Healthcare

The five-day strike by junior doctors shines a spotlight on the troubles besetting the chronically underfunded National Health Service.

Canadian patients wait a very long time, much longer than in other developed countries, before being able to access new treatments, notes the Conference Board of Canada.

Prior failure of other migraine preventive treatments should not be required before using CGRP-targeting therapies for migraine prevention.

The presence of certain proteins could act as an alarm signal announcing the disease before it reaches the acute phase.

Supporting pharmacists in their important new primary care roles a key theme at Pharmacy Expo 2024.

Descriptions of flare-related nightmares in the study often involved being attacked, trapped, crushed or falling.

Samantha DiSimone’s son Vito was hospitalized in January in New York for a heart valve ailment at 9 months old. Hospital staff brought in a sealed package with a gown from material with a pattern from the “Cars” movie.

 Current guidelines recommend weight loss to help manage gout, but a clinical trial conducted in Denmark brings that advice into question.