The digital revolution has had a huge impact on society as a whole, helping to connect people and build relationships, facilitate business transactions and cut costs. Not surprisingly, the benefits of high-tech communications technology are now being felt in the healthcare arena too. Telehealth – which involves the remote exchange of data between a patient […]
It might seem bizarre but I have to fight battles to treat my patients. Yes of course I am fighting for NHS funding like so many colleagues; but I also have to fight against the often ill-informed views of society and even some in the medical fraternity; this is because I run an adolescent surgical […]
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Walk down Shanghai’s bustling Nanjing Road, the Chinese metropolis’s Oxford Street, and something is clear: the country’s near 1.4 billion people are older, wealthier and larger than they used to be. As waste-bands widen and deeper pockets fund more lavish lifestyles, the country is facing a boom in numbers of patients with chronic illness – […]
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Wangchuk Rapten, 24, is a paramedic and outreach health worker in the Highlands of Nepal as well as being a Buddhist monk who follows the teachings of Thrangu Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama who came to Nepal as a refugee and who has given education and healthcare to thousands Wangchuk is an Ambassador for One Young World, […]
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