Doctors in Gaza struggle with 'heartbreaking' task of identifying bodies

Doctors in Gaza say they have been able to identify only two of 120 bodies of Palestinian detainees handed over by Israel this week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Their work is hampered by Israel's failure to provide any information...

Hospices Make Clinical, Business Development Leadership Changes

Some hospices have made recent changes to their business development and clinical leadership teams. Compassus’ New SVP of Business Development Tennessee-based Compassus has announced Drew Johnson has joined the home-based care company as its new...

Doctors warn new visa fee could paralyze health systems in rural communities 

Medical groups are sounding the alarm about a new immigration policy from the Trump administration, which they warn could worsen a projected shortage of physicians in the years to come. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump signed an...

Doctors issue 'skinny fat' warning that might be silently killing you early

You've probably heard people refer to themselves as 'skinny fat' before, but what does that actually mean? Although there's no real definition, most people would use it to refer to a certain body type, i.e. how a person looks on the outside. But...

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Doctors sound the alarm about insurance company ‘downcoding’

With the red tape of health insurance already causing frustration for millions of Americans, doctors are helping to shed light on a common industry practice: downcoding. This occurs when insurance companies change claims to save money, and experts...

Doctors issue warning of the debilitating injury that is surging among Pickleball players

Millions of people have picked it up, and some even say it has a 'cult-like' following, but whether you're a fan or not, there's no denying there is a Pickleball craze in the US. Pickleball uses a smaller court, a lower net and solid paddles with...

Doctors wanted: Prince George's leaders brainstorm how to solve gaps in primary care

Prince George's County leaders are trying to figure out how to attract more doctors to the area amid a significant shortage of primary care physicians in the county. Primary care doctors are critical in helping people maintain good health and...

Hospital Director of Pathology Receives Award

Dr. Baljit Singh, M.D., FACP, director of pathology at White Plains Hospital, has received the College of American Pathologists (CAP) 2025 Jean and Gene Herbek Humanitarian Award for his ongoing work to provide essential cancer screenings to...

bankESB Commits $100,000 to Sister Mary Caritas Endowed Nurses’ Education Fund

EASTHAMPTON — bankESB announced a $100,000, multi-year commitment to Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, in support of the Sister Mary Caritas Endowed Nurses’ Education Fund. This investment will help provide critical resources for the ongoing...

Indian team of doctors performs live robotic telesurgery from Delhi to London

In a notable step for medical technology, doctors from the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCIRC) in Delhi successfully performed a live robotic-assisted telesurgery demonstration at ERUS25, a major European congress on robotic...

Northside Hospital breaks ground on medical office building, ASC

Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, Ga., has broken ground on a new medical office building and outpatient center. According to an Oct. 17 news release, the 150,000-square-foot facility will house numerous services and physician practices,...

Is Electral an ORS? Doctors list 5 popular drinks you're getting wrong

With dehydration rising during hot summers and monsoon rains, confusion around rehydration drinks is putting many at risk. While products like Electral are clinically formulated WHO-approved ORS solutions, sugary beverages such as sodas, fruit...

<![CDATA[Imfinzi Plus BCG Improves Disease-Free Survival in High-Risk NMIBC]]>

Adding Imfinzi (durvalumab) to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy helped patients with high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer live longer without their cancer returning compared with BCG alone, according to results from a phase 3 study...

California Hospital Association sues state over efforts to curb spending

California hospitals filed a lawsuit against a state health regulator Wednesday, seeking to block rules meant to keep consumer health care costs from growing too quickly. The state Office of Health Care Affordability sets limits on health care...

A Somali hospital closed after US aid cuts. Fired employees reopened it without pay.

BAIDOA, Somalia — In the first week of July, staff members at the Suuqa Xoolaha Center for Mothers and Children, a hospital in southern Somalia, closed its doors and locked its high front gate. Funding from the United States, which paid for...

Iest to represent Children’s Hospital

Joey Iest of Madera will represent an important cause that is close to his family’s heart in Saturday’s Short Track Shootout at his home Madera Speedway, carrying the colors of the Valley Children’s Hospital on his No. 88 Ford in the...

Maharashtra doctors threaten protest if Govt ignores hospital safety demands

Doctors in Maharashtra have demanded round-the-clock security cover for women doctors across all government and BMC-run medical colleges following the rape of a second-year MBBS student in West Bengal's Durgapur on October 10. The doctors, while...

$2M in Partial State Funding Provided to Heights University Hospital

Healthcare On Oct 17, 2025 The State of New Jersey has provided $2 million in partial funding to allow Heights University Hospital in Secaucus to fund critical services for approximately the next two weeks. The hospital is operated by Hudson...