent of medics voted in favour of continuing industrial action in a new ballot. The turnout was 53%. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenSats fjerner apparat på treningssentre i hele landet etter ulykke
Alle GHD‑apparater fjernes fra alle Sats' treningssentre i landet etter en ulykke. Appartet brukes til å trene lår- og rumpemuskulaturen.
for 1 dag sidenMann i 50-årene omkom etter snøscooterulykke i Troms
En mann i slutten av 50-årene er død etter at snøscooteren havnet i en grøft i Balsfjord i Troms.
for 1 dag sidenAustralian woman dies after becoming snagged in ski lift in Japan
The 22-year-old became caught in a chairlift and was suspended in midair before having a heart attack, officials say.
for 1 dag sidenVolunteers race to contain suspected bird flu outbreak among swans
Rising case numbers and dozens of dead birds in Thames Valley raise fears spread is wider than recorded Members of the public and charity volunteers are working to contain a suspected outbreak of bird flu among swans in the Thames Valley, amid signs that confirmed cases are continuing to rise. Since October, 324 cases of bird flu in swans have been recorded by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha), which is sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Of these, 39 were recorded in the first four weeks of 2026 alone. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenPublic health crisis unfolding in Minneapolis as residents avoid healthcare
Providers are arranging home visits and telehealth as neighbors pick up prescriptions, groceries and diapers A public health crisis is unfolding in Minnesota as people targeted by federal agents are afraid to seek healthcare while some healthcare staff are also fearful for their safety at work. Community organizations and health providers are now arranging home visits, telehealth appointments and other alternate care. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenBroadcaster James Valentine retires from ABC after nearly 40 years due to cancer
‘I need to focus on getting better, on being with family and friends and making sure that I’m giving my health my best shot’, Afternoons host says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Broadcaster and saxophonist James Valentine is retiring from the ABC after almost 40 years, due to cancer, ending 25 years of hosting Sydney’s Afternoons program on ABC Radio. Valentine has been a fixture on the public broadcaster since he joined as host of the Afternoon Show for kids on ABC TV in 1987 after a decade of playing in bands including The Models. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenBirte mistet lappen etter omstridt test: – Brutalt
Øyelege mener flere hundre nordmenn har blitt fratatt førerkortet på feil grunnlag.
for 2 dager sidenIndia's snakebite crisis is killing tens of thousands every year
A new report has found that 99% of healthcare workers in India face challenges administering antivenom.
for 2 dager sidenÅpner om helseutfordringer: – Jeg føler meg sliten
Den tidligere toppolitikeren mener selv han har holdt løftet han ga til legen før nyttår.
for 2 dager siden‘Deadly postcode lottery’ restricting new cancer treatments in England, doctors say
Patients missing out on effective new radiotherapies widely used in other countries, health secretary told Cancer patients are being denied access to cutting-edge treatments on the NHS because of a “deadly postcode lottery” in access, doctors have warned. Patients in England are missing out on two innovative forms of radiotherapy that are known to be effective against several forms of the disease and are widely available in other countries, due to “red tape” and lack of funding. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenNHS patients put at risk by ‘sham investigations’, says ex-CEO of hospital
Exclusive: Dr Susan Gilby, who won £1.4m bullying payout, says whistleblower protections must be strengthened Patients are being put at risk by NHS bosses launching “sham investigations” into whistleblowers to shut down concerns, a former hospital chief executive who won a £1.4m bullying claim has said. Dr Susan Gilby took over as chief executive at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2018 after it was rocked by the Lucy Letby case. She was awarded the payout – one of the biggest in NHS history – last month after a tribunal ruled she had been unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about alleged bullying and harassment by the chair of the hospital board. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenAspiring Nigerian singer dies after being bitten by a snake
Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.
for 2 dager sidenFlorida Republicans advance bill to weaken vaccine protections for children
But effort fell short of state surgeon general’s promise to end Florida’s immunization mandates altogether Republicans advanced a bill in the Florida legislature this week to weaken vaccine protections for children, but it fell well short of state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s promise made last year to end immunization mandates. The proposed new law, introduced by Jacksonville state senator Clay Yarborough, and which narrowly passed the chamber’s health policy committee on Monday in a 6-4 vote, seeks only to expand exemptions for parents who do not want their school-age children vaccinated. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenHjemmeundervisning er et godt alternativ for mange
Da vi valgte hjemmeundervisning, var det en av de vanskeligste valgene vi har gjort, og det ble beste valget vi har tatt.
