Marshall Health expands pathology team, adds molecular genetic pathology specialty 12/1/2023 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Health and the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine welcome the following pathologists and faculty and add molecular genetic pathology to their list of specialized training and experience. Saadia Haleema, M.D., is a board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist...
After over a decade of sounding the alarm on short-staffing, unfilled vacancies and the critical shortage of staff working in diagnostic care, CUPE condemns the inadequacy of the Saskatchewan government’s breast cancer diagnostic initiative. “Shipping patients out of province does nothing to build provincial capacity. It will do little to provide solutions to the hundreds of...
Commissioner Dr. James McDonald Speaks at New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation Leadership Conference Department Promotes Rights and Well-Being of Persons with Disabilities ALBANY, N.Y. (November 30, 2023) – The New York State Department of Health recognizes International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed December 3, and promotes full and meaningful inclusion of people...
Next week, four more students will appear before a Kampala court for participating in protests against the planned East Africa crude oil pipeline (EACOP) and for demanding a full and equitable phaseout of fossil fuels. The students were arrested in September and are charged with the colonial era “common nuisance” offense, which the government has...
The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) for Northern Ireland (NI) has urged farmers to be vigilant following confirmation of a single case of Bluetongue Virus (BTV-3) in a cow in Kent. Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a notifiable exotic disease and is transmitted by midge bites. It affects cows, goats, sheep and camelids such as llamas. The...
Dr. Laura Tafe, a pathologist at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center created this collage, titled ‘Compassion.’ which appears in Artists Remaking Medicine. She writes that it reflects her hope for a future health care system that supports the flow of compassion and empathy between patients and clinicians. Laura Tafe/Procedure Press hide caption toggle caption Laura...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Health Plan leaders are joining CEOs, CFOs and executives from top hospitals and health systems across the country next week in Chicago for an exclusive, world-class event to address the most pressing issues in health care today. John Snyder, president and chief executive officer of Sanford Health Plan, Emily Griese,...
Justin Paget/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the more than two weeks since a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, occurred at a bowling alley and local bar and restaurant, questions have swirled about mental health care in the state. The alleged gunman displayed glaring signals that his mental health was declining, which his family was...
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health have completed the world’s first whole eye transplant, a groundbreaking advancement many thought was impossible. The patient, Aaron James, 46, a military veteran from Hot Spring Village, Arkansas, cannot see out of the transplanted eye, but he considers the operation a success nonetheless. “You’ve got to start somewhere, and hopefully...
What is nitrous oxide? Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas, also known as ‘laughing gas’. It can be misused for its psychoactive effects – or to ‘get a high’ – by inhalation. Changes made to the law Prior to 8 November 2023, nitrous oxide was subject to the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. It is already...