For teenage girls, the right of passage into womanhood is straightforward –pimples in the face, periods arriving, breasts filling out – but a few Kenyan girls, never go through this. Thanks to a ...

‘It feels like my body has fallen off a cliff’: The patients still living with long Covid While much of the world has moved on from the pandemic, many continue to battle health problems Save ...

One of Sidhwa's first patients was a 3-year-old girl with multiple shrapnel wounds on her head who couldn't breathe properly, he said. "So I had to just told her dad it was nothing we could do ...

She often tells the story of her 13-year-old patient to families that are hesitant to vaccinate their children. “I tried to use stories of patients that I’ve taken care of,” she said ...

Flats at Grattan Street, owned by the Royal Women’s Hospital, will be sold to private developers.Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui The accommodation had 14 flats that were available for patients from ...

Patients can access their own health records — including test results — as soon as they're available. While it might sound beneficial, in some cases, people are receiving life-changing ...

When I meet a patient with a complicated medical history ... her referral letter included hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome (hEDS), anorexia, irritable bowel syndrome, postural orthostatic ...

The routine is familiar for most people: When checking in for an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, patients typically complete and sign a pile of paperwork, including a form ...

The United States healthcare system is failing. We rank last among developed countries in healthcare performance, and Americans face lower life expectancy and growing chronic disease rates despite ...

Laura Delano walked away from the treatments that defined her teens and 20s. Now, she’s hoping to create a road map for others to follow. Between the ages of 13 and 27, Laura Delano was ...

But a BBC investigation has highlighted that some drug treatments for restless leg syndrome and ... that "health care professionals should warn patients that compulsive behavior with dopamine ...

It’s a tight race in a disease space with a high unmet need. Affecting 500,000 to 1 million patients worldwide, Angelman syndrome has no approved disease-modifying treatments. Although antiseizure ...