for 2 dager sidenDeath of patients at Glasgow hospital to be investigated, prosecutors confirm
Seven cases are to be looked at after inquiry heard evidence of serious infections at Queen Elizabeth university hospital The deaths of seven patients at Glasgow’s landmark super-hospital are now being investigated, prosecutors have confirmed. The revelation that another two deaths were being examined after cancer patients, many of them children, contracted infections linked to Queen Elizabeth university hospital’s (QEUH) contaminated water supply and ventilation system, comes after Scottish Labour made public further evidence of political pressure being applied to open the campus in April 2015, just before the general election. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenDeath toll from Crans-Montana bar fire rises to 41
Eighteen-year-old Swiss national injured in blaze at Swiss ski resort died on Saturday A teenager injured in the fire that engulfed a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during new year celebrations has died in hospital, taking the death toll from the blaze to 41. The Wallis canton’s public prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud, said in a brief statement on Sunday: “An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich on January 31. The death toll from the fire at Le Constellation bar on January 1 2026 has now risen to 41.” Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenTeenager dies from Swiss bar fire injuries, bringing death toll to 41
The 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich, the local prosecutor said.
for 2 dager sidenMan convicted of child sexual abuse working as NSW touch football referee for juniors thanks to legal ‘loophole’
Safety advocates want laws strengthened to ensure child sexual abuse offenders cannot referee children’s sport Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A man convicted of two child sexual abuse offences has been able to work as a referee for Touch Football NSW for more than a decade, including for junior teams, with the organisation citing a legal “loophole” for his continued employment. The New South Wales government passed new laws in September to strengthen the working with children check scheme and the Office of the Children’s Guardian is currently reviewing the framework to assess whether it is “fit for purpose”. Child safety advocates say the laws need to be further strengthened to ensure child sexual abuse offenders cannot referee children’s sport. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenUS committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he doesn’t like the term ‘established science’ All vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by the US’s vaccines committee, according to its top adviser, who in recent interviews slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an individual’s doctor. The stance from Kirk Milhoan, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), represents a dramatic departure for the group tasked with making US vaccine recommendations for decades, signaling an increasingly hostile approach from the Trump administration to routine vaccines. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenFinnes i tusenvis av varer: Kobles til alvorlig sykdom
Oljefesten i norsk matindustri kan gjøre deg alvorlig syk, mener ernæringsekspert.
for 2 dager sidenSprengkulde kan gi alvorlige frostskader hos kjæledyr
Frost og kulde kan føre til alvorlige skader hos kjæledyr. Særlig utsatt er poter, ører og mage.
for 2 dager sidenDisse to spørsmålene bør du stille tannlegen din
Før tannlegen løfter boret er det to ting du bør ha spurt om.
for 2 dager sidenEx-British army chief calls on ministers to back MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans
Nick Carter says easing controls on MDMA will allow drug to be used as alternative treatment for those with PTSD A former head of the British military is calling for the government to ease restrictions on the party drug MDMA so that it can be tested more cheaply as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sir Nick Carter, who was chief of the defence staff until 2021, said existing regulations meant a single gram of “medical grade” MDMA cost about £10,000 compared with a street price of about £40, inflating the cost of trials. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenPåført hodeskader etter fall
Politiet leter etter to menn etter at en mann skal ha blitt dyttet ned en trapp på et utested i Oslo. Han er kjørt på sykehus med hodeskader.
for 3 dager sidenPromilletatt to ganger på 1,5 time
En Kristiansands-mann kan nå vente seg dobbel reaksjon etter at han ble tatt for promillekjøring to ganger på 1,5 time natt til søndag.
for 3 dager siden«Alvorlig medisinsk tilstand» – rockecruise går uten TNT
TNT-gitarist Ronni Le Tekrø behandles for «en alvorlig medisinsk tilstand», og bandet kan derfor ikke opptre på Monsters of Rock Cruise i Karibia i april.
for 3 dager siden– Det er mange som spør: «Hæ, er det en partner som er utro her?»
