Health

'Scary' uptake of unregulated peptide usage in macho gym environments

'Scary' uptake of unregulated peptide usage in macho gym environments

Eating disorder dietician Alex Rodrigues said unregulated peptides being sold or shared in gym communities is a concerning trend in Australia.

Nurses and midwives' union calls out 'gendered violence' after survey

Nurses and midwives' union calls out 'gendered violence' after survey

Annalise has been kicked, punched and even bitten on the face while working as a nurse. Her experience is reflected in the Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union's latest report into occupational violence in healthcare settings.

FG okays framework to provide 24-hour electricity to health facilities

The Federal Government has approved a new financing framework to provide reliable 24-hour electricity to health facilities across Nigeria by 2027. Read More…

Daily Trust

Stop Treating Indigestion as if It’s Normal

Someone, somewhere, is pressing his palm against his chest right now after a meal. He tells himself it will pass. It usually does. So he eats the same way tomorrow and the next day. After a few years, he quietly accepts the burning as part…

Daily Trust

Resident doctors set to suspend planned strike after talks with Gbajabiamila

Resident doctors set to suspend planned strike after talks with Gbajabiamila

Nigerian resident doctors are set to suspend their planned strike after a meeting with Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila, resolving salary and allowance dis Read More…

Wellington man died in kitchen after being told to take taxi to hospital

Stuff

Wellington man died in kitchen after being told to take taxi to hospital

A 79-year-old Wellington man died alone on his kitchen floor hours after an emergency dispatcher advised him to take a taxi to hospital instead of sending an ambulance, a coroner has found.

Stuff

WHO calls for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak

Euronews

WHO calls for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak

Despite being declared less than three months ago, the outbreak has already become the largest ever recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Euronews

Chipotle removes jalapeños amid US salmonella outbreak investigation

The Guardian

Chipotle removes jalapeños amid US salmonella outbreak investigation

Restaurant chain pulls peppers ‘out of an abundance of caution’ as salmonella outbreak sickens 100 people Chipotle said on Tuesday ⁠it had removed jalapeños from some of the chain’s restaurants after identifying ⁠the peppers as ⁠a…

The Guardian

RNZ

Sent home to die: What a missed diagnosis says about the medical establishment

At 23, Ruby Hill starved to death. A missed diagnosis nine months before raises deep questions about the medical establishment.

RNZ

WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak

Straits Times