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Article by James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website The price of life-saving vaccines has skyrocketed leaving some countries struggling to fully immunise children, Medecins Sans Frontieres warns. A report by the charity says there…

English speaking Pediatric Nurses needed for a Specialist Pediatrics and Women’s Health Hospital in Qatar (www.sidra.org). Sidra will open at the beginning of 2016 and is currently attracting the most talented Pediatric Nurses from the…

Mr. John Stewart has been a hospital nurse for more than 30 years, and is the author of the blog, No Heroics: In-hospital resuscitation. He is currently working at Providence Elderplace in Seattle. In his contribution on the Emergency…

FROM MARIO RUGNA, MEDEST118 -  Injury is a major cause of premature death and disability worldwide. Most existing injury control strategies focus on primary prevention – that is, avoiding the occurrence of injuries or minimizing their…

This Clinical review, published by Libertas Academica, is an interesting commentary about the management of pediatric polytrauma. The research, published on september, 2014, was realized by: H. Mevius - Medical Student, Department of…

People could be paying too much for dental treatment because dentists are not being clear about their prices, consumer champion Which? has found. A survey of 1,000 people in England found one in five was overcharged for treatment while 50%…

With a spectacular ceremony in Istanbul  the Turkish prime minister Tekirdağ, Davutoglu present the new 798 ambulances that enter into service from January in the country. The vehicles, equipped with the newest technology, as Spencer…

Article by Leo Mirani At first glance, the image above looks like it comes from a spread in Vogue magazine. Shot by Australian photographer Alexia Sinclair, it certainly has all the elements of a high-gloss fashion magazine photo shoot:…

An Australian nurse who has been working in Sierra Leone has been transferred to the UK after potential contact with Ebola. Public Health England said this was a precautionary measure and the nurse's risk of developing the virus was low.…

A&E units in England are being given strict guidelines on how many staff they need on duty to provide safe care. The draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends one nurse for every four…