Rundt 190.000 norske kvinner har ikke sjekket seg for livmorhalskreft på ti år eller mer. Overlege Ala Jabri Haug håper å kunne løfte dem ut av «tidsklemma» og inn på undersøkelsesrommet.
for 3 dager sidenBrann på Drammen sykehus
Flere måtte evakueres.
for 1 uke sidenMaria (37) ble uforklarlig brun og raste ned i vekt: – Jeg kommer til å være syk livet ut
Maria Eidskrem Tørø (37) trodde hun var en sliten småbarnsmor. I virkeligheten var hun alvorlig syk.
for 1 uke sidenNico Antic, 12, dies in hospital after being attacked by a shark in Sydney
Family confirms boy has died, describing him as possessing the ‘most kind and generous spirit’ A 12-year-old boy has died in hospital after being mauled by a shark in Sydney Harbour earlier this week, his family has confirmed. The boy, named as Nico Antic in an online fundraiser, had been fighting for his life after being bitten on both legs on 18 January at a harbour beach in Vaucluse, in Sydney’s east. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenPerson til sykehus etter brann i Drammen
En person er kjørt til sykehuset etter å ha pustet inn røyk.
for 1 uke sidenSea lion recovering in LA after marine center found two bullets in his head
Sea lion named Confetti was rescued early January and has ‘really great chance’ of being released, marine biologist says A rescued sea lion is recovering in Los Angeles after a marine care center discovered he had two bullets in his head. The sea lion, named Confetti, was rescued from Ballona creek, a watershed connected to the Santa Monica bay, on 5 January, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles announced on Thursday. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenAdvarer mot utbredt trend: – Trodde det var tull
Nå advarer brannvesenet.
for 1 uke sidenCanadian woman found dead on Australian beach likely died of drowning, autopsy finds
Piper James's body was found on a beach surrounded by dingoes, but a coroner found evidence "consistent with drowning".
for 1 uke sidenGreat Ormond Street hospital cleaners win racial discrimination appeal
Claim by 80 workers that they were subjected to ‘indirect race discrimination’ by wait for NHS pay terms upheld Black cleaners at Great Ormond Street hospital were subjected to “indirect race discrimination” by the wait for NHS pay terms and conditions after their services were brought in-house, a tribunal has found. A case against the London children’s hospital brought by 80 cleaners – the majority of whom are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds – was dismissed by an employment tribunal in 2024. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenScandal-hit Glasgow hospital must publish latest patient safety reviews, says Sarwar
Scottish Labour leader calls for transparency after ‘worst scandal in the history of the Scottish parliament’ The Scottish government must publish up-to-date patient safety reviews for every ward at the super-hospital at the heart of the “worst scandal in the history of the Scottish parliament”, Anas Sarwar has said. The Scottish Labour leader was speaking alongside families of children and adults who died after contracting infections while undergoing cancer treatment at the Queen Elizabeth university hospital (QEUH) campus in Glasgow. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenSlår alarm: Falsk forskning er milliardindustri og stadig verre å avsløre
Forsker slår alarm om salg av falsk forskning: – De er kriminelle, sier hun.
for 1 uke sidenCDC seeks to block ‘never use alone’ messaging used by overdose prevention groups
The phrase is part of ‘harm reduction 101’, which has led to significant declines in overdose fatalities in the US Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested overdose-prevention funding recipients may no longer be allowed to promote the message to “never use alone”, according to details of a meeting held this month the Guardian obtained. The purpose of the meeting was to bring recipients of Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) CDC funding into compliance with Trump’s executive orders, according to a grant note the Guardian reviewed. The most salient is the July order “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets”. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenNew York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support
New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second week New York City may be experiencing some of its coldest weather of the winter, with sub-zero temperatures biting fingers and nipping cheeks, but that hasn’t prevented thousands of nurses from taking to the picket line for what is the largest nurses strike in the city’s history. Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenPiper James autopsy finds ‘evidence consistent with drowning and injuries consistent with dingo bites’
Canadian backpacker, 19, was found dead on K’gari island earlier this week surrounded by pack of wild dingoes The autopsy of Piper James, whose body was found on K’gari surrounded by a pack of dingoes, has found “physical evidence consistent with drowning and injuries consistent with dingo bites”. The Canadian backpacker’s trip to Australia ended in tragedy when the 19-year-old was found dead on a beach on Monday on the world heritage-listed island and tourist destination formerly known as Fraser Island off the Queensland coast. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenIndian state investigates killings of hundreds of stray dogs
Police say they have confirmed at least 354 killings so far and arrested nine people.
