Pioneering heart surgeon PROF STEPHEN WESTABY reveals how his mother’s horribly cruel death – and an incompetent call centre – convinced him the NHS is DOOMED e-mail 36 View comments After 35 years on the front line of British medicine, heart surgeon Stephen Westaby has become a bestselling author. Last week, in the first part […]
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Half of parents say their preschooler fears doctor’s visits
A trip to the pediatrician’s office can be a nerve-wracking experience for both children and their parents, especially when efforts to calm young patients down dominate the visit. And half of parents of toddler and preschool-aged children can relate, saying their child is afraid of going to the doctor, according to a new report from […]
JUUL: e-cigarette dominates the market—and fears of parents
In just three years, electronic cigarette maker JUUL has come to dominate the American market with its vaping devices that look like thumb drives, a business success that has brought a public health dilemma for authorities in the US, and elsewhere. On the one hand, e-cigarettes expose users to significantly lower levels of potentially toxic […]