New Blood Test Can Spot Cancer in 10 Minutes

New Blood Test Can Spot Cancer in 10 Minutes
A new blood test can detect cancer in 10 minutes, The Telegraph is reporting.
The test is offering new hope that all types of the disease can be spotted early when treatment is the most effective, the newspaper said.

Grand jury is investigating USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of patients

Los Angeles County prosecutors have convened a grand jury to hear evidence about Dr. George Tyndall, the USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of patients during three decades at a campus health clinic, according to two sources familiar with the case.

Victorian emergency doctor in Perth to warn of euthanasia laws

An emergency doctor who spearheaded campaigns against the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia in Victoria is in Perth to warn of the risks of assisted dying laws and focus opposition to the state government's plans to introduce it in WA.

Stephen Parnis, a former Victorian AMA president, said he would be meeting MPs and doctors over the next few days to encourage them to learn from the passage of Victoria's legislation.

Is Child Euthanasia Next in Canada?

Is Child Euthanasia Next in Canada?

Canada legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in June 2016 under the term Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID).

Download the petition to the House of Commons and collect signatures opposing child euthanasia. (Petition Link)

Belgian euthanasia doctor killed 140 people

Belgian euthanasia doctor killed 140 people

In an interview with Ian Birrell for the Daily Mail, Marc van Hoey, a Belgian physician and President of a Flanders euthanasia group, speaks about the estimated, 140 euthanasia deaths that he has done. In the interview van Hoey speaks of an elderly patient, a friend with pancreatic cancer, an elderly mother of a fellow doctor who had dementia and a 34 year-old woman with chronic depression who all died by euthanasia.

The Dilemma of Physician-Assisted Suicide

How nurses can deal with this controversial issue

According to the American Medical Association, physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is defined as "a physician facilitat[ing] a patient's death by providing the necessary means and/or information to enable the patient to perform the life-ending act." A variety of terms have historically been used to describe an event when a physician uses lethal medications on a terminally ill patient for the purpose of easing their suffering.

Medicare Slow to Boot Docs with State Sanctions

Federal program keeps paying physicians found incompetent or unethical

This story is part of an investigative series by MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel into physicians who had public actions against their licenses in one state, yet found ways to keep practicing without their patients being aware.