for 1 uke sidenJournalsystemet nede på alle sykehus i Nord-Norge
Journalsystemet til Universitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge (UNN) er nede, og det er nå gul beredskap på sykehuset.
for 1 uke siden– Hun har tatt rev i seilene og selv påbegynt et behandlingsprogram
Sandra Borch får Elden som advokat – politiet bekrefter promillekjøringer og vurderer rusprogram.
for 1 uke sidenSlakter statens nei til dødelig syke etter Nettavisen-saker: – Ikke grunnlag
– Jeg kan ikke se at forskriften gir et grunnlag for å vende tommelen ned, sier en av Nordens ledende ekspert på helserett.
for 1 uke siden‘Molly never got to hear it’: fury as denials finally end on Glasgow hospital infections
Families accuse health board of ‘deceit and cowardice’ after years-long battle to prove contaminated water was linked All Molly Cuddihy wanted was recognition of what she had gone through. That was what she told the Scottish hospitals inquiry in 2021, where she described the “frightening” fits and rigors she had suffered after contracting a bacterial infection at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth university hospital while undergoing chemotherapy. “I was made sicker by the environment,” the 19-year-old said in her evidence. Molly had been 15 and revising for her National 5 exams when she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. She was treated at the Royal hospital for children and the adjacent QEUH, which are both part of a six-year public inquiry that reached its final stages and heard devastating new admissions this week. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenADHD waiting lists ‘clogged by patients returning from private care to NHS’
NHS trust warns that people with ADHD in England are facing gaps in care caused by difficulties with private assessments Waiting lists for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in England are being clogged by patients returning to NHS care after difficulties with private assessments, a trust has warned. The major NHS trust said people referred by GPs to private clinics using health service funding were increasingly asking to be transferred back after care stalled. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenKommunen sliter med økonomien – tvangsflytter eldre
Nå skal beboere flyttes fra avdelinger de har slått seg til ro i etter lang tid for å spare penger. Dette er kynisk.
for 1 uke sidenUS health insurance executives testify before Congress about increasing costs of healthcare
CEO of UnitedHealth Group said his company will return profits earned from Affordable Care Act plans to customers Executives from five of the country’s largest health insurance companies appeared before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers examined why healthcare has become increasingly harder for Americans to afford. In one effort to address the affordability crisis, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, Stephen Hemsley, announced that the nation’s largest insurance company will rebate profits made this year from its Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans to customers, while adding it was a relatively small participant in the ACA individual market. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenSkulle skrives ut fra Ahus – gikk til angrep på sykepleiere
Takplater og skilt ble kastet rundt da mannen gikk amok. Sykesenger ble brukt som barrierer for å holde mannen unna.
for 1 uke sidenRural and coastal areas of England to get more cancer doctors
Government says plan will help end postcode lottery in access to diagnostic tests and treatment Hospitals in rural and coastal parts of England will get more cancer doctors to help tackle stark inequalities that mean people in some areas are far more likely to die from the disease. The plan is part of a government drive to end the “patchy” nature of NHS cancer care, which is characterised by wide postcode lotteries in access to diagnostic tests and treatment. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenNIH ends funding of research that uses human fetal tissue from abortions
Fetal tissue has been used to advance research into diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility and vaccines The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical research announced on Thursday. The ban marks the latest, and most dramatic, effort by Donald Trump’s administration to end research that uses fetal tissue from abortions – a goal that anti-abortion advocates, who oppose the research, have sought for years. In 2019, during Trump’s first term in office, the NIH stopped funding internal research that involved the tissue and implemented a review committee to evaluate research proposals from scientists outside the government. Joe Biden ended that policy in 2021. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenDette må du ha hjemme nå
Her er det viktigste du og din familie bør ha hjemme.
for 1 uke sidenVance Thompson - Lost and Found
Vance Thompson måtte legge trompeten på hylla på grunn av en nevrologisk lidelse. Da plukka han like godt opp vibrafonen.
for 1 uke sidenGerman nurse jailed for murders could be linked to 100 more deaths
Prosecutors are reviewing dozens more suspected deaths linked to a former palliative care nurse.
for 1 uke sidenInquest opens into mysterious death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe
Fourteen-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020 six days after setting off from home on his bike Six years after Noah Donohoe’s bike ride across Belfast ended in a tragedy that mystified Northern Ireland, an inquest is seeking answers. Opening statements at Belfast coroner’s court on Thursday marked the formal start of an attempt to fathom what happened to the 14-year-old schoolboy, who left his home on 21 June 2020 and was found six days later dead in a storm drain. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenVaksine-sak skaper reaksjoner: – Ganske verdiløs
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for 1 uke siden‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds
Researcher points to ‘medicalisation of masculinity’ after investigating how men’s health is being monetised online “If you’re not waking up in the morning with a boner, there’s a large possibility that you have low testosterone levels,” an influencer on TikTok with more than 100,000 followers warns his viewers. Despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most young men, this group is being aggressively targeted online by influencers and wellness companies promoting hormone tests and treatments as essential to being a “real man”, a study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine has found. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenNew wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan
Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 9% New wood-burning stoves will carry a health warning highlighting the impact of the air pollution they produce, under UK government plans. Ministers have also proposed cutting the limit on the smoke emitted from wood burners by 80%. However, the measure would only apply to new stoves, most of which already meet the stricter limit. The new limit would only cut the annual toxic emissions from wood burning in the UK by 9% over the next decade, according to the consultation. Continue reading...
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for 1 uke sidenAustralia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds
Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Human-caused global heating made the intense heatwave that affected much of Australia in early January five times more likely, new analysis suggests. The heatwave earlier this month was the most severe since the 2019-20 black summer, with temperatures over 40C in Melbourne and Sydney, even hotter conditions in regional Victoria and New South Wales, and extreme heat also affecting Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Continue reading...
for 3 ukeer sidenSearch for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage
Eastern region on high alert as authorities try to track animal tearing through villages in Jharkhand after apparently becoming separated from herd Forest officials in India are on the hunt for an elephant that has killed more than 20 people in a days-long rampage through the eastern state of Jharkhand. Since the beginning of January, 22 people have been killed by a single-tusked elephant that has been tearing through forests and villages in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Continue reading...
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for 1 måned siden‘Truly humbling’: inside the centre where UK medics are helping Ukrainian amputees
British military doctors and therapists provide support at base where innovative treatments aid recovery of those who have lost limbs At a specialist treatment centre in Ukraine, as other amputees play volleyball nearby, Vladislav shows a video on his phone of how he lost his left leg. He found the footage – of a drone closing in rapidly on a buggy, Vladislav standing exposed at its rear – on a Russian military social media channel. The 31-year-old, an arbitration lawyer before Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, makes a double whistling noise to describe the drone’s ominous progress. “That’s me,” he says, pointing at the video, filmed from a fibre optic drone, chasing him down with terrifying ease as the vehicle slows for a corner. Then the screen goes blank. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenTrump says health is 'perfect' amid ageing concerns
In an interview about his health, Trump talked about using hand makeup, getting by on little sleep and taking lots of aspirin.
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for 1 måned sidenUK children to get chickenpox vaccine with measles, mumps and rubella jab
NHS to administer combined immunisation in move in line with approach in US, Canada, Australia and Germany Children in the UK are to be immunised against chickenpox at the same time as measles, mumps and rubella. The NHS across the UK’s four home nations will administer a combined vaccine to young children to protect them against all four diseases from Friday. Continue reading...
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for 1 måned sidenTrump says he takes more aspirin than recommended but his ‘health is perfect’
President tells Wall Street Journal in interview that his doctors encouraged him to take lower dose but he declined Donald Trump takes “more aspirin” than his doctors recommend but he says “my health is perfect”, according to an interview given to the Wall Street Journal after the outlet recently questioned the 79-year-old president’s health. Trump told the Journal that the large dose of aspirin he take daily has causes him to bruise easily and he has been encouraged by his doctors to take a lower dose – but he declined the advice because he has been taking it for 25 years. Continue reading...